Stoker/Computer Networking Help

WeberWho

I really have no idea what I'm doing here when I'm trying to figure out my Stoker...

I can get my Stoker page pulled up using the IP address through my house network. I've even managed to somehow figure out port forwarding and pull up the Stoker page outside of my home network. It works great until it doesn't. It randomly drops connection. (It can be hours and hours later into a cook) I've read/been told that it could be dropping my IP address? 

So I went ahead and manually connected the MAC address of the Stoker to the IP address. Would this now be considered static?



Sorry I don't know anything about networking. I'm wondering if connecting the MAC address and the IP address will help any? Will my network still try to resubmit a new address or is it considered static now since they're assigned together? 

Thanks for any help or suggestions!

lkapigian

The reason I gave my Stoker away, shouldn't have to be an IT guy to Que

WeberWho

lkapigian said:

The reason I gave my Stoker away, shouldn't have to be an IT guy to Que

Yep. If money grew on tree's I'd do the same. Way over my head but I'm thinking I'm getting close....

GregW

Locking the mac address to a static IP will help. In order to accomplish this, add the mac address to the bottom of the screen capture. Is that an Asus router?

Also, do you have it hardwired with a network cable? or are you doing wireless? I always hardwired the Stoker and set a statip IP

Toxarch

You are in the right area, but I don't see it assigned. You will have to look on the Stoker to get the MAC address. At the bottom of that screen shot, use the MAC address dropdown menu to find the Stoker's MAC address. Then under IP Address, you have to give it a local IP address. This will be 192.168.29.xxx, where xxx is any unused IP address (or one already used by the Stoker) between 101 and 254. I would pick something higher like 200 so you know it's not currently being used and you can remember it for port forwarding. Then click the Add/Delete button and save it. Once the router reboots, you should be good. If you picked 200, your Stoker address will always be 192.168.29.200 until your router is reset or dies.

WeberWho

GregW said:

Locking the mac address to a static IP will help. In order to accomplish this, add the mac address to the bottom of the screen capture. Is that an Asus router?

Also, do you have it hardwired with a network cable? or are you doing wireless? I always hardwired the Stoker and set a statip IP

Asus router. I added the MAC and IP address at the bottom of the screen and submitted. I'm running it off wifi. It works good but will eventually drop it where I can't pull up the Stoker page. 

WeberWho

Toxarch said:

You are in the right area, but I don't see it assigned. You will have to look on the Stoker to get the MAC address. At the bottom of that screen shot, use the MAC address dropdown menu to find the Stoker's MAC address. Then under IP Address, you have to give it a local IP address. This will be 192.168.29.xxx, where xxx is any unused IP address (or one already used by the Stoker) between 101 and 254. I would pick something higher like 200 so you know it's not currently being used and you can remember it for port forwarding. Then click the Add/Delete button and save it. Once the router reboots, you should be good. If you picked 200, your Stoker address will always be 192.168.29.200 until your router is reset or dies.

I ended grabbing the MAC number from the Stoker off the router. I took the MAC number and the IP address and submitted/assigned them together. (I ended up cropping out my MAC/IP address out of the picture before posting it here on the forum) 

Should I reset my router after being submitted?

Thanks!

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

@brentm comes to mind here. I think he spent a few minutes on the subject   

Toxarch

WeberWho said:

Toxarch said:

You are in the right area, but I don't see it assigned. You will have to look on the Stoker to get the MAC address. At the bottom of that screen shot, use the MAC address dropdown menu to find the Stoker's MAC address. Then under IP Address, you have to give it a local IP address. This will be 192.168.29.xxx, where xxx is any unused IP address (or one already used by the Stoker) between 101 and 254. I would pick something higher like 200 so you know it's not currently being used and you can remember it for port forwarding. Then click the Add/Delete button and save it. Once the router reboots, you should be good. If you picked 200, your Stoker address will always be 192.168.29.200 until your router is reset or dies.

I ended grabbing the MAC number from the Stoker off the router. I took the MAC number and the IP address and submitted/assigned them together. (I ended up cropping out my MAC/IP address out of the picture before posting it here on the forum) 

Should I reset my router after being submitted?

Thanks!

The router will likely restart itself once you save the new setting. If not, then yes you will probably need to restart (not reset) the router so it assigns the new IP address to the Stoker. 

WeberWho

Toxarch said:

WeberWho said:

Toxarch said:

You are in the right area, but I don't see it assigned. You will have to look on the Stoker to get the MAC address. At the bottom of that screen shot, use the MAC address dropdown menu to find the Stoker's MAC address. Then under IP Address, you have to give it a local IP address. This will be 192.168.29.xxx, where xxx is any unused IP address (or one already used by the Stoker) between 101 and 254. I would pick something higher like 200 so you know it's not currently being used and you can remember it for port forwarding. Then click the Add/Delete button and save it. Once the router reboots, you should be good. If you picked 200, your Stoker address will always be 192.168.29.200 until your router is reset or dies.

I ended grabbing the MAC number from the Stoker off the router. I took the MAC number and the IP address and submitted/assigned them together. (I ended up cropping out my MAC/IP address out of the picture before posting it here on the forum) 

Should I reset my router after being submitted?

Thanks!

The router will likely restart itself once you save the new setting. If not, then yes you will probably need to restart (not reset) the router so it assigns the new IP address to the Stoker. 

Thanks! I'm not sure if my router has restarted but I've officially been connected for 16+ hours now without dropping service! I don't ever recall the Stoker going more than 8 hours before losing connection. I might need to grab some protein and give it a real go. Fingers crossed!

Photo Egg

WeberWho said:

Toxarch said:

WeberWho said:

Toxarch said:

You are in the right area, but I don't see it assigned. You will have to look on the Stoker to get the MAC address. At the bottom of that screen shot, use the MAC address dropdown menu to find the Stoker's MAC address. Then under IP Address, you have to give it a local IP address. This will be 192.168.29.xxx, where xxx is any unused IP address (or one already used by the Stoker) between 101 and 254. I would pick something higher like 200 so you know it's not currently being used and you can remember it for port forwarding. Then click the Add/Delete button and save it. Once the router reboots, you should be good. If you picked 200, your Stoker address will always be 192.168.29.200 until your router is reset or dies.

I ended grabbing the MAC number from the Stoker off the router. I took the MAC number and the IP address and submitted/assigned them together. (I ended up cropping out my MAC/IP address out of the picture before posting it here on the forum) 

Should I reset my router after being submitted?

Thanks!

The router will likely restart itself once you save the new setting. If not, then yes you will probably need to restart (not reset) the router so it assigns the new IP address to the Stoker. 

Thanks! I'm not sure if my router has restarted but I've officially been connected for 16+ hours now without dropping service! I don't ever recall the Stoker going more than 8 hours before losing connection. I might need to grab some protein and give it a real go. Fingers crossed!

I hope this works out for you!

billt01

is your stoker a white box or black box?

WeberWho

Photo Egg said:

WeberWho said:

Toxarch said:

WeberWho said:

Toxarch said:

You are in the right area, but I don't see it assigned. You will have to look on the Stoker to get the MAC address. At the bottom of that screen shot, use the MAC address dropdown menu to find the Stoker's MAC address. Then under IP Address, you have to give it a local IP address. This will be 192.168.29.xxx, where xxx is any unused IP address (or one already used by the Stoker) between 101 and 254. I would pick something higher like 200 so you know it's not currently being used and you can remember it for port forwarding. Then click the Add/Delete button and save it. Once the router reboots, you should be good. If you picked 200, your Stoker address will always be 192.168.29.200 until your router is reset or dies.

I ended grabbing the MAC number from the Stoker off the router. I took the MAC number and the IP address and submitted/assigned them together. (I ended up cropping out my MAC/IP address out of the picture before posting it here on the forum) 

Should I reset my router after being submitted?

Thanks!

The router will likely restart itself once you save the new setting. If not, then yes you will probably need to restart (not reset) the router so it assigns the new IP address to the Stoker. 

Thanks! I'm not sure if my router has restarted but I've officially been connected for 16+ hours now without dropping service! I don't ever recall the Stoker going more than 8 hours before losing connection. I might need to grab some protein and give it a real go. Fingers crossed!

I hope this works out for you!

Thanks!

Going on 22.5 hours without any issue so far. I'm currently outside my home network and able to read it here at work. I'm currently reading 68.4 degree temperature in my kitchen.  Not exactly 250 degrees inside a smoker but I had to test it out somehow. 

I stopped at the local grocery store where I found pork shoulder for $1.48/lb last week. Today it was on "sale" for $2.99 down from $3.48 the sign said. I couldn't pull the trigger for $3/lb or roughly $27 for a pork shoulder. Especially when the other cooler case had brisket for $2.98/lb. Crazy times when a pork shoulder costs more per pound then a brisket here in MN! Then again I didn't want to ruin a $50+ dollar brisket running a unstable controller overnight. So I'm still on the hunt for a cheap piece of meat to throw on the egg overnight. I should have grabbed a few extra butts when I had a chance last week. I wasn't sure what I had available in my deep freezer. Apparently not pulled pork.....

WeberWho

billt01 said:

is your stoker a white box or black box?

Black wifi Stoker