Plusnet Hub 2 - static device issue

[#1]

Hold fire, the miniserver was on 1.77 in the Plusnet when I first plugged it up, and I could login, via the Plusnet hub and my laptop.

You maybe right, it only failed when it was set to a static 1.55 outside the dhcp scope! Defo one to prove. Cheers all. I’ll update post once proven. Just in case uPNP sorts it first.

[#2]

Set it back to dhcp , then set the Hub 2 to fix its ip ( always use same ip ). That way its effectively static but the Hub 2 has assigned it .

[#3]

@MisterW 

Thinking about it now, that is what I had to do when setting up my Netgear ReadyNAS server with a fixed IP address.

Fixing it on the ReadyNAS meant that I couldn't connect to it, so as you say, set the device to DHCP and let the router find it - then fix the IP address.

I never did find out why it didn't work, it doesn't seem to be solely a Netgear problem then so would be interested if anyone can explain why it happens like that.