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It sounds like a bug or router setup....

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Rod M

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In Reply to: RE: More Information............................... posted by 6bq5 on May 02, 2017 at 14:13:51

The TV should see that it has a connection and not ask for a new one. At the same time, the router should drop the old one if it gets a new request and knows that it's the same MAC address or just give the TV the old IP.

The obvious workaround is to set the TV to a preset IP or set the router to only give an assigned IP to that MAC address. Good thinking, Cut-Throat. I wonder if there's an update.

-Rod

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RE: It sounds like a bug or router setup.... - Cut-Throat 09:43:46 05/05/17 (1)
I was on a Network Forum about this problem, and there was a guy on there that used to write code for routers and has come across this problem before.

Apparently there are some routers and devices that don't always 'play well' together. And some TV manufacturers have 'strayed from standards' to accommodate different Network devices. He also said there was a lawsuit a while back involving TP-Link, that caused a lot of Manufacturers to start going 'By the Book'

He said, since it is a new TV, Samsung has probably written their code "By the Book", and that may be the problem I am experiencing.

At any rate, I have manually assigned a fixed IP address, so that I have a good work around for the problem.

Most users don't even look at their IP addresses on their network, so the problem is not widely known.

Cut-Throat
- Most users don't even look at their IP addresses on their network.... - Rod M 19:49:07 05/06/17 (0)
  I must be one of the few that do. with all the TVs and Nexus players and Squeezebox Touches around, I wonder what all is connected and do look from time to time. TP-Link gear seems to be pretty good and reasonably priced. I've got a couple of their VPN routers, 16 port switches and a WiFi router and they've always been rock solid.
  
  -Rod

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