On my Flint V2 (GL.iNet GL-MT6000, OpenWrt 21.02-SNAPSHOT r15812+1082-46b6ee7ffc ) I used to
- enable the DHCP Server,
- set the Start IP Address to 192.168.8.100, the End IP Address to 192.168.8.249,
- reserve some addresses using the "Address Reservation" outside that range (for example, my computer would get 192.168.8.30),
- not configure anything on the device.
When I would connect, the router would automatically assigns for example 192.168.8.30 to my computer, and clients without an address reserved would simply get an ip between 192.168.8.100 and 192.168.8.249.
Now, it seems that since I've updated to OpenWrt 21.02, maybe?, this set up does not work. So, I have two questions:
- Does Flint V2 now requires for the reserved address to be set on the client as well ( How to manually configure static IP - GL.iNet Router Docs 4 )?
- Should the DHCP server's IP includes or excludes the reserved addresses ( LAN - GL.iNet Router Docs 4 )?
On the second question, it seems that opinion varies ( https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/xpxkgp/should_dhcp_reservations_be_created_inside_or/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/f3d1df/do_you_set_static_ip_on_the_router_or_the_device/)
