Fiber Optic Internet / Airport Issues / DHCP / FIBER OPTIC CONNECTION INTERFERING WITH INTERNAL NETWORKS
Hi All,
This is not a question but rather a solution to the issue of FIBER OPTIC CONNECTION INTERFERING WITH INTERNAL NETWORKS.
I spent some 3 weeks tearing my hair out over an Airport issue with my Kyocera FS-C8025 MFP (advanced networking printer) which would not hold a static ip, and the Airport would not hold a constant IP range or create one due to the Fiber optic DHCP allocation bleeding through the network and self allocating / interfering with the Airports ability to provide a range of IP Addresses.
I had a similar issue at home with a fiber connection where I am allowed only 3 devices but have a time capsule, 4 airports, 2 ipads, xbox, 3 laptops and multiple phones, and this resolved that issue as well.
(the tech I spoke with said he could see the names of each of my devices etc, however with this fix it shows one single connection - and does not randomly require a full hard reset of all routers sporadically, which, secreted with speakers inside couches etc is not the easiest task.)
There is a very simple solution. It has 3 steps and solved all issues completely;
1. FIND THE OLDEST ROUTER YOU HAVE. (I have used an old Netcomm NB5540 )
2. CONNECT THE FIBRE CAT CABLE INTO THE WAN PORT OF THE OLD ROUTER
3. CONNECT THE AIRPORT / TIME CAPSULE / AIRPORT EXPRESS INTO THE NUMBER 1 PORT OF THE OLD ROUTER
Thats it.
You can now setup the airport as per normal, the old router prevents the advanced systems the fiber tries to pass on from reaching the airport, you recieve internet and can create any ip range you like, and devices do not constantly generate errors, drop out or otherwise fault.
NOTE: dont forget to reset the old router as it probably has the same settings as your current network if it is being replaced by the new router, this is vital if you do not have a CAT port on your laptop as you will douple up on the Wireless Network router address with the new system and it will talke several convoluted steps to fix, better to unplug / turn off the airport etc, and the connect to your old wireless the old router is providing, reset it and make the range 192.168.2.xxx or something other than the range you want to remove conflicts (assuming you use the default 192.168.1.xxxx on the airport)
Hopefully this saves you a lot of time.
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