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[FurryNutz]

Do you even own a D-Link product anymore? Just curious.

There is no dark side. Just the forum.

Sorry you feel that way. Good Luck.

[FurryNutz]

http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=62502.0

[apb0703]

Still does not work

[FurryNutz]

Could you be more descriptive?

What isn't working? 

Still does not work

[apb0703]

Ummm. I posted the first thread explaining the issues with Reserved IP. You posted the link to the new firmware so I assumed it was a given that the Reserved IP still does not work, even after updating to the new FW.

[FurryNutz]

So you still can't reserve more than 10 IP addresses? Reservations are working for me...

What region are you located?

[apb0703]

Correct, after about 10 reservations it will no longer save new ones. I haven't done a full count, so I might have a few more then 10. But at a certain point it stops saving info IE. Reserved ip, device name, etc etc

[FurryNutz]

What region are you located?

Been confirmed that D-Link reports the user of more than 10 reservations. Waiting on confirmation of the limit. I think I have about 15 as well.

What browser are you using currently when managing the router?

[apb0703]

I am in North America. Running the latest FW.

I have tried it on Chrome, IE and Firefox.

I could be above 10, I don't have an exact count, but at any given time I could have 25-45 devices connecting either through wired connection or wireless. I have switches attached also. After a certain number when I try to save device name and reserve an IP for the device, the info won't save. I know I have done it with at least 10, but after a certain amount it won't save anymore.

[FurryNutz]

Need to count how many you have to confirm. Word is that 24 is probably the max reservation limit. D-Links standard for most of there home class routers.

[apb0703]

I will  do a count tonight, but I am sure it is less then 24. Even if that is the case, again for  a high tech router such as t his, 24 is way to low, when routers out on the market today, including ones  just as powerful as this one, have limits of 64.

[FurryNutz]

24 has been D-Links standard for a while now. Ya, I know home users are getting more and more devices now days. You'll have to talk to D-Link about changing there standards. I do recommend that for devices that don't need any form of reservation or router management, set those devices up on Static IPs out side of the routers default DHCP IP address pool. Devices like printers, NAS, cameras, controllers and the like that don't need any QoS or router management, don't need to have a reserved IP address. Anything with short term connections can be left to Dynamic. Setting Static IPs will help balance the reservations better.

You might try turning OFF ALL devices save for one wired PC. Disable any and all 3rd party security SW and browser add-ons. These are known to cause FW upgrade problems. Factory reset, re-load FW file. Factory reset and then set up the router from scratch. Set up the 1st PC or device for a reservation. Turn on the next device and reserve it. Keep doing this until you run into the problem or something happens. This might help determine what device maybe a cause or the UI stops reserving at a certain point. I would use FF to do this, however your choice.

I have to upgrade mine. I'll try this evening and see what I find. 

On my router, normal configuration for me is that I can disconnect my main switch that has everything connected to it. Do the upgrade process and when it's ready, I can connect the main switch back online and the router finds all the devices I have. All I do is to reserve each one I need and I'm good. I'll count my reservations.

[apb0703]

I will do the same. But I still stand by my argument, that a router of this caliber should have a list that you can add reserved IP and MAC addresses to instead of this reserved IP when the device is connected. Even if you reserve an IP now in the current form, you have to disconnect and reconnect the device to have it get the correct IP. With a list you would be able to input the MAC address and the desired IP address, then connect the device.

[FurryNutz]

Probably a nice feature however I think D-Link is relaying on some form of auto detection to find devices. Again, this is all in the mind set of simplification of the user experience for home users. I can't only speculate why D-Link chose this route.

[FurryNutz]

So I loaded v1.06 B04 and seeing this issue. I can only seem to reserve about 12 devices before the device window hangs after saving the setting. Also for me, after doing some reservations, the setting display doesn't persist. It shows disabled after saving the setting, then opening the device window again. I'm working with D-Link at the moment on this.

I noticed that you can manually add a blank reservation with MAC addressing if you select the (+) icon button.