(21-07-2021, 01:54 AM)EA3GCV Wrote: Hello Erik,
Glad that you finally found out the reason! It's much better to allow your radio to get the IP from your router's DHCP instead of attaching radio directly into the computer (as you did before). This is the normal scenario I have tested all the times. I found out a long thread having certain issues on 169.254 IP's as well:
https://community.flexradio.com/discussi...ot-working
Best 73
Hello Jordi
The thread you refer to is for a Flex radio without a front panel. In these, the IP can be set to Static. When DHCP is used, I cannot make Swisslog behave like all other Flex radio 3rd party applications. Yesterday the front panel IP was 192.168.0.101 and today it is 192.168.0.100, I think because a tablet computer on the network yesterday is not present today. I had a lot of trouble this morning getting Swisslog to connect. All other software did but not Swisslog. A manual change of IP in Swisslog did not work and neither did the automatic search. That just did nothing.
I also think, and I might be wrong, that any change of IP address written into the box on the transceiver interface in Swisslog does not take effect until Swisslog is closed and restarted. Perhaps you could check it please? I was on the verge of giving up with Swisslog and using FRLogger which always connects, closed Swisslog and thought to try once more and it did connect. One reason I think Swisslog does not really accept a manual entry of the IP until restarted is that if I check the radio IP and then write that address into the Swisslog ini file, when I start Swisslog it immediately connects. But if I just start Swisslog and it does not connect, writing the IP manually into the box and pressing start does nothing.
The absolute solution would be to connect the radio by cable direct to the modem, thus not requiring the W10 bridge. But my radio room is at the opposite end of the house to the router and therefore I have to connect to the computer which in turn connects to the router by WiFi. I think true DHCP from the router would work as you say. But my DHCP comes from the computer because of the bridge and, although that makes no difference for all other Flex 3rd party software, Swisslog does not work properly.
Meanwhile, I am open to any further suggestions from any Swisslog user with a Flex radio. As it stands, I need to boot the radio and start all software without any time-losing glitches and I do not have that.
Erik.
