Fixed IP-address on U1

U1 Toolchanger U1 Troubleshooting guides
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Hello,

Is it possible to assign a fixed IP-address to the Snapmaker U1?
I can’t find it in the settings, or in similar topics here in the forum.

Why I want it:
My printer worked fine, until my router crashed which had DHCP enabled, starting at 192.168.179.40
All the addresses from 192.168.179.1 - 192.168.179.39 are reserved.
So, my printer now gets another IP-address than the one entered in Snapmaker Orca. So, I have to add another printer with a new Ip-address. Unless I can change the current address in Snapmaker.
And I changed some settings in Snapmaker Orca, can I still use these when I add another printer?

Regards, Peter

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fixed IP address - This is a setting tobe done in the router. Printer connects with the router and gets what the router tells him. Printer can not decide… Which router do you have ? Or check the settings there, should be or could be 192.168.178.1

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I would have thought that if the router has assigned a new different IP address that the printer would be able to display the address, and that information can be entered into the slicer. Certainly if the router will display sufficient information to determine which attached device is the printer, that’s one method to identify the IP address, but for some systems, that’s not practical. A recent sort-of-sniffer program on my network informed me that I have seventy-eight devices attached. My router identifies a small fraction of them by name or other useful identifier.

Once the current IP address is determined, is it particularly difficult to change the IP address for the printer established in the slicer?

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The printer does show the active IP address, n both oin LAN mode and cloud mode. The intial question was whether a fixed IP address can be assigned to the printer. And yes, this is possible, provided the router allows this setting.

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The printer is getting its IP address from the DHCP server on your router. You can go into your router & set a static IP address for your U1, then it will never change. I do this to all my printers, saves a to of troubleshooting time when you can’t connect to your printer.

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the slicer does not establish he IP address. Like I mentioned earlier, the printer connects to you network and the router assigns the IP address. The printer does show the IP address.

It can be found there. Other than that, the router should be able to make this a fixed IP address.

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I know how to reserve an IP address in the router, which also makes it ‘fixed’.

But what I would prefer is to enter a fixed IP address directly on the printer’s display. Apparently, that isn’t possible.

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And this is the default for most “functional" devices. And it is the better Implementation of DHCP which nearly every network uses :slight_smile:

Snapmaker has much more important things to do in their firmware i guess.

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