Moving the Server

[bigfoot65]

That DNS address is for OpenDNS. If your client is displaying that, then you have something configured incorrectly. The DNS must be Amahi HDA IP for this to work correctly.

If that is coming from your router, then you need to turn that off. Some routers have DNS configuration as optional, some mandatory. It needs to point to the HDA.

[rgmhtt]

I think your dhcpd.conf file looks ok, assuming your hda ip is 192.168.0.10 and your router is 192.168.0.1.

Looking back through your posts you said:

The one listed as "DNS Servers" is 208.67.222.222 which I have no idea what that one is.

Where did that come from? What command did you use to display that and which machine were you on at the time? If that was displayed by a client machine, it means that the client dns is not configured to query the hda. If it was from the hda, then I'm confused.

I had asked for a 'ipconfig /all'.

So either there are 2 dhcp servers or there is a config problem with the system. Since the domain from 'ipconfig /all' is home.com, I believe the next place to look is the network configuration.

Go to the network connections panel on your client. Go to properties for the interface you are using. You should be using dhcp for ALL network information. Nothing should be hard configured here. I can't go into all the screens, but check this out next.

As I sit here thinking.... Check your router again and make sure that DHCP is off on it.

[Xerott]

I got that from doing ipconfig /all on my laptop.

I know that I can turn off DNS on the router because my parents have the exact same router and that is where the server was working fine. I'll look through the settings again, I just can't see the find the darn option.

I can confirm that DHCP is off, I just double checked that.

Here's a screenshot of the DHCP settings. And I just noticed the DNS Relay option right above it. Is that the DNS server option that needs turned off?

[rgmhtt]

So I am suspecting that your laptop has the DNS source for the interface 'hardwired' instead of getting it from dhcp.

[Xerott]

You may be on to something. I just tested it on my Grandpa's laptop which I'm fixing for him and I'm able to access the dashboard. So it might just be my laptop.

I tried going to where you said to check about it being hardwired but I am not sure where to go. I'm running Windows 7 on this machine if that helps any

[rgmhtt]

I never used Win7 or Vista. I only know through XP.

I would suggest doing a google search for a network config tutorial for Win7.

[Xerott]

Alright, I can find it as long for as I know what I know what I'm looking for. I'm looking for DHCP settings correct? And making sure they're all enabled?

[NeverSimple]

Alright, I can find it as long for as I know what I know what I'm looking for. I'm looking for DHCP settings correct? And making sure they're all enabled?

On the client that's giving you trouble:

1. Choose 'Start' > 'Control Panel'
2. Choose 'View Network Status and Tasks' under the 'network and internet' heading
3. click 'change adapter settings'
4. Right click the connection you use for your 'Amahi' network (if there is more than one) and choose 'properties'
5. Select 'Internet Protocol Version 4' and click 'Properties'
6. Make sure that 'Obtain an IP address automatically' and 'obtain DNS server address automatically' are both checked.

If they are, or this doesn't solve the problem, could you post the output from 'ipconfig /all'? You can save it to a file if you type 'ipconfig /all > ipconfig.txt'. The file will be in the current directory.

(if your command box opens in the current user home directory - it does by default - you can put the file on your desktop if you type 'ipconfig /all > Desktop/ipconfig.txt')

Richard

[Xerott]

Alright, I can find it as long for as I know what I know what I'm looking for. I'm looking for DHCP settings correct? And making sure they're all enabled?

On the client that's giving you trouble:

1. Choose 'Start' > 'Control Panel'
2. Choose 'View Network Status and Tasks' under the 'network and internet' heading
3. click 'change adapter settings'
4. Right click the connection you use for your 'Amahi' network (if there is more than one) and choose 'properties'
5. Select 'Internet Protocol Version 4' and click 'Properties'
6. Make sure that 'Obtain an IP address automatically' and 'obtain DNS server address automatically' are both checked

That was it. DNS was set to manual.

Thanks guys!

[rgmhtt]

That was it. DNS was set to manual.

Thanks guys!

It is always something, and something not were we are use to looking.

This complexity is what ruins it for many users.