The mikrotik dhcp distributes random IP, how can it be forced to distribute IP sequentially like
1.1.1.254
1.1.1.253
1.1.1.252
not like
1.1.1.254
1.1.1.200
1.1.1.25
That’s basically how DHCP works. It uses any unused ip addresses to your network within the certain range you cannot put it in sequential order automatically. Instead use DHCP reservation so you don’t have to change the IP if not permanent.
Why does it need to be sequential? Do you have a use case, a requirement that requires something specific.
If so state it here and I am sure there are solutions…
In addition: you should not judge by timers …
When things are clean (i.e. devices are all new to network, DHCP server did not lease any address from a pool yet), MT DHCP server will assign addresses sequentially. But address leases have predefined life time and clients have to renew leases. Normally they do it at half of life time, but some clients may move away and don’t do it. When client renews the lease, it normally gets the same address. The same is even normally true when same client returns to the network … if address pool is large and number of unique clients small (DHCP server normally keeps track of last address user even after lease expires).
And after some life of network things are not in sequence any more but that’s because normal DHCP server tries to make client’s existence in LAN as stressless as possible.