IP Address and MAC Binding

[trclac]

I have the Asus RT-AC87U set up as my router and an Asus RT-AC68U set up as an access point (hard wired to the AC87U).

In the Client Status list of the RT-AC87U router, I clicked on the RT-AC68U accept point and clicked "IP and MAC Binding" and Apply. Now I don't know how to "undo" this selection. Now when I click on the RT-AC68U in the Client List of the RT-AC87U router, nothing pops up any longer giving me any options for the RT-AC68U access point. Usually, there is an option for undoing a selection, but I cannot locate it here.

So, without this pop-up, how can I undo the MAC and IP Address Binding that I set for the RT-AC68U Access Point when the pop up was working on the router? Without being able to click on the Access Point in the Client List menu of the AC87U router and receiving the same pop up settings I did prior to selecting this Binding option, I don't know how to undo the Binding selection.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Solandri]

IIn the Client Status list of the RT-AC87U router, I clicked on the RT-AC68U accept point and clicked "IP and MAC Binding" and Apply. Now I don't know how to "undo" this selection. Now when I click on the RT-AC68U in the Client List of the RT-AC87U router, nothing pops up any longer giving me any options for the RT-AC68U access point. Usually, there is an option for undoing a selection, but I cannot locate it here.

Sounds like you assigned the RT-AC68U a static IP address. The client list is probably only showing you the DHCP (dynamic) IP addresses.

Look under DHCP Server in the LAN settings. There should be a table there with a static IP address for your RT-AC68U. If you delete it, it'll revert to being assigned an IP address by DHCP.
http://event.asus.com/2012/nw/dummy_ui/en/Advanced_DHCP_Content.html

That said, the preferred configuration for an access point is a static IP address. That way you can always access it (to reconfigure it) via the same IP address. If you use DHCP, its IP address can randomly change.

 

[hang-the-9]

If you can't get into the device to change things, you can always do a factory reset and start over.

 

[trclac]

IIn the Client Status list of the RT-AC87U router, I clicked on the RT-AC68U accept point and clicked "IP and MAC Binding" and Apply. Now I don't know how to "undo" this selection. Now when I click on the RT-AC68U in the Client List of the RT-AC87U router, nothing pops up any longer giving me any options for the RT-AC68U access point. Usually, there is an option for undoing a selection, but I cannot locate it here.

Sounds like you assigned the RT-AC68U a static IP address. The client list is probably only showing you the DHCP (dynamic) IP addresses.

Look under DHCP Server in the LAN settings. There should be a table there with a static IP address for your RT-AC68U. If you delete it, it'll revert to being assigned an IP address by DHCP.
http://event.asus.com/2012/nw/dummy_ui/en/Advanced_DHCP_Content.html

That said, the preferred configuration for an access point is a static IP address. That way you can always access it (to reconfigure it) via the same IP address. If you use DHCP, its IP address can randomly change.

Thanks, but I did as you suggest first off. Oddly, there is nothing showing a static IP address for the RT-AC68U, which makes me wonder if this is a FW bug, i.e., that I can set it in my Client List, but it doesn't show up on the DHCP page of the LAN settings. In fact, I searched all over the RT-AC87U's interface and found nothing linking the RT-AC68U with a static address. Even odder, the RT-AC87U keeps changing IP addresses, which I have to use the Asus Discovery tool to find. Very weird.

 

[Solandri]

I suppose you can always reset your RT-AC87U then.