Netgear XR500 looses dhcp while configuring

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I've been working on setting up a XR500 with docker to run logitech media server for my squeezeboxes, using a tetherd iphone as my internet. I got docker with an ssd, extended overlay partition configured running downstream of my primary router (192.168.2.1) with a static ip and dhcp off. I then added the phone as a wan connection. When I tried to set it up as the primary router and changed its ip and turned on dhcp, I could not get dhcp to work.
I reset to factory and instead connected the wan port to my router and left the unit set to 192.168.1.1 and dhcp on. Halfway through reconfiguring it dhcp stops working again. I've reduced it to (trying to get to the fewest steps to break dhcp)
factory reset
set password
add ssh key
set router name
set timezone
ssh into router
opkg update
opkg remove wpad-basic-mbedtls
opkg install wpad-wolfssl pbr mesh11sd
At this point I can reboot or power cycle and dhcp still works
After power cycle
ssh into router again
opkg update
opkg install luci-app-pbr
Cycle power at this point and dhcp no longer functions.

What am I doing wrong, or what am I missing?

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Hi

at this point, what IP you get with dhcp wan ?

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192.168.1.180 or 181

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so, this is the problem

you have 192.168.1.xxx on WAN side
and have your OWRT LAN again, on 192.168.1.xxx
this way, routing between LAN and WAN could not work

please move your OWRT/LAN to 192.168.5.1/24 or as you like some other 192.168.x.1 address

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I'm sorry I responded to your post earlier too quickly and posted what I am getting on the lan side not the wan side (guess I hadn't had enough of my coffee when I responded). My wan ip on the XR500 is 192.168.2.xxx. The XR500 is at the default lan 192.168.1.1 and issuing 192.168.1.xxx addresses when it is working.