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Securifi Products => Almond+ => Topic started by: ache on December 01, 2014, 04:05:37 am

Title: R069 - blank screen on WAN Settings?
Post by: ache on December 01, 2014, 04:05:37 am
I have just upgraded my Almond+ to R069, and am seeing some strange behaviour. I have enabled the "Access Point" mode.

On the home screen, I see a blank tile for "Internet":
(http://i57.tinypic.com/2m5jtj6.png)

And when I click on that tile, all I see is a blank screen again:
(http://i62.tinypic.com/1688x20.png)

Surely this isn't normal - is it?

How do I configure the access point's IP address? At the moment I can see that it's been allocated an IP address by my DHCP server, but I would like to configure a static IP address. Is this possible?

Thanks for any help.
Title: Re: R069 - blank screen on WAN Settings?
Post by: LGNilsson on December 01, 2014, 04:58:59 am
In Access Point and Range Extender mode you don't have any options for the WAN port, hence why it's blank.
Title: Re: R069 - blank screen on WAN Settings?
Post by: ache on December 01, 2014, 07:39:16 am
Thanks for the quick reply Lars.

So is the default behaviour for the Almond+ to simply act as a DHCP client (while in Access Point mode)? Is there no way to set a static IP?

Unless I've missed something, that seems rather strange to me - without a static IP, it would be difficult to reliably communicate to the Almond+. Wouldn't that make it difficult for the Almond+ to fulfil its role as a home automation server?
(I am planning to have the Almond+ serve as a wireless access point, while acting as my HA controller for my Z-wave devices.)
Title: Re: R069 - blank screen on WAN Settings?
Post by: ache on December 04, 2014, 11:15:40 pm
Just bumping this up as I would still like some feedback on my questions - or let me know if I should be posting this elsewhere.

Namely:
1. How do we set a static IP for the Almond+ when in Access Point mode?
2. Without a static IP, will the Z-wave functionality all work as expected? (I don't have my Z-wave stuff yet to test it out.)

Thanks in advance for any help.
Title: Re: R069 - blank screen on WAN Settings?
Post by: LGNilsson on December 05, 2014, 12:07:28 am
You'd set up a static lease on your main router.

The home automation end of thing doesn't care about the IP address of the router if you're using our cloud service.