The Core deals with that through a facility known as "Reserved Addresses," which (in theory) allows you to designate a static address for each device based on its MAC address

The privacy software hides your I.P. address and sends out a fake address

In our case, we have cameras (for security, as well as for keeping an eye on the dogs when we are away), as well as a camera server, all of which require static IP addresses

No Big deal, but at the time, there was NO way to set up a static IP address for devices aside from setting up a port forwarding rule, which kind of breaks the idea of a router if I have to open ports to get a static IP,

If you are using static IP addresses, it seems likely that you will have major problems (if you don't know what a "static IP address" is, then this probably won't impact you)

I’m glad I made the purchase knowing my I.P. address is secured and not just my devices...!!!

They are easily identifiable, not just some obscure MAC address

The initial setup for me from unboxing to connection to the internet was a smooth 30 minutes, after setup I waited a couple of days and went into the settings and assigned static DNS addresses to each user s device or just to a device, I particularly like the ability to assign and name my careers and other home network products like Hue

Now with a firmware update, Static IP addresses was available

I also saw a the fourth octet of a reserved address display as "null" in the app, which just really suggests to me that there are significant issues with the way that the app interfaces with the Core itself (a null octet is, well, not really an octet).Norton claims that port forwarding is also supported, but I didn't get that far (port forwarding is, by necessity, related to static UP addressing)

If you care about some basic router capabilities, such as the option to set static IP addresses, you may want to wait until some future release of this product

that is, when the device reconnected, it still had a dynamic address

This means that setting up printers on your network can be more cumbersome because you cannot assure the IP address and mitigate potential address conflicts.

Once this router replaces your old one, you can no longer access the devices that are set to static addresses

: My support ticket was escalated to resolve the issues I am having, unfortunately the support staff could not get the printers to work as they "are too far away from the router

It provide a bit of a proactive approach to security than a reactive one, which I love as I have adults in my home that are just now discovering the tablet/iphone technology and also have a few young ones that are fearless.

In our case, we have cameras (for security, as well as for keeping an eye on the dogs when we are away), as well as a camera server, all of which require static IP addresses

I have once again installed the previous router and everything works as it should

Rebooting solves the issue, but pretty annoying as never once had such an issue with my old Asus.

The one reason I have stayed away from Norton products since the 80`s still hampers them now

The one reason I have stayed away from Norton products since the 80`s still hampers them now