MVP DHCP Server Problems

[smalldave]

I'm having problems with my MVP and dongle.bin. I have to run the Hauppauge service so that the MVP picks up dongle.bin even though I do have a DHCP server (a Netgear DM602 router) in the network. I power off the MVP quite regularly so it's a little irritating to have to stop and start the Hauppauge services all the time.

Strangely the MVP will boot up immediately after renewing the IP address of the GBPVR server through ipconfig. This only seems to work once though.

Anybody got any ideas?

[AOSandman]

Is your gbpvr box on the same subnet as the addresses dished out by the router?

[smalldave]

The GBPVR box is also getting it's IP address (and subnet?) from the router.

The MVP isn't restricted to a set of IP addresses is it?

[bluesxman]

The GBPVR box is also getting it's IP address (and subnet?) from the router.

The MVP isn't restricted to a set of IP addresses is it?

I don't think so - just needs to be on the same subnet as AOSandman said.

When you boot the MVP with the Hauppauge services running, are you able to tell if the MVP has been assigned an IP address by your router or by the HP software?

[wtg]

Smalldave,

Any possibility that you've configured a dhcp client limit on your router? I don't know if your router supports it specifically, but many allow you to indicate the max number of dhcp clients, and if you connect any more devices than it's been configured to assign, they won't get an address.

Or another possibility... have you configured a MAC filter so that only listed MAC addresses get assigned an ip address? I've only seem that option for wireless clients, but perhaps your router supports something different.

If you figure it out, let us know. Good luck.
Tim

[smalldave]

bluesxman

The dongle.bin I have from the Hauppauge software and the one currently in GBPVR are different versions so I'm sure it's picking up the dongle.bin from the hauppauge service.

Tim.
Pretty sure it's not a problem with the # of DHCP clients. I've got a number of computers on the network (which pick up IP addresses fine) and even with them all off (just in case there was some kind of IP conflict) I still get the same outcome.

As for the MAC address filter I don't think there is anything like that on the DM602.

Thanks for the replies. Impressed by how quickly you get a response!

[wtg]

Smalldave,

Does you router have a log that shows DCHP requests? (My D-Link router does, but I don't think I could see dhcp requests with my Linksys one.) It'd be interesting to see if the router is ever getting the request. You might need to look for a verbose logging mode first.

Is there anything sitting between the MVP and the router on the network? For instance, I have a bridge in my network that has a configuration option that controls whether dhcp requests are forwarded or not.

Good luck,
Tim

[bluesxman]

bluesxman

The dongle.bin I have from the Hauppauge software and the one currently in GBPVR are different versions so I'm sure it's picking up the dongle.bin from the hauppauge service.

I'm not sure why you've picked up on dongle.bin - I was asking about IP addresses! It's quite possible that your router isn't assigning the MVP an IP address, but the Hauppage software is. This is something you should check as it would explain why GBPVR doesn't start.

[smalldave]

Fair point bluesxman. Just because the MVP is booting up from the Hauppauge service doesn't mean it's assigned an IP address from it. I don't think the router would only assign the MVP an IP address when the Hauppauge service was running on the GBPVR server though?

The issue is that with the Hauppauge services disabled the MVP doesn't boot up and like you say it looks like it because it doesn't get an IP.

I think it's some kind of issue between the router and the MPV. All I have sitting between the router and the MPV is a hub which isn't configurable.

Looking at the router 'Alarm log'. I keep getting the message 'Duplicate Address requested' followed by the requested IP address. I've only got the GBPVR server in the network at the moment and the IP address requested doesn't conflict with the IP address assigned to the GBPVR server.

Very strangely the problem now seems intermittent. With both Hauppauge services disabled the MVP will occasionally boot-up. As I said in my first post this seems to only work immediately after it's assigned an IP address the GBPVR server. However I also found that it seems to work fine during and briefly after I've been looking at the config options for the router. When it does work I still get the 'Duplicate Address requested' message in the alarm log.

[wtg]

You may be getting the "duplicate address requested" message when the router's dhcp server attempts to assign an IP address that's already in use. I only know of this happening when you have statically assigned an IP addresses on the network and the dhcp server assignment range covers the same IP range. If you do have some PC's configured with static addresses, bump up the starting ip address in the router's config to start after the highest static assignment.

I suppose you might get the error if you had more than one dhcp server on your network too, but it doesn't sound like that's the case.

Good luck,
Tim