My Dhcp, how to distributed correctly?
I want the addresses to change dynamically
Thanks for the feedback.
Would you elaborate more with a screenshot if you can?
Currently DHCP is not supported the same way PPPoE and other protocols are supported. We need to add DHCP soon as it is highly used too.
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Always elaborate with a screenshot and a few details to make the question more specific.
It helps us give the best suited answer. Also your question becomes helpful for community members who are facing the same issue.
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I use pppoe but the addresses do not change when reconnecting.
DHCP and PPP are different protocols. So is it PPP or DHCP that is not working correctly?
PPP should work well with ZIMA.
Would you please provide a step by step example with a sample IP pool and specify the issue taking place. Otherwise we will not be able to help correctly. Screenshots are also helpful if you can do that. Looking forward for your feedback.
This is a pppoe with dynamic addresses.
after pppoe relogin in to change the ip address.
Ok so you want to fix the IP for the user so that they get the same IP everytime they reconnect?
This is possible by specifying the fixed IP for the user in a field called Framed-IP.
This is how it is done: How to set up a Framed IP or Public IP
And this is how you make sure that your framed IP is working correctly: How to make sure Framed IP is working
Hope that this has answered your use case, otherwise please let me know.
No I don’t want to get the same ip address every time
(framed ip ; And it doesn’t work properly. If we have 1 common pool, ip addresses are duplicated.- this is another topic.)
There is definitely something wrong in your IP pools config causing this.
Feel free to reach out to our support so we assist you and teach you how to do it correctly.
this is not the topic.
I want to change addresses.
(And for static addresses, this with 2 pools is a compromise. It doesn’t have to be that way.)
I want to change the ip address. When the client turns off his router and turns it on to get a new ip address.
Mikrotik selects an IP automatically from the pool when a user reconnects, ZIMA is not involved here. No conflicts should happen here unless there is a misconfig.
Please let’s schedule a session so we assist you to set up your pools correctly. You can reach out to the webchat anytime and we’ll take it from there.
I am sorry if this is sounding bad. but if you change the IP of the Router evry time, it will make the IT admin work load very dificalt caus he will have to go and search for the new ip for that spicific client. emagen you have 600 clients. 20 to 50 clients it will be fine but going biger is going to caus time delays in fault finding.
Hello @saint_patrick
It doesn’t sound bad, your feedback is always appreciated, so no worries 
Back to your question, yes the default mode is automatic IP allocation but ZIMA allows you to set a fixed IP for each user so that they get the same IP everytime they reconnect.
This is how it is done: How to set up a Framed IP or Public IP
And this is how you make sure that your framed IP is working correctly: How to make sure Framed IP is working
Try those and feel free to ask any further questions.
On another note, our next release will be simplifying IP allocation even more. Each subscriber will be allocated a fixed IP and will not rely on the router IP allocator anymore. This will make it simpler and easier to understand and to work with for everyone.
Hi. Thank you for the response. I am curently using the framed IP protocol. It works the best and helps in fault finding.
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