You didn't say whether you had updated the os or weewx (nor to what versions) but regardless if it works now call it good.
The old modelB pi could occasionally get a bit unstable occasionally on the network side. Your log says it temporarily lost connection to whatever you have it plugged into but it recovered ok. I wouldn't worry it too much. On Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 7:34:35 AM UTC-7 Robin wrote: > Hi John, > > I removed part of the server name as it is hidden by my host for security > reasons. The exact same configuration ran perfectly before and ,since I > asked for help, is running perfectly again. > > I am wondering if I have a failing hardware issue with either the rpi or > an issue with my router. Is it possible that avahi-daemon and dhcpcd > entries point to local network problems? > > On Saturday, 23 May 2026 at 16:37:29 UTC+3 John Smith wrote: > >> ssh: Could not resolve hostname ############webspace-data.io: >> >> >> Seems to be a DNS issue, as I got nothing back from the name servers >> >> On Sat, 23 May 2026 at 16:19, Robin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I installed weewx as a newbie, 12 years ago. Since then it has run >>> without any issues. Recently, things have changed. I have forgotten the >>> stuff that I learned to get weewx up and running and my brain is less >>> capable of learning new stuff. Please can somebody point me in the right >>> direction. >>> >>> Hardware is a Raspberry Pi Model B (512MB). >>> The last update I did to any software on the Pi was to upgrade to V3.8.0. >>> >>> Syslog give me lots of stuff I don't recognise or understand. >>> >>> May 23 09:01:01 MWS avahi-daemon[208]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 >>> for mDNS. >>> May 23 09:01:01 MWS avahi-daemon[208]: Registering new address record >>> for 192.168.1.25 on eth0.IPv4. >>> May 23 09:01:01 MWS dhcpcd[371]: eth0: adding route to 192.168.0.0/22 >>> May 23 09:01:01 MWS dhcpcd[371]: eth0: adding default route via >>> 192.168.1.1 >>> May 23 09:01:11 MWS weewx[1099]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 22 files >>> for report StandardReport in 53.11 seconds >>> May 23 09:01:15 MWS systemd[1]: Started Session c6 of user root. >>> May 23 09:01:44 MWS weewx[1099]: imagegenerator: Generated 31 images for >>> StandardReport in 32.29 seconds >>> May 23 09:01:44 MWS weewx[1099]: copygenerator: copied 13 files to >>> /var/www/weewx >>> May 23 09:01:52 MWS weewx[1099]: historygenerator.pyc: Generated 8 >>> tables in 7.69 seconds >>> May 23 09:01:55 MWS weewx[1099]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 2 files for >>> report HTMLPages in 10.73 seconds >>> May 23 09:01:55 MWS weewx[1099]: copygenerator: copied 3 files to >>> /var/www/weewx/Bootstrap >>> May 23 09:01:57 MWS dhcpcd[371]: eth0: carrier lost >>> May 23 09:01:57 MWS kernel: [ 619.007806] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: link >>> down >>> May 23 09:01:57 MWS dhcpcd[371]: eth0: deleting default route via >>> 192.168.1.1 >>> May 23 09:01:57 MWS dhcpcd[371]: eth0: deleting route to 192.168.0.0/22 >>> May 23 09:01:57 MWS avahi-daemon[208]: Withdrawing address record for >>> 192.168.1.25 on eth0. >>> May 23 09:01:57 MWS avahi-daemon[208]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on >>> interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.25. >>> May 23 09:01:57 MWS avahi-daemon[208]: Interface eth0.IPv4 no longer >>> relevant for mDNS. >>> May 23 09:01:58 MWS kernel: [ 620.679675] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: link >>> up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xC5E1 >>> May 23 09:01:58 MWS dhcpcd[371]: eth0: carrier acquired >>> May 23 09:01:58 MWS dhcpcd[371]: eth0: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.25 >>> May 23 09:01:58 MWS dhcpcd[371]: eth0: probing address 192.168.1.25/22 >>> May 23 09:02:00 MWS weewx[1099]: rsyncupload: [['rsync', '--archive', >>> '--stats', '-e ssh', '/var/www/weewx/', >>> ##################.webspace-data.io:/kunden/homepages/###########/htdocs/weather']] >>> >>> reported errors: ssh: Could not resolve hostname ############ >>> webspace-data.io: Temporary failure in name resolution. rsync: >>> connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]. rsync >>> error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(235) >>> [sender=3.1.2] >>> May 23 09:02:00 MWS weewx[1099]: rsyncupload: rsync executed in 5.15 >>> seconds >>> May 23 09:02:03 MWS dhcpcd[371]: eth0: leased 192.168.1.25 for 7200 >>> seconds >>> May 23 09:02:03 MWS dhcpcd[371]: eth0: adding route to 192.168.0.0/22 >>> May 23 09:02:03 MWS dhcpcd[371]: eth0: adding default route via >>> 192.168.1.1 >>> May 23 09:02:03 MWS avahi-daemon[208]: Joining mDNS multicast group on >>> interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.25. >>> May 23 09:02:03 MWS avahi-daemon[208]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 >>> for mDNS. >>> May 23 09:02:03 MWS avahi-daemon[208]: Registering new address record >>> for 192.168.1.25 on eth0.IPv4. >>> >>> Please make an old man happy. Any help would be great, Where do I start? >>> >>> Robin >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/999b4352-63da-4dd7-b019-dfa11aa4a1b5n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/999b4352-63da-4dd7-b019-dfa11aa4a1b5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/68d74b48-8b34-4ffc-b4ad-c8b54d40d3e5n%40googlegroups.com.
