DDP on ESP32, access issues running 4 8266 bulbs

Hello everyone!
So I have an ESP32 running the latest WLED beta, that is a DDP host, and I’ve added 4 of the Athom WLED bulbs to DDP on the host ESP32 (the bulbs are 8266s I think).

The host ESP32 runs in AP mode.
I’ve manually addressed the bulbs, 4.3.2.10-13.
On the bulbs I set 4.3.2.1 as the gateway, and on the host ESP32, I added each of those manual IPs as the nodes.
I also set the AP mode setting on all the bulbs to Disconnect, to try to help ensure they don’t go into that mode first.

I seem to run into problems whenever I add the fourth one, where it seems to join, but then kick my phone off of the connection with the host AP, and I am unable to connect to the host ESP32 unless I power off the ESP32 and the fourth bulb (by order of turn-on… I’ve tried turning the bulbs in out of order, and this behavior continues, with the last one I turned on), and then power the ESP32 on again.

Did I configure something wrong?


On a related note, is there any possible way to set a manual IP for AP mode?