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    PC refuses to pick up static IP from router!

    Tim, thanks for your prompt replies.... Ok, that seems to work for my server PC, static IP I specified does NOT show up in the DHCP list, that is what I would expect since it is reserved now. But, what's wierd is I tried the same method for another desktop, I specified a static IP for that PC...
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    PC refuses to pick up static IP from router!

    Thanks! So this is not the same as static IP assignment, what we are doing then is DHCP reservation? I tried what you suggested and changed the static IP to 192.168.1.112 (which is currently not assigned to anything and is inside the DHCP range), rebooted the router, rebooted the PC, but same...
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    PC refuses to pick up static IP from router!

    Hi all, I am about to pull my hair out!, I am trying to assign a static ip to my Desktop (server) PC connected to my Engenius ESR9850 router. I went to router's admin page and assigned 192.168.1.2 to my server's ethernet MAC address. Clicked on Apply and that rebooted the router. I then...
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    (Yet another) newbie seeks help, small budget

    Thanks higgins, but what if I am not doing raid, am just looking to use the nas as a central storage device...would my consuming devices be able to read/write to the disk attached to the esata/usb3 port of the nas?
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    (Yet another) newbie seeks help, small budget

    I am in the same boat: Say today, i put in 2 2GB drives and fill it up, can I add another 2 bay NAS unit in the e-sata port of the 1st NAS unit to double the # of bays/drives? from what I read, QNAP does not provide this, whereas Synology does, is this correct? or is QNAP's ISCSi the way to do...
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    EnGenius ESR9850

    oops that was a copy-paste error, i do have the 2nd 9859 to 192.168.0.2, have edited my post...
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    EnGenius ESR9850

    tipstir, Yes that is how i have it setup: 1st ESR9850 (in AP Router mode): LAN IP: (under System->LAN) = 192.168.0.1 Subnet: 255.255.255.0 DHCP Server: Enabled Lease Time: Forever Start IP: 192.168.0.100 End IP : 192.168.0.200 Domain Name: esr9850 DNS Servers assigned by DHCP Server: First DNS...
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    EnGenius ESR9850

    thiggins, I have set the ip address of the 2nd 9850 (under system->LAN) to 192.168.0.2 and default gateway to 192.168.0.1. Rest of the things I am doing exactly as you are saying. PC downstairs gets the same ip range and gateway (192.168.0.1) addresses as the laptop that is connected to 1st...
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    EnGenius ESR9850

    what do you mean by flip/flop? in my situation, i don't know if i can use AP Router mode on my downstairs 9850?
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    EnGenius ESR9850

    Issues with my setup - help requested Hi, Been a long time reader, first time poster.... Been reading up a lot on routers here and finally decided to get 2 ESR-9850's for my network at home. Have them setup thus: Upstairs Media Room: ESR9850 #1: in router mode, downstream from my cable...
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