Galfert,
Thanks for the excellent tutorial. I am embarrassed to say that since installing my router in 2010, I have never updated the firmware or done maintenance beyond the setup, but I do have it password protected. I can picture you smacking your forehead about now. I am very rural and far off the road (you can see by my station SGL076 location if you look), so I am not overly worried about anyone getting into my wifi.
I am wondering if the router notices the Meteobridge accessing the same address as the WeatherLinkIP, so it moves one digit. But I am thinking the MeteoBridge just ‘looks’ to that location. If that is the case that the router protects from conflicts, it just started doing this after over 2 years.
Point well taken, I will at least update firmware and make things right in the router. And, as you say, I cannot use the DHCP range of IPs for static even if I wanted to do that. Having the UPS, I do occasionally reboot the router just because I thought it was good idea, not because I had issues.
If I go to a static IP of the correct allowable range, I will need to understand the other values, subnet mask, default gateway and DNS server. Fortunately most of this stuff works on its own and is usually transparent to someone like me.
As far as power, no brown outs. I not only run an UPS, but have another UPS feeding the computer UPS as well as other household items. I have a 4,800 watt (with large golf cart batteries) Outback feeding my CyberPower 1500AVR UPS. Reason being is that the CyberPower UPS wakes me up when power is lost, so now it never loses power, and power is good quality. But you make a good point. And I have LED lights, not fluorescent near the router.
Mattk,
JohnD,
Yes, I am sure, there is nothing on the dongle. I can hold it in my hand now while I sit here. I found a picture of a sticker on a dongle on google, and mine has no label stuck to it. I do have the green light covered with electrical tape (that I removed to look for the label) because the green light keeps me awake. Thing is, I always keep good records, or at least I used to. I bet I have the info written down somewhere and stored so well that I can’t find it.
I gave false information when I said the DID was on the 6555. Actually I got the DID from the WeatherLink.com website.
The .json and .xml files only have station_name and station_id. To make certain I was not overlooking it, I ctr-f and searched for ‘station’ and ‘key’ and ‘code’ because I could see me overlooking it. Wonder why my reports don’t have the key.
Thanks all