This may be a stupid question, but are the static IPs in the same address range? My HT2000 has local addresses in the 192.168.42.xxx range, but as an example, say I had a device with the static IP address of 192.168.0.101, the modem will not see it. Maybe a sniffer program would see it, but for the device to be seen by the modem, it would have to be set to 192.168.42.101. Could that be the issue? I assume you altered the IP addresses when you switched from DSL to Hughes, but it may be worth checking.
Dave
Hey David,
Was just getting ready to reply to Mark when you posted, and I was going to ask him about that.
Do I have to go into the camera and davis unit to physically change the IP, or can I use the MacAddress and give it a new IP addy in HughesNet configuration. Seems I saw some sort of an option to use the mac and add a new IP in that range
Thanks,
Brad
You would have to configure it on the camera itself, I think. If you set the camera to dynamic addressing and let the HughesNet modem set the preferred address by MAC, that would work, but probably not as reliably as a static IP. You may need PC software or an Android app to configure the camera itself, whether to change the static IP address or set it to dynamic addressing. I am not familiar with that brand, that is usually how it is done.
Hey David and all,
Was able to change the IP of the camera and it worked fine thru the day. But my software stops processing the camera around 9pm each evening. That's by my choice, as I don't have much need for a webcam at night. Comes back on a little ahead of sunrise each morning. Well, during the sleep mode, my non cooperating camera switched back to the old IP and I lost connection again.
As far as the Davis software, from conversations I had yesterday on a couple of forums, a few folks said sure, no problem, change the IP and things will be fine. But more than a handful stated do it a my own peril as they tried it, and tech support from Davis couldn't even help restore it back to old IP. Needless to say, I held off on that.
Anyways, will spend some more time later today with my friend google and see if anything else comes up.
If you want to see why I'm doing all of this, click to McKeanWeather.com as the majority of the data on the front page is from the Davis/Cumulus combination, and the webcam shows up about half way down the main page.
Thx,
Brad
"If you want to see why I'm doing all of this, click to McKeanWeather.com as the majority of the data on the front page is from the Davis/Cumulus combination, and the webcam shows up about half way down the main page."
That's a really nice site.
Thx David,
Will give it a try a little later this afternoon and let ya know.
All the Best!
Brad
