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[Mark_KF8RV]

Last night, I lost my NetFlix connection.  It was no biggy, I just restarted the Cheers episode that I had been watching.  This morning, I checked the DIR-655 log and the following is what I had found (date and times aren't accurate). 

May 24 03:22:33     info     [1076865.190000] device br0 left promiscuous mode
May 24 03:22:29     info     [1076861.620000] device br0 entered promiscuous mode
May 24 03:20:20     info     [1076732.020000] device br0 left promiscuous mode
May 24 03:20:16     info     [1076728.140000] device br0 entered promiscuous mode
May 24 01:45:42     info     [1071054.590000] device br0 left promiscuous mode
May 24 01:45:39     info     [1071051.040000] device br0 entered promiscuous mode
May 24 01:39:18     info     UDHCPD Inform: add_lease 192.168.0.103  (the wired computer)
May 24 01:37:18     info     [1070550.420000] device br0 left promiscuous mode
May 24 01:37:15     info     [1070546.850000] device br0 entered promiscuous mode
May 24 01:29:21     info     [1070073.510000] device br0 left promiscuous mode
May 24 01:29:18     info     [1070069.930000] device br0 entered promiscuous mode
May 24 01:28:44     info     [1070036.280000] device br0 left promiscuous mode
May 24 01:28:40     info     [1070032.660000] device br0 entered promiscuous mode

Promiscuous Mode is usually the result of sniffing according to Wiki.  Whatever is promiscuous mode.  Also, I don't know what device br0 is.  I do have my Brother wireless printer connected to the DIR-655 but it's device name is BRW0022581FB096.  I was wireless at the time of connection problem, and the wired computer connected to the DIR-655 had been off. 

Mark KF8RV.

[FurryNutz]

Do you see this entry if you disconnect or turn OFF the printer?
Set up an NTP server to correct the time for the logs.

[Mark_KF8RV]

NTS now sets the time.  It's accurate but one hour off.

I cleared the log after setting NTS.

I turned the printer off.  No new log entries were made by the printer's disconnection.

I turned the print on.  No new entries were made by the printer's connection.

The log displays the initial lease of the printer and that's all.

Mark KF8RV.

[FurryNutz]

Is DST set or disabled? I have mine disabled as the NTP server should set the correct time regardless of DST.

[Mark_KF8RV]

DST is disabled since enabling it didn't make any difference in the time.

The following is from my DIR-655 log:

Apr 27 20:17:14     info     UDHCPD Inform: add_lease 192.168.0.102
Apr 27 20:14:42     info     UDHCPD Inform: add_lease 192.168.0.102
Apr 27 20:14:31     info     UDHCPD sending OFFER of 192.168.0.102
Apr 27 20:10:49     info     UDHCPD sending OFFER of 192.168.0.101
Apr 27 20:06:30     info     Log cleared by Administrator
Apr 27 20:06:30     info     Log init

192.168.0.101 is the Brother MFC-J410W printer.
192.168.0.102 is the laptop which I'm using for this post.

You can see that the printer's lease isn't added like the laptop's lease.  Though, a lease is assigned to the printer when I check in the router's network settings (see below).  If I turn off the printer and then turn it on, the printer's lease is updated in the router's settings.  I never turn off the printer.  I just take it for granted that the printer's lease duration is somehow extended even if the printer is never turned off/on. 

IP                   COMPUTER            LEASE   
192.168.0.100  ROBERTSON-HP      Fri May 4 14:08:37 2012 (ethernet)
192.168.0.101  BRW0022581FB096  Fri May 4 20:27:27 2012 (g)
192.168.0.102  KF8RV-HP              Fri May 4 20:17:14 2012 (n)

You can see that the printer is assigned a lease, even though the lease wasn't added like the laptop in the log file.  The only difference is that the printer is wireless-g.  I have the router set for g/n.

Mark KF8RV.
 

[FurryNutz]

Have you assigned an IP address for the printer ON the router or you letting it DHCP from the router? Try reserving the address.

[Mark_KF8RV]

I had had the address reserved.  Now I'm trying it via leased DHCP.

The printer's lease renewed (and updated) itself today in the network settings, although no log entry appears.

I just want to make certain the printer isn't the cause of any network bugs.  About all I know is, the printer uses the router as an access point. 

The lack of not having any lease updates added in the log file does somewhat puzzle me.

Mark KF8RV.