Problem solved for anyone with same issue who may be looking:
I found the problem. NVRAM dhcp_staticlist had all the bad IPs. Not sure how it got there. Fixed with:
nvram set dhcp_staticlist="" fixed it
1) Yes, the IP addresses at issue are all 100% removed from Advanced Settings > LAN > DHCP Server > Manually Assigned IP addresses. I have tried putting them in there and the linked devices do not get assigned the IP. So I removed.
2) The devices now have different static IP addresses that...
Thanks again.
I posted the above as an edit after I initially posted, but here is the critical part:
dhcp-host=10:DD:B1:D1:2C:2E,set:10:DD:B1:D1:2C:2E,192.168.1.19
dhcp-host=44:17:93:A3:FC:40,set:44:17:93:A3:FC:40,192.168.1.196
dhcp-host=A8:03:2A:BD:48:4C,set:A8:03:2A:BD:48:4C,192.168.1.193...
Thanks. I found the three files. But I did not solve my issues. The three Yaz files look like they should based on my settings. But the dnsmasq.conf file itself has an old list of IP address assignments for former static IP clients no longer on my network. How can I clear these entries so I...
I am having an issue with a series of old IP addresses that had been statically assigned (but now released) remaining reserved in DHCP. I found the entries that reserve the IPs in the dnsmasq.conf file, but i realize that editing the lines out of the dnsmasq.conf is not a good fix as they will...
I dont know why, but these leases were reserved after reboot as well. Just those thee IP addresses. And to clarify, these IPs were never reserved - they were at one time static IPs used / specified by Shelly devices. And those Shellys now use a different IP.
Bumping this. I realize the suggestion that came in was to create my own DHCP server which makes sense in long term, but for now I would like to free up those three ghosted IP addresses. the ASUS router thinks 192.168.1.192-4 are in use or "reserved" but I cannot find anything that would be...
But how do I release what is already taken? Let's assume I start from scratch as you suggest, I still must clear the existing devices, including the phantom ones.
Is there a way to look at my current assignment list, in total? I think I want to examine dnsmasq.conf, but I could be confused.
Thanks. But how do I locate the cause of the IP's that system says are "in use"? 192.168.1.192, 192.168.1.193 and 192.168.1.194? Best I can tell, no device is using these IPs but the system, wont let me reassign. These IPs were used (by static IP devices) until about 2 weeks ago, when I...
I am embarrassed to say I seem to have forgotten what once came easy to me, I have 140+ devices in jffs/usericon. My most recent devices all have user created entries from the ASUS/Merlin/YAZ software, while my older devices have symbolic links to save space. I want to create symbolic links...
I am using an ASUS GT-AX6000 with the latest Merlin firmware running. I have 131 manually assigned IPs, and many other static IPs on my network. I have three devices that are getting DHCP assignments from the DHCP server that I cannot customize. When I add the IPs to the list of manually...
I had modified last week when using VPN, but I reset the WAN DNS settings to blank (to force router to use ISP). There are no third party DNS services in place (or at least there should not be any).