Greetings all. I have a variety of players including Slimp3, SB2 and
SB3. One of my SB3's 'fell off the wifi' recently and would not
re-connect. I have had mixed success in diagnosing the issue and it
seems to be getting worse!
Initially i connected it via ethernet and I was able to update the
scalesr1;617427 Wrote:
Greetings all. I have a variety of players including Slimp3, SB2 and
SB3. One of my SB3's 'fell off the wifi' recently and would not
re-connect. I have had mixed success in diagnosing the issue and it
seems to be getting worse!
Initially i connected it via ethernet
I have removed the WiFi card and powered the SB3 up connected directly
to the ethernet network - the wifi options were no longer presenting
themselves which is no surprise.
It would not get an IP address from the DHCP server (which is Windows
2003 SBS as it happens) though other devices happily
Try an xilinx reset. Remove power, hold down the 1 key on the remote
while restoring power. Then try to go through network setup.
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Sadly this made no difference, performed Xilinx Reset as well as factory
resets.
I also tried another form of startup byt holding '2' on powerup which
appears to be a factory test mode and interstingly if flashed up a
message 'Ethernet appears to be disconnected' even though a live (and
tested)
After some research I read about MAC address corruption.
I looked at the current settings and at first it appeared that the MAC
address was the same as the one printed on the label.
Then I noticed that the first pair was '01' and not '00' as printed.
I changed it to '00' and everything started
