Wireless Routers with at Least 64 IP Reservations

dreamerman on 20/10/2022 - 08:20

I had a Netgear Nighthawk XR300 and it can reserve 64 IP addresses (128 will be ideal) and I am replacing with something better/newer/more powerful/easier to manage. Number of IP reservations is not something commonly advertised as a feature or specification and is not commonly discussed at forums either. I was in an online chat with TP-Link and even the customer service can't tell me for sure which model has what reservation limits. So does I hope people here can post their home router models with corresponding address reservation limits. Please do not include any enterprise routers (I also have a Sophos SG115rev2).
So I start with mine:

Netgear Nighthawk XR300 - 64
TP-Link Archer C2300 - 32
Linksys EA6700 - 32

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Comments

  • skid on 20/10/2022 - 08:27
    +1

    Is this the setting you are referring to?

    Asus RT-AC86U

    Manually Assigned IP around the DHCP list (Max Limit : 128)

    • dreamerman on 20/10/2022 - 08:47

      That's it thanks. 128 is impressive I have never used Asus devices before and I am missing out.

    • Kramo on 20/10/2022 - 09:11
      +1

      They changed it back to 64 on the AC86 back in an April firmware update.

      There's some scripts available that bypass the web interface, but it's not the out-the-box.

      • dreamerman on 21/10/2022 - 09:35

        Is rolling back firmware an option? Thinking of buying this Asus.

    • dreamerman on 26/10/2022 - 16:43

      Hi, do you mind telling me the firmware version?

      • skid on 26/10/2022 - 22:38

        384.15

  • FoxJump on 20/10/2022 - 09:11
    +1

    i think the deco x60 allows 200
    i have 4 set up and the assignment screen counts down from a remainder of 196

    • dreamerman on 20/10/2022 - 09:18

      Thanks, 200 is an odd number. I have always assumed it goes in certain multiples.

  • JimmyF on 20/10/2022 - 09:26
    -1

    You could load 3rd party firmware on your router to bypass these limits. Is that an option?

  • iDroid on 20/10/2022 - 09:37

    My RT-N66U allows 128 if that's useful.

  • newbo on 20/10/2022 - 10:31

    I actually didn't know this was an issue and, to me, I have a lot of wifi devices.
    I figured you'd get 255 - gateway IP address on standard routers.

    • dreamerman on 20/10/2022 - 10:37

      I think you mean 255.255.255.0 get 254 IP addresses and that would be correct. But what I am referring to is reserving IP to MAC addresses. IP and MAC binding is different again. I am not a tech person so that is my layman understanding.

  • toomuchdogfur on 20/10/2022 - 10:34

    Genuinely curious, what do you need that many DHCP reservations for?

    If you don't want an enterprise or enterprise-ish router, I think anything running OpenWRT will let you add as many leases as you want. But of course be wary of doing that on lower end routers… they have terribly tiny amounts of RAM and ROM so you might push them off the brink.

    • dreamerman on 20/10/2022 - 10:40
      +1

      I think it is a matter of my preference. I have about 60ish devices including IoTs and I want to know which IP is attached to which device. I have about 20ish devices that require a fixed IP.
      To answer your question about openwrt, I wanted something easier to manage. If not I will just continue to use my Sophos SG115rev2. I find Sophos FW hard to use because I am simply too lazy to learn how to configure it to work properly. Sophos FW is very capable.

      • toomuchdogfur on 20/10/2022 - 11:25

        Yeah fair enough! I personally use PFSense as IMO it has the best UI of the enterprise-lite group, but it was one hell of a learning curve to get comfortable with it.

        I'll second the Asus recommendations above - I have had a RT-AC66U running for nearly a decade at my parent's place with no issues.

        • dreamerman on 20/10/2022 - 12:50

          Yes pfsense is a beast. I used it a few years ago before Sophos FW and simply do not have the technical aptitude to use it properly. The guys at pfsense forum do not have patience for novices.

  • Look Up on 20/10/2022 - 19:12

    The EA6700 is supported on dd-wrt - https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Linksys_EA6700

    Then you are only limited by the size of the DHCP client lease DB

    With 50+ static leases, I would be setting them up via command line like below

    https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Static_DHCP#How_to_ad…
    https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=319844

    • dreamerman on 20/10/2022 - 21:19

      Thanks, did not realise EA6700 is now supported by dd-wrt. Will try that. Many thanks

  • dreamerman on 21/10/2022 - 08:55

    Just found out Asus RT-AC58U is 64

  • dreamerman on 26/10/2022 - 08:34

    Saw this from another forum:

    Thank you for contacting ASUS Support.
    Following up with your query regarding the DHCP list Max Limit if up to 128.
    Please be informed that there is no device that currently supports this limit. Due to a firmware change in 2018/2019, the memory area allocated for storing values was assigned a limit, equating to around 64 devices.
    In return other functions were expanded, such as the firmware rules and other areas where devices can be assigned, as some features only allowed 8 or 12 devices due to the memory limit.
    Most functions all now support 64 devices to be assigned, which has dropped the maximum amount of manually assigned IP addresses. Older devices with the 128 limit have since been updated to the same 64-device limit.

  • lenspizza on 28/10/2022 - 16:48

    Maybe look at a GL.iNet device? It's running Openwrt, and should have no practical limit on the number of DHCP Reservations.

    Worst case you could manually run DHCPD on a raspberry pi, that thing will definitely have no limits. Then DHCP Forward from your router to the rPi.

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