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?
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
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?
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.
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.
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.
That’s a pain, manual configuration of networking is an option on every device I own… except apparently the U1! This is a defect. It should not be necessary to rely on reserving an address for DHCP at the router, and what if you have to reset the router – it would need setting up all over again.
It would be normal to manually assign an IP address to a device that is outside the DHCP pool of the router (ie would never be allocated to anything else).
The best option is to assign the IP in your router. That way you will have the “fixed IP adress” assigned to your everytime you switch on the printer.
Forcing the machine towards a dedicated IP adress means you are interfering with the router (overruling the DHCP stack in your router) everything is working smooth until you disconnect the router (power) after reconnecting the router starts to hand IP adresses to all your connected devices. All stil ok…..for now. Then you switch the printer on with its dedicated IP adress and all hell breaks loose in your network. Your router is forced to rearrange all automatically assigned adresses just moments ago wich can lead to devices dropping connections.
Not to mention the mess when you move or sell the printer
Not true; it is simple to assign a manual IP address without the chaos you describe, by assigning it outside the router’s DHCP range. My router’s DHCP range starts at …64, so all my fixed devices (which I probably want to know the addresses for) are manually allocated IP addresses in the range …1 to …63.
Ad hoc connections made by miscellaneous WiFi-connected mobile devices then receive addresses …64 upwards, and I don’t care what they are because I’m not trying to access them.
Thats a possibility but with a risk. Not all routers can or will handle traffic outside there assigned range. Firewall and traffic rules are not automatically assigned and might not work, specifically if its a domestic router.
I treat my unify router as the orchestrater of my network (utility, smarthome, smart appliances and 2 strictly separated businesses) and let that handle all assignments based on firewall & traffic rules and Vlans and the distribution of IP adresses. Tinkering with any of the devices leads to a lot of extra work and attention. I rather go printing instead of losing time fixing connection issues.
Well, all I can say is it’s not a problem for me. Regardless of the differing opinions for or against, I see no reason there should not be the usual options for DHCP or manual configuration on the U1 – then the user has the choice.
