Comment on I’m about to throw my entire Pihole out the window

• RajaGila@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wait, smart bulbs run rogue dhcp servers now?

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  • Xanthrax@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They’re called too-smart bulbs, now.

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    • Sharpiemarker@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol

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      • CumBroth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Lmao even

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  • moody@lemmings.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I assume the issue was the bulb was getting assigned by DHCP the same address that was supposed to be reserved for their PC, thus their wifi appearing not to work for their PC.

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  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Haha not quite. Sounds like an interesting post though. I’ll have to look that one up. From all the help given to me here though it looks like my “static” ip is within dhcp range so my router is giving everyone else my key to the castle and therefore invalidating my key.

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    • RajaGila@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yea, duplicate IP addresses lead to some funny business. Toss a coin to see if a network packet will arrive basically.

      The solution is to adjust the DHCP range or use static DHCP on the router. The latter just means that the router will assign the same IP to the specified computer every time.

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• whynotzoidberg@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh my, I didn’t catch that one but will be searching for it!

  I love* solving wonky user issues. People do the darndest things.

  *Subject to tolerance and patience levels of both user and self

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• CazRaX@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That sounds horrible.

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