On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Layne Edwards <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:20:15 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote:
>>
>> I'm using OpenWrt backfire-10.03.1-rc5 on Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH. With
>> the default settings, it works, but if I change the LAN address of the
>> router (for example, change it from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1) then
>> no devices on my network will obtain a DHCP address from it. Change it
>> back to 192.168.1.1 and clients get DHCP successfully again. I simply
>> used the LuCi interface to change the IP.
>
> When you change the LAN IP address, double check the DHCP server settings
> (on the bottom of the page).  I think for some reason it defaults to
> "un-checked" (disabled), so when you save any settings on the LAN page, you
> inadvertently turn of the DHCP server.

That was exactly the problem. I didn't change that checkbox because I
thought it referred to setting the LAN IP by DHCP (from anther server
on the network), but you were absolutely right. Everything's working
the way I expect now. Thanks!
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