Archer C5 V1.8.1 DHCP Static Hosts

[AndrewMc]

First post - but been with Gargoyle for years.

Just had to unbrick my Archer C5. Now flashed with 1.8.1

i am trying to set up a connected host at DHCP / connected host.

The "Select Host name / Mac From Currently Connect Devices" is greyed out and I cant pull down the host I have connected wirelessly - a lap top.

Feel I must have missed something in set up. Any clues on what i need to do to bring up teh list of Connected hosts on the Connection / DHCP tab?

[tapper]

Hi mate some bugs with DHCP Static Hosts were fixt in 1.9.1 try upgrading. A heads up tho you should not save your settings wen upgrading.

[AndrewMc]

Thanks - too late at night to try now - I'll try tomorrow

[tapper]

Know probs mate. If you need any more help just give me a shout.

[AndrewMc]

That nearly did it but not quite.
I had a ethernet cable between laptop and router and did the upgrade. With cable connected i could see my laptop in the DHCP drop down list so it all looked good at that point.

Then I powered off the router, disconnected the ethernet cable, connected my internet Ethernet cable to the bavk of the router and rebooted.

My laptop connects wireless to router but again I cant see it in the DHCP drop down list - that area is grayed out like the original problem.

Connecting laptop to router by ethernet doesn't fix it either

[Lantis]

Whilst this is an inconvenience that the feature isn't working as intended, can't you just add the entry manually?

[AndrewMc]

Thanks Lantis. Manual entry may work - but I have 20 devices i want to attach. However seems I've fixed the problem.

I did have my internet cable cascading off another router and it was plugged into a lan port on the back of the Archer. As I recall it didn't like being plugged into the blue internet port. I also had a cable from the back of the Archer router going to a blu ray player with internet capability

SUMMARY OF PROBLEM
I dont think the router likes cables plugged into the yellow LAN ports.

FIX
- So what I have done now is put the internet cable into the internet port and removed all LAN cables.
- Internet / WAN connection is "DHCP Wired (I did have it on pppOe Wired) .
- Connection / DHCP / DHCP tab is set to a tick in the "LAN DHCP Server Enabled"box
- DHCP range is set to 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.249 (not sure if that will cause problems as I recall I have some devices with an IP less than .100. But I think I'll figure that out)
- Essentially anything connected to this router now will have to be wireless.
- But I now have wireless internet; I now have status reports in the Status Tabs (they weren't there before either) and I can now put rules against each connected device. Also the internet and 2.5 (flashing) and 5 GHz (solid on) lights are showing on the router (they werent before). System light is solid on.

Hurray - back to why i love Gargoyle!

Disc: I'm not an IT geek and dont know what I am doing. All a bit trial and error. Thanks for your help