Problems with accessing OpenHab Dashboard

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  • Platform information:
    • Hardware: _Pi4
    • OS: _what OS is used and which version
    • Java Runtime Environment: which java platform is used and what version
    • openHAB version: Later version
  • Issue of the topic: please be detailed explaining your issue. Can’t access OpenHab dashboard after an extended time of inactivity due to other priorities. It was always very stable before this. I am using my browser that always worked using http://192.168.0.101:8080/start/index. Tried http://openhab:8080 and http://192.168.0.101:8080. To my best knowledge, the ip address is correct since it responds to a ping is the only device listed on my Moden device list not accounted for. Any ideas?
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Have you recently done any change ?
Did you try to reboot the system - wait for about 20 to 40 minutes and then try to access the dashboard ?
What is the content of the openhab.log file ?
What is the message in the browser ?

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Purchased a new computer, but the original computer did not work also.
I rebutted the system.
I will get you the log file now that I have connected the computer and Ras to the same 4 channel modem.
I think I am making progress and will post when I have more details.

Thanks
Jim

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My problem was in identifying the openHAB ip address. Used an old Linksys modem with the carrier disabled, and it displayed the Client Hostname, ip address, and mac address. See below:

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I needed to dig into the two computers connected to the Linksys Wify in order to get their respective MACs. They are as follows:
Samsung WIFI; 04-6C-59-92-DE-CA
openHAB ethernet: DC-A6-32-6F-94-22
Asus Ethernet: D8-50-E6-01-EB-E3
Asus LAN adapter Wifi: 0C-8B-FD-4C-C2-F5
Linksys Wifi: 00-06-25-91-E2-09

With these MACs i can identify the IP address and have these written down. This was allot of work. Is there a better way? Can you make a recommendation on an IP network scanner?I have used.

Thanks
Jim

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as long as the name resolution in your network works you can execute:

nslookup openhab

have a look at nmap. It is available via package management in most linux distributions. A windows version is available via the download page.

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So you were initially trying to connect to 192.168.0.101 when the server was on 192.168.1.101.

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Thanks Bruce

Ultimately, I wanted to connect my PI to my home Mediacom router but could not find the IP address because the name openHab there was missing from the list. I was able to get the MAC address of the PI by attaching the ethernet Pi to the old 4 port router and connecting my ethernet computer browser to the router. The router table had the openHAB name so I coppeid its MAC address. I used the MAC to identify the IP address when the PI was connected to the Mediacom router via ethernet.

The IP was 192.168.0.167 and I names the no name on the local network page.name of the device. I also got the MAC address for various ports on my two computers and did the same for thiem so I knew what I had connected in the future.

I was hopeing that there is a wifi network scanner that displays the device names. I have tried 3 or 4 but failied. Can you recommend a good wifi network scanner?

Hope this makes sense.
Thanks
Jim

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Dns was designed to translate names into up addresses. Some home routers that act as dhcp servers also register the names in their dns server.

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I still would recommend nmap as somewhere the wifi devices are connected via wire.
To scan wifi networks you can use kismet ( Find wifi enabled devices [stations] around - Server Fault ). Nevertheless for name resolution it will fallback to DNS entries.

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Thanks for the insight.

My mediacom router displays all of my apple devices as generic phones and pads, and my two windows computers but not other devices. I don’t know if explains the inconsistency.

Thanks
Jim