No-IP
Hi Peeps .. i have followed the instruction on pi zero w prusa connect. I keep on getting no ip
firmware: 3:10.1
when the pizero is plugged in, its behaving like i have USB plugged in and there is live print. There is no setting option and i only have option to stop print on the printer. I have reimaged it a couple of time but nothing seems to make a difference. My AP is like 15 feet away and has 2.4 enabled.
any help is appreciated.
RE: No-IP
I'm not sure if this is a good idea, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea. I'm not sure if it's possible to wire the Raspberry Pi to RJ45? If so, how can I do this, as I have several IP address losses on my printers every day
@jimmyb it sounds like your Pi is working OK but either your Wifi setting is incomplete - can you ping it?
or your access point / signal is weak ...
One possibility is positioning. I have recently had to troubleshoot a setup where the house-proud owner had tucked the access point router neatly out of sight in an antique cabinet with a mirror door - essentially a large thin metal film spread on glass blocking the signal from half the house...
In your case you have an aluminium frame, some motors and electronics blocking signals from about a third of the arc ... Try moving either the access point or the printer and see if reception improves.
Also, your access point may be too powerful: if you are within range of too many other access points it will have to back off when other's are using the airwaves as wifi protocols are inherently polite - if you have the configuration option to reduce power until it *just* covers your house it will see fewer competitors and so throughput will improve.
@fred-7 The Pi zeros do not have built-in ethernet, this is part of the cost saving initiative, Pi 3&4 do have it and it works well.
You can add ethernet to a Pi zero via the usb port, you will need an adaptor hub: Here's one on sale -
Cheerio,
RE: No-IP
Hi, the zero can be connected through a usb ethernet dongle, some people at the office use it to help with wifi congestion. It gets pretty intense with the printer counts there.
RE: No-IP
But do we need to specify anything in particular or can we plug it in directly?
RE: No-IP
Turning off wifi on that raspi is a good idea. A quick overview: https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/62522/129145
If you need a static IP there's no solution baked in by us, so it's just like on a regular raspi.
Link should pick up the relevant ip and mac from the actively used network interface, so no additional setup is needed for it.
Sorry if I left something out, this is what comes to mind. Hope it helps 🙂