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Help!! Senior Moments Setting Up My Bitaxe Gamma
807 sats \ 31 comments \ @siggy47 14 May bitcoin_Mining
Okay, so due to personal issues I have to admit to myself my aging brain is not functioning perfectly the past few weeks. Yesterday I decided to take my mind off things by playing with my new bitaxe gamma. It didn't go as smoothly as I expected. I am fully aware that this is not rocket science, but I am befuddled and need help.
My problem is that I cannot access the device through its IP address. Here's where I am so far.
  1. I plugged in, found the bitaxe WiFi on the network, entered the SSID for the 2.4 GHz network with password, and restarted the device as instructed. I confirmed the WiFi network was accepted by now seeing the IP address on the device screen.
  2. Next, I attempted to find the device on a bunch of different laptops, phones, etc, and I cannot.
I checked
  • that the machine was on the same 2.4 GHz as the device
  • I tried different browsers, like Firefox, Brave, Chrome. I tried different OS's, Linux, Android, Grapheme, Apple. I cleared browsing history, turned off all firewalls, VPNs, flyshed DNS cache, etc.
I'm sure I'm missing something obvious. I feel like a fool. I can see the bitaxe on my router online on 2.4 ghz.
Any ideas?
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46 sats \ 8 replies \ @Wumbo 14 May
Have you tried using regular http? Example: http://192.168.0.100
Some browsers may default to https which my bitaxe does not respond to
Also can you successfully ping from a cmd prompt?
Example command: ping 192.168.0.100
Replace 192.168.0.100 with your ip address.
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20 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 OP 14 May
Per your suggestion, I just tried both. I tried the http:// again. I also tried that yesterday. No luck
I was able to ping the IP from the command line.
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36 sats \ 6 replies \ @Wumbo 14 May
To me it sounds like the web server (the process on bit axe that does dashboard) is not running. Thinking you can ping but not get to web dashboard.
You may have already tried this. I personal might try these things.
  1. Cycle the power on the bitaxe and see if a reboot starts up the dashboard.
  2. If 1 does not work you might want to hit the reset button and start the process fresh. My bitaxe has a reset button on the board (I don't have gamma).
  3. If 1 and 2 does not work. I might re-flash the firmware.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 14 May
To me it sounds like the web server (the process on bit axe that does dashboard) is not running. Thinking you can ping but not get to web dashboard.
I agree. If ping works, that means the server is running and accessible, but nothing is listening on the port for the web dashboard (80 for http, 443 for https).
It could be that it's listening on a different port, but that would be surprising I think.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 OP 14 May
Thanks. You gave me more things to try. The gamma has a reset button on the board as well. I'll let you know how it works.
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36 sats \ 3 replies \ @itsrealfake 14 May
also, you may want to try accessing this IP from different browsers. if http is insecure, some browsers will nanny-state you into believing that the site didn't load
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 14 May
So far I have tried Firefox, brave, chrome, vanadium, and safari
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 15 May
I have tried many of these suggestions. I feel like I'm going backwards. Now I can't even ping the IP address.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @fishious 20 May
Sorry to hear that. Is it possible to test this out on a different wifi network? Maybe a trusted family member/friend who is willing to work with you and let you test with their home network. It's not a very elegant solution, but this is a crude way of determining if its an issue with your network or the bitaxe. :/
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 20 May
Yes, that's my plan. I will post here when and if I figure it out. I don't have time to focus on it now.
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 14 May
Try connecting it to your computer via USB cable and use the web flasher to capture logs. There may be something helpful in the log output that explains why the Web UI isn't accessible.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 14 May
Good idea
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @cristaiji 14 May
Hope you get it sorted. I’m on the cusp of ordering one myself. 🙏🙏
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 14 May
It seems like I'm the only one with this issue. Don't let this discourage you.
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 14 May
I've got nothing for you, man. Usually at this point of tech struggles I am miiiildly freakin' annoyed
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 14 May
I'm there
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @jakoyoh629 14 May
Same issue here. He's saying it was an IP thing, like it was on a different range than the local network. There's another dude saying it works on Safari though.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BitAxe/comments/1jg9do4/unable_to_connect_to_bitaxe_gamma_via_wifi/
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 14 May
I will check this out. I tried safari (and I hate apple!) on my wife's iPad, but no luck. Incidentally, she runs her bird feeder cams on the same 2.4ghz network using that iPad with safari.
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36 sats \ 7 replies \ @billytheked 14 May
Are your devices connected to a vpn?
With my miner (not a bitaxe) I'm not able to install vpn software on it, so I need to connect it directly to a vpn router if I want my other devices to find it.
Otherwise I need to turn off my vpn on one device and use that to find the miner on my home network.
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31 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 OP 14 May
Yes, I thought of that too. I have had that problem too in the past. That didn't solve the issue here.
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36 sats \ 3 replies \ @billytheked 14 May
Does it have an ethernet input that you can try?
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 14 May
No. I wish
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @billytheked 14 May
Ah darn. I heard @Car saying on the pod that he and @ek had issues with a Bitaxe (can't remember the model). I wonder if they worked it out.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 14 May
No it didn’t ek looked at it but he couldn’t figure it out either 🤷‍♂️
I consider it a donation to the project now. Hopefully they fix it in time.
Heatbit still is the best experience imo.
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @billytheked 14 May
I just saw that you already mentioned that 🤦‍♂️
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 14 May
I noticed this the other day, mindlessly having the VPN on and couldn't access the miner ("wtf is wrong??")
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 15 May
I thought your headline was bit axe grandma
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @spacewrangler 14 May
Had a similar issue with mine, I just reset (unplugged my router for a few mins) my wireless router and that resolved the issue for me, I could then access the bitaxe dashboard again.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 14 May
Thanks for the tip. This is just another reason I love SN. I have more solutions than time to try them right now.
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