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On 2025-12-30, Jim Diamond  wrote:
> My router's DHCP function has a serious case of brain damage.  (It is
> supplied by my ISP and is not easy to avoid using, because of the way they
> control their fiber optic cable based system.)  Right now it thinks the Pi
> in question is using the "mystery" IPv4 address, and it resolutely declares
> that the "proper" address is not connected.  The Pi itself disagrees.

My current ISP is Frontier Fiber, and I have a business account with
a static IP address. While they supply a fiber termination unit in
my house wiring closet, they also supply a Sagemcom router/WiFi
device, which I *must* use because my static IP is the creation of a VPN
feature inside the router, for which they do not provide any
usable documentation. So I had them bridge that IP to one of the
ethernet ports on the Sagemcom device, and then have my own edge
router attached to that. I can't turn off the WiFi on the Sagemcom, but
I have my own WiFi access point behind my router.

I am not very happy with the arrangement, but my bandwidth is 500 Mbps
symmetric, although my (old) edge router is only 10/100 ethernet.
But after spending years on a 15Mbps symmetric network, I am happy to
get 100/100 that WORKS.

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