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Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected

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On 23/06/2026 in message <111erka$2i11g$1@dont-email.me> Graham J wrote:

>NY wrote:
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>[snip]
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>>And it suddenly began to work: I could ping the static address that I'd  
>>configured in the AP yonks ago (for some reason that I've long  forgotten, 
>>I couldn't let the router's DHCP allocate an IP to the AP)  and devices 
>>which were connected to the AP's wifi worked perfectly.  Despite all this, 
>>the router still didn't report the AP as being  connected ;-)
>
>Possibly this router only "knows" about things it has issued an IP address 
>to?

I think that's a good bet. I have been swapping the roles of my PCs (3 of 
which have fixed IP addresses) and the Plusnet Modem 2 maintains its cache 
even after a power cycle so I would RDP into a machine from my laptop and 
end up all over the place. In the end I learnt to power down all PCs, go 
into the modem and manually remove them, then power  up.

My new Omada combined DSL/LTE modem has a trick of its own, if nobody 
talks to it for a while (say overnight) it says sod this for a game of 
soldiers and goes to sleep. When I go back to the laptop in the morning 
it's decided it's not connected to a network so turns off file sharing.

Bring back cocoa tins and string!

-- 
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
When you think there's no hope left remember the lobsters in the tank in 
the Titanic's restaurant.

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Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-23 21:38 +0100
  Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2026-06-23 21:51 +0100
    Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-06-23 21:09 +0000
      Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-23 22:12 +0100
    Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-23 22:10 +0100
      Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-06-23 23:36 +0100
        Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-24 10:55 +0100
          Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-06-24 17:22 +0100
          Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-06-24 18:15 +0100
            Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-06-24 18:45 +0000
  Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-23 22:01 +0100
  Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected Roger <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-24 19:03 +0100
    Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-24 21:48 +0100
      Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-06-25 07:35 +0000
        Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-25 14:21 +0100
          Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-25 14:40 +0100
            Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-25 17:31 +0100
      Re: Plusnet router does not recognise when some Ethernet devices are connected Bob Pullen <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-25 13:09 +0100

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