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      firefox
      last edited by

      I have 3 Access Point connected to pfsense
      all have Fixed address

      This first is  Cisco Access Point
      And the other two
      are routers converted to Access Point

      They are working correctly
      All well and good

      Except for one thing

      Each Access Point has IP

      but in the DHCP leases i can see only the  Cisco Access Point IP (192.168.0.25)

      I do not see the IP of the other two 192.168.0.27 and 192.168.0.28

      I have access to their management interface
      They work right

      But they do not appear in the DHCP leases

      How do I do that they will appear ?

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
        last edited by

        Are they static?  Most converted routers as AP don't have option to set dhcp on lan interface.. So you would have had to set them static on the devices.  I would for sure make sure that is outside your dhcp scope.

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          firefox
          last edited by

          I wrote
          They have Fixed address (static)

          They have been working for a year maybe a little more
          Both have address outside the pool addresses 192.168.0.101 and 192.168.0.102

          the pool addresses  is 192.168.0.2-99

          Just a month ago I connected the Cisco Access Point
          And I noticed that you can see  his  IP address in the DHCP leases

          so I changed the addresses of the routers
          to Addresses  in pool Addresses 192.168.0.27 and 28

          But not like Cisco
          there IP Not appears

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          • jahonixJ
            jahonix
            last edited by

            The Cisco, as AP only device, actually pulls its IP via DHCP, hence it's in your list.
            Your other two devices are configured with static addresses as you stated. A static address is not a DHCP lease so why should it show up in the lease table? That address never was requested.

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              Static IPs in the pool is asking for ISSUES.. I would highly suggest you move devices that are static outside your pool.. Or you have the "possible" issue of the dhcp server handing out an lease for the same IP a device has setup static which is asking for a bad day..

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                firefox
                last edited by

                I understand

                the pool is from 192.168.0.30 to 99

                all address from 192.168.0.2 to 29 Saved
                for Static address

                I changed the addresses of the routers back to 192.168.0.101 and 102

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                • JailerJ
                  Jailer
                  last edited by

                  You can manually add them to the list of static IP's if you want to "see" them in your list.

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                    NOYB
                    last edited by

                    You could make static DHCP mappings for all three of the AP's, and configure them either as DHCP or static according to what they support.  That way they would all be within the DHCP pool without fear of DHPC assigning the addresses to some other device.

                    Ah, Jailer, you beat me to it.

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      wifi routers being used as AP rarely support dhcp on the lan interface..  But sure if they support dhcp then he could create reservations - but they would still be outside the pool, reservations with pfsense dhcp server are always outside the pool.

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