Question on Mesh and DHCP

Installing and Using OpenWrt
1

I have two router on a mesh. A device connect to the network, The DHCP is handle by the main router. I can see the device on the second router in the DHCP Leases list, but not on the Main router. The devace shows on the main router on the routing screen, but not in the active DHCP leases list.

How long will it take to update the Leases list on the main router?

Is there a way to force a refresh on the list?

Thanks in advance for you help.

2

Sounds to me the DHCP isn't on the main router, after all...

3

You probably have a dhcp server on both routers. When rlthe ducp server tries to start it first checks if another dhcp server is on the network. If it finds one it shuts down again. This means the first one to start wins..

A question or two for you.. Do you really mean a mesh? Are your two routers connected by ethernet?

4

Main router:
Interface --> Lan -- >Edit

DHCP tab -- > Start at 100 End at 230

Secon router:
Interface --> Lan --> Edit

DHCP Tab --> Check mark on Ignore Interface

5

The rauter has 3 radios,using one of them to make the mesh

6

Then it is an AP?
Mesh

I'm pedantic:

7

Sorry, you are right is an AP, but in the interface showed as Mode: Mesh Point

SSID: xxxxx
Mode: Mesh Point
BSSID: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Encryption: None
Associations: 1

8

He likes ambiguous statements.

  1. By interpolating missing data, one fairly high probability interpretation is that he has three radios in each router and using one radio per router for the mesh backhaul.
  2. Another interpretation is that he is using one router to make the mesh, but that does not make sense, so indicates he does not understand what a mesh is.
  3. Without interpolating missing data and instead looking at the sparse circumstantial evidence he has provided and correlating with my past experience, I could conclude he is expecting proprietary EasyMesh nodes he has reflashed with OpenWrt (thus expunging all traces of EasyMesh), to still do the EasyMesh custom WDS thing and found it no longer works.

My gut feeling is number 3 above.

What say you?

9

The number one is the right one.

10

I'm, really, trying 2b nice...

But,
I cross threaded and I now have a 24 hour humble corner...

11

NP.

Now, @bluewavenet (whom is expert) will guide you to what you really want.

12

Sorry is I am getting the wrong side of you. It is not my intention at all.

13

Ur fine:
I'm self-depricating.

14

I would say number 3, but now you know that won't work so are trying number 1.

Please read the document linked by @LilRedDog above.
Then come back and give some detail of what you have tried so far.

15

Please don't. I will say all opinions are importan to me and get a better understanding on where I am failing, so I can try to fix my lexico on the subject... :frowning:

16

@bluewavenet has you.

Believe me:
No one is sad for me; I'm joking myself.

17

Nah, @LilRedDog is a cheeky li'l pup and always snapping round peoples ankles. :rofl:
He has a knack of finding the correct documentation for people, so go read first!

18

So, here is where you are:
@bluewavenet can masterclass what you want; you just need to let go, tell him "I want wi-fi to do this", and do whatever Google translate mangles his replies into; until it works.

Lost in translation happens; Blame it on the rain...

Avoid obtuseness.