HDX and DHCP
Posted by: gone on 28 July 2009
I thought I might share some 'fun' I had last night with my HDX, setting the IP address.
I forgot to connect the cable to the network, so the HDX booted, couldn't find a DHCP server, and defaulted to a private address.
OK, I figured that after I connected the cable, I could simply restart the HDX (or find a nice utility in the GUI) so it rescans for a DHCP server?
Nope - the only way I could get that to work is to completely power down, and power up again - and I mean the switch on the back - the front panel button seems to be a standby for the internal PC, not a cold boot.
I only tell you this in the hope that it saves some other poor sucker the fun and games of reconfiguring their router and network before thinking of the back panel switch.
Doh!
I forgot to connect the cable to the network, so the HDX booted, couldn't find a DHCP server, and defaulted to a private address.
OK, I figured that after I connected the cable, I could simply restart the HDX (or find a nice utility in the GUI) so it rescans for a DHCP server?
Nope - the only way I could get that to work is to completely power down, and power up again - and I mean the switch on the back - the front panel button seems to be a standby for the internal PC, not a cold boot.
I only tell you this in the hope that it saves some other poor sucker the fun and games of reconfiguring their router and network before thinking of the back panel switch.
Doh!