Why would my Hub address change? A recent change occurred although I have the same router. Could the recent internet outage and a remote router reboot have caused it?
Reserve a static IP for your hub. That will solve the problem.
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Yes.
It has been longstanding advice to reserve the IP addresses for your smart devices (Alexa, Hubitat, Hue, etc) in your router.
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The term “DHCP reservation” is what you’ll want to use here.
DHCP is how your router assigns IP addresses, and under some circumstances, it may re-assign a different address to a device.
But most routers will allow you to reserve the same address for a specific device. This is done from your router settings menu, so the exact steps will depend on which device you’re using.
But here’s a brief explanation of DHCP reservation and generic steps to configure it:
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