Can I reach the device despite a different network and without a router?

I think I'm making a mistake and would like to ask again. I've connected an old firewall to a switch for testing. The switch is connected to a client with an APIPA address of 169. The firewall has an IP of 192.168.1.1 (the default IP). Why can I access the firewall interface despite using a…

PC is assigned an IPv4 address and then immediately gives it back?

Hello, for a few days now I've had a problem on two computers where they are not being assigned an IPv4 address correctly. It works like this: DHCP assigns the PC a temporary address starting with 169 -> in the router interface, the PC is assigned an address -> the PC duplicates this and releases…

DHCP connection does not work at 1 GBit/s but at 100Mbit/s it does?

Good morning. I wanted to change my Ethernet to 1 Gbit/s because I have a 400 Mbps connection. However, when I set the duplex to 1 Gbit/s, the diagnostics tell me that the DHCP server cannot be reached. At 100 Mbps, the connection works fine. I have an Asus RT-AX57 router and a CAT 7…