Topic: Need help with my Antminer S5s (Read 1943 times)

Glad to hear you got it working on static.  I use it myself and it is nice.

If others are reading this if you have problems DHCP just makes it simpler in some cases.  Thats why I recommended it possibly in this case.

Up and running!  Had a friend trouble shoot it for me

Posted From bitcointalk.org Android App

Well i get how critical a static ip is to management.

Its just that i can get it over DHCP. At least on Open WRT it make it very easy and more efficient than setting up static ip multi line configs on each miner individually. On open wrt i just set a series linked to their mac address, click save and apply and bam. A static lease over DHCP is setup and in effect.

I write down the ip on the machine and series are logically used. The serie of S3 start at .131 for S3#1, then .132 for S3#2. And so on.

And that is why I recommend for OP to use dhcp, as hes having trouble with static.  As a general rule it is nicer with static.

I can log into my mining pool and see the IP of down miner as i put it in worker name.  With so many devices on my  network would be a pain to do DHCP.  So if someone can manage it I still say static is general in most cases.   Just not in this one.

I don't think there is much to choose between leaving a miner on DHCP and then setting the router to always assign the same IP, or setting the miner to Static IP?

When I get a new miner I either log into the router and find it or use an IP scanner. Then I prefer to set a static IP on the miner in a block that I keep for miners, put a sticker on and away you go. I just happen to find this easier than assigning the IP in the router. The only thing I would not do is leave them on DHCP without telling the router to assign the same IP, as they are then difficult to find.  

Rich

But there's no upside for me to setup static IP. I can tell the router to always assign the same x IP to the machine, this way i can have all my machine on a series and i know which is which, and i have a sticker on them.
This way the machine stays on DHCP, there's no ip conflict, arguably less setting up, etc, with the same upside of always a set ip. And the attribution is good even through wifi only connection, for S1/S3.


What do you mean? They default to DHCP, with which you should be able to connect without any problem, then set a pool and mine. You keep saying everything fuck up when you set it to static IP. So again, why don't you try to run them on DHCP?

Didn't work. I'm ready to get rid of these things.

Posted From bitcointalk.org Android App

8gb should be more than enough, as the firmware is only around 20mb if I remember correctly.

Depends on size of firmware.  I imagine an 8 gb would work.  What is the size of the firmware.

Is this still all about not being able to set static IP?

So Bitmain wants me to flash a new SD card. I think I see an empty SD card holder on the top of the miner?  I'm thinking that the miner did not come with an SD card? Should it just be an 8GB card like my Pi?

Posted From bitcointalk.org Android App

Also I personally don't like the IP scanner bitmain say's to use.   Log into your router look at connected devices, it does not look like a ton on the network.

If you used DHCP (normally I say use static but if you are having trouble dhcp does work).   Find it from connected miner set it on pools etc.   You can leave them running and likely not have to connect to miners hopefully for a while.  Its pretty much set and forget.

Wait what, you manage to connect to the Antminer to set it to static IP, but you somehow can't connect to it?

Reset it, leave it on DHCP. Messing with that can confuse some routers, since a lease is already ongoing. Just set a static lease (IP) on the router's side if you can. You're like the 4th person today i notice has issues with setting up Static IP from the miner's side. Don't touch it.

Ok so first I'm going to stick with the trouble shooting videos so hopefully you guys don't mind my ugly mug :-) I had a lot of great advice and I'm pretty positive I tried it all. I'm not sure but I may know my problem after playing with it a little more tonight? When I first got both miners running I went to the antminer dashboard and changed the network from DHCP to static :-/ I did not change anything on my router. I did take a picture of what I saw but it's too big to load.  Basically it has all my devices IP addresses except my running Antminers. But if that's my problem, I don't know how to get back to my dashboard to change it now. Thank you again for all the help!!!


https://youtu.be/5esmlBuNB6g

Posted From bitcointalk.org Android App

You need to setup the mask and gateway if you use static IP. Its easier to just use DHCP, go to your router, setup static lease. Done.

[/i][/u][/b][/color]


So I did leave everything else blank. Is this my problem?? I am still running into the same issue. Could it be a problem with my router?

Thank you everyone for all the great advice!  This evening I will try firing up a single miner and making sure the ip address is correct.  Thanks again!

The best way for me to setup my Antminer was to leave it to DHCP and setup static lease on my router. That way you're not trying to shove settings up the "chain of command" and everything is happy.

try out Dnsjumper that dns i use is a more secure one, so I'm told or read  . I have used google well most of the public dnses they all seem to work about the same. , do indeed work .

http://www.sordum.org/7952/dns-jumper-v2-0/   nest little program I found looking for  why I would want a custom DNS, a while back . .

On DNS server I really like 8.8.8.8 that is Google's DNS server.  Very easy to remember and I have used it in many different miners.

Never had a problem with it you might give it a try.   

plug one Antminer in for now

then down load this http://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com/index1.php?utm_expid=62919999-14.Cr_MP2nHRIqk-1pmkBGelw.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com  then find out what the  IP of that antminer is ,  it should look some thing like this with the Scanner 192.168.1.xxx Texas Instruments,  if you click that in the IP scanner it should give you a drop down menu which you can click on

that will put you in the antminer UI which you want for now.

once it pops up the UI to log in type for both the user and password:  root.

once in the UI i would set the IP to a static IP under the network tad at the top and make it some thing like this 192.168.1.2xx id go  200 or above, so there is no conflicts with your network.
 
the way it looks you haven't set any pools yet because you can 't get in to the Antminer UI . it appears to be hashing fine from the lights you showed Polly  on one of the pools set by default by antminer and Polly the very bottom one in the UI you being in the US ? .").

The rest is super easy once you can access the miner UI on your laptop, that appears to be the problem ? .

Then Unplug that antminer once your in and it's set how you want it etc .( Unless your ok at this point then leave it plugged in but do one antminer at a time ). EACH ANT gets it's own IP   .
then plug in the other ant, do the same thing as above then plug them both in and boot up then you should have access to them via your laptop by the  IP you set to the static ip, please take note of those two IP's or keep the IP scanner installed on your PC .


to be honest i have yet to get the thing bitmain directed you to, to work right, I sure it does but Ive found better ways of doing it .

what the static IP your setting it to make sure to take note of that . are you typing in the right ip did  you set up the static IP right .something like  192.168.1.xxx .


just type those numbers not http or www in your browser.




mybad the dns IP should be 192.168.1.1  unless you use a custom  DNS .



you can't just set it to static and leave the rest of the lines blank been there done that etc , that's why i linked a Picture of how to set it to a static ip the way it's looks, like you clicked on static then logged out and left the rest blank ? .