ddaenen1
Very Senior Member
I have a strange situation with my managed Netgear GS724Tv3 switch and/or Mikrotik RB3011 router. Everything seems to be running flawless and then at some point in time, i cannot access the switch anymore. At the same time, i can see in my DHCP server list that the switch did not get a new IP lease. Oddly enough, everything seems to keep on running fine so all network and internet connections just continue. I just cannot access the switch anymore and the switch cannot access the web anymore for NTP updates and stuff.
I have not tried factory resetting either of them as this will require everything to be being down for some time which is not easy in a house full of life.
I have noticed though that the switch did not get a clientID in the router DHCP server whilst all other devices do get one. I also know this has started when i tried to give the switch a custom client ID in the router which made it go offline. I did cold start the switch after that to get access to it again and have done it again a second time but i can't see to get the DHCP server to forget the switch and assign it to a new DHCP lease after i did a cold reset.
Any recommendations s where to look first or options to find the root cause without having the factory reset both router and switch?
I have not tried factory resetting either of them as this will require everything to be being down for some time which is not easy in a house full of life.
I have noticed though that the switch did not get a clientID in the router DHCP server whilst all other devices do get one. I also know this has started when i tried to give the switch a custom client ID in the router which made it go offline. I did cold start the switch after that to get access to it again and have done it again a second time but i can't see to get the DHCP server to forget the switch and assign it to a new DHCP lease after i did a cold reset.
Any recommendations s where to look first or options to find the root cause without having the factory reset both router and switch?
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