Check your router settings to enable a larger DHCP pool size, ensuring it supports more than 256 addresses.
Check your router settings to enable a larger DHCP pool size, ensuring it supports more than 256 addresses.
This could be in the wrong forum since it's about a router, but it's listed under networking. Your current settings have a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 and a subnet of 10.15.X.X. In DHCP you can't assign more than 256 addresses, so you might need to adjust the range or manually configure individual computers to use the full range.
Looks like a fixed maximum. Perhaps OpenWRT works better? https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/archer_c7
Are you aware of your router's ability to handle IP passthrough? This would let you send your external IP to another router, avoiding the one your ISP supplies. Based on what you're explaining, the DHCP server in your current router has a fixed limit, even though you have a much bigger subnet.
Your internet service provider doesn’t typically manage individual router components. When purchasing a new TP-Link router, you generally don’t need to contact them unless you have specific setup requirements. It’s rare for ISPs to only support certain devices; combined modem-router or ONT solutions usually work seamlessly.
To connect a router to your modem, you must contact a specialist who can configure the IP pass-through settings. They won’t allow you to do it yourself, and the technician will decline unless they confirm it’s from an authorized partner.