A static address would be perfect… Just set that to something high to stop anything strange happening.
Another issue can be security appliances - firewalls, etc - they often stop unknown devices from connecting
The Ruida is a static device and it only talks UDP/IP, so the only option is static.
OP’s router offers nearly no configurability so none of those are options.
This is the manual for his router:
Spectrum AC WiFi Router User Guide v1 10 11 2019.pdf (d15yx0mnc9teae.cloudfront.net)
In the end, their answer was for the user to purchase there own router.
I really want to thank each and everyone who worked so hard to help me in this. [berainlb]
your direction helped so much I was able to track down the problem with the cable companys router then I reassigned my ip for my laser and voila BACK UP AND RUNNING REPLACE THE ROUTER TOO.
BOB