Device not showing on hub 192.168.1.254

[Silly100]

bthub5 - connected to wifi withmy phone defaulted to 192.168.1.111 so i changed to manual and selected 192.168.1.200, i must be connected to the wifi as i can access the main page at 192.168.1.254 and in the activity log it shows my device connected but it doesnt show on dhcp table or the device diagram and my phone doenst show the wifi sign just usual 3g.

whats going on

[Rob364]

1.What is the DHCP range setting in your router. If you have set a static IP address within that range you can get an address conflict and fail to connect. It would be best to set the static address outside the DHCP range.

2.You probably used a browser on your phone to try and access your router and what you probly saw was the retained history from a previous connection.

3.My old android phone does not show a WiFi symbol if it fails to connect, it initially shows the symbol but if it does not connect to the network it disappears.

[Silly100]

i set it to 200 so within the range up to 254. netmask 192.168.1.0/24 it did briefly show the wifi symbol but then that disappeared and showed 3g but i was definitely connected to wifi as ging app found my device but after a fresh login of the admin page at.254 and going to dhcp table and drawing of connected devices nothing appeared.. it was odd as in the event log it showed my device connecting to the wifi

[Rob364]

If your router is a HH6 go to Advanced settings> IPV4 and check the server range. the default is 192.168.1.64 to 192.168.1.253 and it is not advisable to set a static IP address within this range due to conflicts.

If you give your phone a static IP outside the DHCP range it will always use this address on this router and will not show up in the DHCP lease table.

[Silly100]

its a hub5. how can you set it outside the range and still connect to the router? and how would i know another device is not doing exactly that and not visible to me

[Rob364]

I don't have a Hub5 so see here for example

https://2ellsblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/set-up-a-static-internal-ip-address-on-bt-home-hub-5/

All static addresses should be listed in the home Hub and you will be able to add and remove as you see fit.

[licquorice]

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@Silly100 wrote:
its a hub5. how can you set it outside the range and still connect to the router? and how would i know another device is not doing exactly that and not visible to me

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The range is the DHCP range not the whole subnet that can be used and you should know waht addresses are being used on what devices because you would have to have manually set them.

[Silly100]

i see where your gping with that, they could be set by anyone thats my point i want to know how to see all devices that are connected but not visible