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Un-explainable networking issues.
I am posting this message in the hope that a member on the site with qualifications in CNN Networking, will be kind enougth to help myself in obtaining an explanation to the following issues.
These ssues which I am encountering are with my homes broadband routers LAN setup. The routers has been configured to use its in-built dhcp function with-in the address range begining 192.168.1.1. and ending at 192.168.1.255.
Generally upon my devices establish a connection to the network there are assigned an appropriate I.P address with-in the configured range automaticaklly, as one would expect having carried out this router LAN configuration. However on occassion ( and occourring mainly upon my Iphones connection via Wi-Fi) the ip address being assigned to the device is showing as 169.254.80.242. Equally confusing is that the subnet mask associated to this issued I.P address does not correspond to those of my routers configurations. Changing from my configured subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 to the su7bnet mask of 255.255.0.0.
Similar un-explainable IP issues are also often occourring with-in my other devices setting when I am proceeding to connect them to my homes network. It would appear however that it is indeed the associated SSID of my homes router that is being connected to.
How and why thou therefore is the considerably different IP address of 169.254.80.242 being assisned to my connecting devices, as this is on a totally different network range than that configured to be used in my routers set-up.
ANY LIGHT which someone with knol;edge in this arae can shed to myself will be greatly appreciated.