Of course you have control over the addresses, thats what DHCP reservations are for. But like XRaySpeX said, that is kind of beside the point.

There are numerous reasons why a DHCP server should give out addresses sequentially and should attempt to give clients what they have had previously, it prevents clashes, makes things easier to administer and also reduces the CPU usage on the router.

There are reasons why you might not go down the normal route, but not on a home router.

Really, as far as I am concerned, the DHCP implementation on the router is defective, not just due to the randomization but the other problems experienced. You would have thought that orange would test the equipment they supply and someone would have spotted this.

I know this is pedantic but I've wasted so many hours dealing with [censored] routers in the past it just makes me angry that they can't supply something at least half decent. In terms of consumer-range I never have problems with Linksys routers - it would be great if an ISP supplied them.

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

Of course you have control over the addresses, thats what DHCP reservations are for. But like XRaySpeX said, that is kind of beside the point.

There are numerous reasons why a DHCP server should give out addresses sequentially and should attempt to give clients what they have had previously, it prevents clashes, makes things easier to administer and also reduces the CPU usage on the router.

There are reasons why you might not go down the normal route, but not on a home router.

Really, as far as I am concerned, the DHCP implementation on the router is defective, not just due to the randomization but the other problems experienced. You would have thought that orange would test the equipment they supply and someone would have spotted this.

I know this is pedantic but I've wasted so many hours dealing with [censored] routers in the past it just makes me angry that they can't supply something at least half decent. In terms of consumer-range I never have problems with Linksys routers - it would be great if an ISP supplied them.

Complain to Orange then. Is it worth getting uptight over? You have to realise that you're about 0.1% of the world population who would notice, care about or be affected by such things. Don't forget this is firmware version 1.0 of this router, as far as the public are concerned. Give them a chance.

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Edited by XRaySpeX (Mon 20-Feb-12 22:17:34)

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Then just delete it!

Please be civil. There's no need for being snappy.

Thank you.

It is strange why the box does not assign ip addresses correctly, but its not the end of the world.

In reply to a post by amilod:

It is strange why the box does not assign ip addresses correctly, but its not the end of the world.

Supposedly this is the end of the world... but then again, most of us have a world outside of a router config page, and wouldn't lose sleep over it

PS: Amazing things, firmware upgrades, because even router designers are human.

Edited by glossywhite (Mon 20-Feb-12 22:19:06)

Anyone worth there salt would turn off dhcp, using fixed ip addresses is the only way a network should be controlled.

You may not realise it but Orange does not have a hand in it. They would have commissioned it to be tailored for them from an outside firm and have to accept it warts and all.

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Anyone worth there salt would turn off dhcp, using fixed ip addresses is the only way a network should be controlled.

That's what I do. It's pretty obvious eh.

Edited by glossywhite (Mon 20-Feb-12 22:30:27)

Dhcp was designed for home users, so no need to understand how a network works, it's all plug and play that's all a home user needs, no it dept I have ever worked in uses dhcp on there network.