Ignite xb8 issuing wrong ip address

[pcho]

I have the ignite xb8 router setup to issue dhcp addresses from 192.168.2.100 to .253 but it seems to randomly issue 192.168.0.x addresses sometimes and uses gateway address 192.168.0.1

this causes problems as when issued a 192.68.0.x in error can’t resolve websites etc.

is this a bug? Why is 192.168.2.x address not being issued consistent. And why is 192.68.0.x addresses being issued at all if settings were changed?

[mdk]

@pcho -- what devices are connecting (via Ethernet or WiFi) to the XB8?  

Is it possible that one of the connected devices is a third-party router, with one of its LAN ports connected to one of the LAN ports on the XB8?   Only the WAN port on such a router should be connected to the XB8.

When you get a Windows computer that has received a "192.168.0.xxx" IP-address, open a command-line prompt, and enter the "arp -a" command, to see output like:

Interface: 10.0.0.152 
Internet Address   Physical Address         Type
10.0.0.1                   1c-9d-72-75-f8-48     dynamic

The ".152" is my computer's private IP-address, and the "10.0.0.1" is the private IP-address of my XB7 router, with its associated MAC-address.  For your configuration, instead of each "10.0.0", you should see "192.168.0" for the "problematic" interface.

Compare the MAC-address  that you see with the MAC-address of every device connected to your XB8, to try to find a match.

The first 6 letters of the MAC-address indicate which manufacturer's network-adapter is active in the router. There is a web-site that can accept those letters, and name the manufacturer, if that helps you.

Example:  https://dnschecker.org/mac-lookup.php?query=1c-9d-72

I hope this helps.