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On 30/12/2025 01:00, Jim Diamond wrote:
> On 2025-12-29 at 13:31 AST, The Natural Philosopher 
wrote:
>> On 29/12/2025 15:08, Jim Diamond wrote:
>>
>>> It was in fact two IPv4 addresses.  One which the Network Manager config
>>> file specifies, and the other was some other address which I speculate
>>> came from the router's DHCP server.
> 
>> You can check the routers DHCP table and the MAC addresses associated
>> with it.
> 
> 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.
> 
Routers do not retain memory of statically assigned addresses. You might 
find it in the arp table


> However, it was worth a look.  Maybe.  According to the router, the
> "mystery" address is paired with the wifi card's actual ethernet (MAC)
> address, whereas the "proper" address is (currently) paired with the same
> ethernet address, except the last octet is 8C instead of 8D.  This makes me
> think that it is showing "Connected" or "Disconnected" according to the
> ethernet address which is working, and it is not careful about pairing that
> with the correct IPv4 address.
> 
I thought this was a wifi issue. There is no 'Ethernet' address.

>                                  Jim

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