Miner Powers Up But Doesn't Show Up On the Network

This is primarily a network-related issue; a lack of simple knowledge about routers will cause your miners to disappear. You cannot access them in any way; in some cases, they may show up after a reset, and in some cases, they will never be displayed.

1. You must understand that all "new Asics" come with DHCP options, which means that if your router cannot provide an IP address, miners will never be able to connect.

So if your router is not DHCP, then you need to use another router with DHCP capability:

a: permanent, this will fixe the problem "something may happen, checkpoint 2".

b: Temporarily give your miners a static IP by doing the following.

·Use a computer already connected to the "old router."

·Hit the windows key on your keyboard.

·Enter "cmd" and hit enter.

·Input content:

code:

ipconfig

· Press the Enter key and click to enter.

Find something similar.

·Save this information.

·Switch routers with new routers.

·Plug the miner into the network.

·Find its IP using IP Reporter software.

·Access your antminer via a web browser.

·Jump to network settings.

·Change DHCP to static.

·Enter the exact details you got from ipconfg; you just need to add 1 to whatever you got on your PC.

In my case, it was 192.168.1.172, so on the miner, I would use 192.168.1.173.

Everything else remains the same; for the last box on your miner page, it says "DNS," where you will type your gateway.

So in my case, it would be:

IP address: 192.168.1.173

Netmask: 255.255.255.0

Gateway: 192.168.1.1

DNS server: 192.168.1.1

·Click to save.

·Use your old miner and make sure only the miner and computer are connected to the router.

·Then, access the miner through the IP address 192.168.1.173 you obtained.

2. If your router most likely supports DHCP, but you still cannot find your miner on the network, it may be due to one of the following reasons.

a. Your router has limited "points"; they are all occupied by your other devices "phones, laptops, other miners" to fix this, you need to log into your router and increase the DHCP scope, or turn off one of them connected device, turn off and on your miner and router (router first) and your miner will appear.

b. You give your miner a static IP address in the DHCP range; for example, your phone is turned on before your miner, and it uses this IP address, say my IP address 192.168.1.173, the miner Got online, tried to connect using it's IP address. Still, the router wouldn't allow it because the phone was already using it.

So always make sure your static IP is outside the DHCP range.

If you are using the "255.255.255.0" subnet, then you have 254 addresses available. So the best way to set up your router is to:

The DHCP table range is from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.150,

Miner static IP from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.99, or from 192.168.1.151 to 192.168.1.254.

Most used miners come with a static IP, probably not the same as your gateway; you can't access it unless you reset it; it will fall back to the DHCP protocol, and only then will your miner be shown.