AT&T Router - Internet won't work without a static IP

The title pretty much says it all. I’ve been dealing with this headache 🙂 with my Verizon router lately. I’ve got several computers hooked up, both wired and on Wi-Fi. But here's the kicker: no matter how I try, the internet won't work unless I manually set a static IP on every single machine with the 192.168.1.1 gateway.
Any idea why? I haven't touched a single setting on the router. It just randomly started acting up like this out of nowhere.
Thanks.

The DHCP service on that ADB unit just loves to crash out of nowhere... honestly, the only way I can ever get it back on track is the classic "unplug it and plug it back in" trick.

Jason Harris5 said:The DHCP service on that Netgear router just loves to crash for no reason... honestly, the only way to fix it is the old "unplug-replug" trick...

Tried that already, but it works for a bit then goes right back to being broken. At least now I know it’s just a known issue with this router.

If you don't have any other gear lying around that can take over the DHCP service—like some extra routers or whatever—you've always got the option to just handle it yourself using software on your PC, kind of like this.

Honestly, setting it all up is pretty straightforward... you can even tweak it to launch automatically whenever your OS boots up. The only real catch is that your computer has to stay powered on "all the time" so your other devices can actually grab their IP addresses.

Jason Harris5 said:If you don't have extra gear like a spare router to take over the DHCP service, your best bet is just running some software on your PC, like this.

It's super easy to set up... you can even make it boot with your OS. Only catch is that computer has to stay powered on "all the time" so other devices can actually grab an IP address.

Keeping the PC on isn't an issue, honestly it stays on 24/7 anyway.
The main thing is I've got a ton of devices hopping onto my network just passing through...
Anyway, thanks a million, I'll give the software a shot.

Just wanted to say this software totally fixed everything. Super easy to set up too. Thanks a ton!

Best,