Airport extreme default host won't stick

Hi all, I am using the newest version of the airport extreme and newest version of airport utility. I have a mac mini server running on my LAN with a manually set IP address of 10.0.1.15. I have my DHCP range on my airport set to start at 10.0.1.16-200.
I have tried to set the default host to 15 multiple times but it keeps resetting to 253. I don't get what is happening here but it's a really big PITA. I'd like to be able to access my server for things like VPN and screen sharing without having to manually set every individual service as well as dealing with the newest icloud port conflicts that the airport utilities report.
Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why this might be happening?

I am having the same issue on my airport extreme. I am using software version 6.2 , I have slightly different IPs but the same scenario.
Very frustrating!!
Add to it the fact that I can no longer see the clients that are on my router from the router itself....

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