Topic: ACCESS dead?

[DoctorKnow]

I hate the Access.

[jteloh]

My access died in a new and novel way. It fails to get an IP address via DHCP. It had been slowly dyeing   over the last couple of months by dropping services. I tried all the normal, moving to router, changing port and cable  . Now it shows a solid blue light with no IP address. Yes I have a good network scanner. The front light lies!

[worachj]

My access died in a new and novel way. It fails to get an IP address via DHCP. It had been slowly dyeing   over the last couple of months by dropping services. I tried all the normal, moving to router, changing port and cable  . Now it shows a solid blue light with no IP address. Yes I have a good network scanner. The front light lies!

Have you tried unplugging the power and removing the batteries from the Access for 10 seconds? That usually resets mine.

Another thing you can try is to hit the reset button on the Access’s splash screen that you can access by typing the IP address of your Access into a browser. (ex. http://192.168.1.243/)

[jteloh]

Yah I tried all that

[jteloh]

My access died in a new and novel way. It fails to get an IP address via DHCP. It had been slowly dyeing   over the last couple of months by dropping services. I tried all the normal, moving to router, changing port and cable  . Now it shows a solid blue light with no IP address. Yes I have a good network scanner.

Actually it more interesting. It used to work on my dlink bridge. Got an address just fine. Then it stopped working through the bridge. I moved it to my old brain dead buggy router which did give it an address but with a MAC address of 2F:d0:00:00:00:00 which not
Acurite. Even if it was a legal MAC, they would not recognize it at myacurite. Do not know which manufacturer 2F:DO:00 is.

Deep sigh...

[worachj]

Have you tried setting up an static IP address in your router for the Access. The Access's MAC address is listed as device ID on the bottom of the device.

[jteloh]

Have you tried setting up an static IP address in your router for the Access. The Access's MAC address is listed as device ID on the bottom of the device.

You can not change the MAC address. The IP address is only local. Yes the MAC address does not match the address on the bottom which was the original MAC address. I confirmed this by bringing up the access Config page via port 80. I have been in Software and networking for a long time so I am no newbie.

[worachj]

We're miss communicating. You use the MAC address of the Access and give it an IP address in the router. Google "How to set static IP address in a router".