portal dynamic Ip question

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ahmedess
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portal dynamic Ip question

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I can connect to the portal if i put my current ip or dyndns just fine but when i either update the Reef Angel Wifi Address to a blank field or reset my router to test whether the portal will work again if my ip changes it doesnt work and says unreachable

I dont understand how is it supposed to work if i m using a dynamic ip address and how would it still connect to my controller if my ip changes
rimai
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Re: portal dynamic Ip question

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It takes about 5 minutes for the Portal to receive the latest ip address after you blank it out.
The controller sends data to the portal every 5 minutes. So, the next time the controller communicates with the Portal, it will send your latest ip address and the portal will update the field all by itself.
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ahmedess
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How do i know if my webbanner is working and my controller is sending info to your server
rimai
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Post by rimai »

Just look at the last modified timestamp
Roberto.
ahmedess
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Reef Angel wifi address: (update)
My reefangelid:
ahmedess
Connection Status:
Unreachable Address
 
Last Update:
June 29, 2012 1:27:48 PM GMT+02:00
Displaying data from:
Webbanner database

Does that mean the controller is not sending info periodically to your server cause i think that time stamp is when i was connecting using my ip address typed in
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I don't think your wifi attachment is sending anything to the server:
http://forum.reefangel.com/status/banne ... d=ahmedess
Roberto.
ahmedess
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Re: portal dynamic Ip question

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Why is that?
rimai
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Re: portal dynamic Ip question

Post by rimai »

Probably because you missed one step on your wifi attachment setup.
You probably used Dave's wifi utility and forgot to click save remote settings button.
Can you try doing that?
Roberto.
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Yup i used daves utility. I ll check it when i get back home
ahmedess
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what should the remote host ip be on my computer on dave's reef angel wifi utility?
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reefangel.com
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portal dynamic Ip question

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You can follow my guide to remote wifi setup. My portal works perfectly as long as dyndns has been updated. If you are using dyndns, do you have the updater constantly running?
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