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Over the past couple of days I’ve been unable to connect to my Meteobridge (flashed on a TL-MR3020) locally via a web browser using its IP. However, it is still sending data to my SQL databases and uploading to Weather Underground. I can also still access the Meteobridge interface using the remote login URL.

I have tried accessing the IP locally using different devices, reset the Meteobridge multiple times, tried having the the Meteobridge connect via Ethernet and Wi-Fi, and even downgraded to software version 4.4, yet the problem persists. After a reset, I can connect to the web interface locally for a few hours, but eventually it stops working and when trying to access it via the IP, the connection times out in the web browser.

Another odd thing is that the Meteobridge is not listed when scanning for all of the IPs on my network but the local IP it is normally assigned is still listed by Meteobridge under the System tab, and yet it continues to upload data to local databases and Weather Underground.

I've had Meteobridge set up on the same device for 2-3 years and never had any problem like this. Any one ever have a similar issue or have any idea of a possible solution?

Thanks!

What browser are you using?

Did you try clearing browser cache?

Did you try the browser's incognito or private mode?

Do you have a DHCP IP address reservation for the Meteobridge? Setting a static IP address is bad on the device unless it is outside of the DHCP scope and you know you haven't used that IP elsewhere or you've also set a reservation if it's withing the DHCP scope. So maybe there is an IP conflict.

If you try the Magic IP address does it find the Meteobridge?
http://magicip.meteobridge.com

Maybe you have a double NAT situation. Is the Meteobridge plugged into an Access point that is really a 2nd router? Or maybe you have WiFi from your modem/router and also from your own router? What does your network equipment entail? Mesh? Extenders? Any recent changes?

Have you tried to ping the IP address of the Meteobridge?

Is the local IP address of the Meteobridge in the same subnet as your computer? What are the computer and Meteobridge local IP addresses?

Thanks for the quick response and questions! I answered those below.

Since I had downgraded the firmware to v4.4 to troubleshoot and that didn't help, I went ahead and upgraded back to 5.0. As a result, right now I can still connect via local IP and have been able to for several hours. Usually the problem has already resurfaced, so I’m not sure if that fixed it, especially since that didn’t before.

But one strange thing did just happen. Under System -> Information, when accessing the Meteobridge with the local IP, beside WAN IP it initially said “No Internet Access”. However, when I accessed Meteobridge via the remote URL at the same time, it showed my public IP as usual. I then refreshed the page that was connected to it with the local IP and it then showed my IP correctly too. Not sure what’s up there… And all the while it’s been sending data to local databases and Weather Underground with no issue.

Since it’s working right now I answered the questions based on when it wasn’t working:

galfert wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:38 pm What browser are you using?
I've tried both Firefox and Chrome

Did you try clearing browser cache?
I had not (still haven't), but will try this first if it resumes not working.

Did you try the browser's incognito or private mode?
Yes and no luck

Do you have a DHCP IP address reservation for the Meteobridge? Setting a static IP address is bad on the device unless it is outside of the DHCP scope and you know you haven't used that IP elsewhere or you've also set a reservation if it's withing the DHCP scope. So maybe there is an IP conflict.
Double checked, but no reserved IP address for the Meteobridge.

If you try the Magic IP address does it find the Meteobridge? http://magicip.meteobridge.com
It does currently, but I will try again if I am once again unable to access it later on today as has been happening.

Maybe you have a double NAT situation. Is the Meteobridge plugged into an Access point that is really a 2nd router? Or maybe you have WiFi from your modem/router and also from your own router? What does your network equipment entail? Mesh? Extenders? Any recent changes?
When connected via WiFi and plugged in via ethernet, the Meteobridge is connecting to an access point. So it is technically a router but is set up to act as an access point within the router settings. It's always been set up like this with no issue and I haven't made any recent changes.

Have you tried to ping the IP address of the Meteobridge?
Yes, no response from the IP when it was behaving weirdly (but could still access remotely). Now I can ping it since it’s working in the moment.

Is the local IP address of the Meteobridge in the same subnet as your computer? What are the computer and Meteobridge local IP addresses?
Yes, they are. Computer is 192.168.1.50 and the Meteobridge is 192.168.1.53

I suspect your wireless access point. Is DHCP server turned off on this access point? And it should then this access point should be connected to your network via its own LAN ports (LAN port on access point to LAN port on main router). The only reason to connect via the access point's WAN port is if it is configured as a mesh node or if the WAN port was converted to a LAN port.

Yes, DHCP is turned off on the access point and the access point is connected to the main router LAN to LAN.

Sadly the problem has resurfaced with me unable to access my Meteobridge via its local IP but still able to access it via the remote URL. When trying to ping the IP from my local computer, the request times out and I get “Destination host unreachable”.

Since I lost local access again, I used magicip.meteobridge.com and it still shows my Meteobridge, although the timestamp is not the current time (not sure what time zone the time stamp is on that page). However, that page also still shows the Raspberry Pi I briefly had configured as my Meteobridge 1-2 weeks ago when I was testing how well that worked (before the problem with my TL-MR3020 Meteobridge began), which has been turned off since Dec. 8.

I also tried clearing my browser cache since the problem began again, and that didn't help either.

I’m not sure what else to try next. I suppose I could try resetting my access point, but I am not sure that would solve anything.

One other thing to check. If the TP-Link is connected via Ethernet then make sure you don't also have its WiFi configured...especially if you've turned on "integrate client on Meteobridge's LAN adapter into WLAN" ...you'll want that turned off.

Time stamp on Magic IP is not ever current. It just shows when the device came online I think.

I don’t have "integrate client on Meteobridge's LAN adapter into WLAN" turned on, and currently there’s no wireless network information saved since I’ve connected it through Ethernet at the moment. I think I’ve accidentally done that in the past (before this problem began), but I’ll be sure not to do that going forward.

I just reset the Meteobridge again. I had been restoring from a backup file after resetting, but this time I did not and I just went through all the set up steps manually. I’m not sure if a backup file being restored could cause problems if there’s an issue somewhere in it or not, but maybe that will help.

I am having similar issues with a TP Link MR-3040. Started a few days ago and now daily I need to reboot to connect.

Does login via SSH work? If so, can you please give me the remote access link and password? Please send to "info(at)meteobridge.com".