A lot of the consumer routers won't go past 254, some even will not go past 50 (I found this out with an ISPs router). Easiest thing is to by a router that will meet your requirements. I would not bother with a cobbled together solution
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 9:25 AM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > we have deployed 5 new ubiquiti ap's for servicing a venue, the issue is > that the router (a netgear) doesn't seem to understand the LAN dhcp setting, > > I have entered the ip as 172.16.0.1 with a mask of 255.255.252.0 (this > should theoretically give me 172.16.0.x-172.16.3.x) > > but when I enter it into the router this is what is shows it only shows > that I can only get 254 hosts (172.16.0.2-254) > > Alternatively, Is there a free DHCP server I can use? > The only equipment at this site is a windows 8 home microcomputer running > the ubiquiti controller, a ubiquiti 8 port POE switch, and the 5 AP's (no > servers, no pc's nothing else) > > > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > >
