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Strange connection problems with T-Mobile
Since I changed from Spectrum internet to T-Mobile I have noticed a few issues. The first one being for some reason my 5Ghz wireless does not show up on my ROKU devices that did work at 5 GHz with Sp...
No. You're referring to Time To Live (TTL) which is controlled by the gateway. As long as the address isn't taken by another device, it will be fine. And it won't be taken by another device as long as the gateway sees it's an active address.
If you're worried about your TTL disconnecting the device, assign it a number that is out-of-range of DHCP. Normally DHCP starts its range at x.x.x.100 through x.x.x.254. The gateway keeps 192.168.12.1 as its private address, so anything between 192.168.12.2 through 192.168.12.99 should also work. On my T-Mobile gateway, an Arcadyan KVD21 5G gateway, there are no IP addresses given out by DHCP under 192.168.12.100. Use the T-Mobile app to look at Devices and I'll bet you won't find any with an IP address under 100.
Lastly, if you're in conflict with another IP address, your computer will return an error for a duplicate IP address. Just move it one tick up or down to fix it.
