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On September 15 2017 19:38 R1CH wrote:
Are you sure your modem is really modem only and not also acting as a router?

On September 15 2017 09:02 mizU wrote:
I bought a new Archer C7 v2 router and since then I've been having ISP DHCP issues, as in my dynamic IP won't renew seamlessly. Before it used to drop every hour to 3 hours for around a minute before getting a new IP, but I've since factory reset it and now only seems to happen once a day. It's still extremely annoying when it does and not a conducive environment for gaming.

I've tried a multitude of things like ensuring the firmware is updated and disabling IPV6 and MAC address cloning but it still drops for about a minute between when the IP needs to be released and renewed. I'm assuming this isn't a normal occurrence as gaming for anyone else would be a pain.

Also sometimes it'll tell me that the DHCP service is unavailable and just won't renew the IP or take more than a few minutes and I have to reboot it.

Any tips or tricks or ideas?

When a network device requests an IP address and a DHCP server responds with one, it's called an address lease. Like a lease on a car or apartment, a DHCP IP address lease has a fixed duration, and before it expires the lease must be renewed. On a typical home or small office router a DHCP lease may last between eight and 24 hours. Each time the lease is renewed (which happens automatically), there's a chance the device will receive a different IP address.
Extend Your Lease

One way to keep DHCP-issued addresses more consistent is to lengthen the lease times for more staying power. Many routers let you specify a lease time as long as 9,999 minutes, which works out to a tick under a week (166.65 hours, to be exact). Some offer only a handful of pre-defined lease lengths, but these usually include a few relatively long-term options like a week, two weeks or a maybe even month. Others go so far as to offer an "unlimited" or "forever" option. (On routers that define DHCP leases in minutes, setting it for 0 minutes is often a stand-in for a long-term or unlimited lease; check your device's documentation or online help to be sure.)

In short, by selecting the longest DHCP lease time possible, you can reduce the odds of a device having its IP address changed. A lease that never expires is ideal, but even extending the lease time from a day to a week reduces the number of potential address changes from 365 to 52.

On September 18 2017 19:27 xM(Z wrote:
read http://www.practicallynetworked.com/howto/032708_printer_issues_pt2.htm thing is, you need to know which IP is resetting: the IP given by your ISP to the router or the IP given by your router to your PC. either way, try and set them to static; some ISPs are fine with it and on renew do nothing but others give you an unusable IP(in that case you need to have dhcp enabled at all times).

On September 18 2017 19:42 R1CH wrote:


If your modem has a DHCP server option, it's not really a modem but a combo modem/router.

On September 20 2017 23:05 MasterDead wrote:
i need some help
i want to play armies of exigo but said that video card does not meet requirements
help please