AirPort Extreme and Applications - Need some help

[bennoculus]

Hey guys,

I am having trouble using any applications at all on my HDA. Every time I click on the app's URL I go to a page that looks like this:


In my previous thread, a member helped me narrow it down that it was the AirPort Extreme causing the issues and I needed to set up my DHCP for it to work with applications.

I read through this right here and kind of have a general idea. http://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Airport_express

1.) Set DHCP Beginning Address and DHCP Ending Address to the same value: the IP address of your HDA

I have found the settings in the AirPort Utility on my Mac to change the DHCP ending and beginning. However, I do not know where to find the correct address of my HDA. Is it the one in my control panel on Amahi's main page? Is it on my HDA Dashboard? (i.e., 10.0.1.200)?

2.) Create a DHCP Reservation (static IP): enter your HDA MAC address and IP address

I have figured out how to do this as well. However, I do not know where to find my HDA's MAC address or the correct IP address to use.
-Which ones do I use, and where do I find them?
-Do I create a static IP in my HDA Dashboard?

Last question: Do I have to do both of the steps on the Wiki to enable applications?

Thanks for any help you guys can give me. I greatly appreciate all the help.

[radioz]

To find your hda's MAC address, open up a terminal an type:

ifconfig

The first line of output looks something like this:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 04:34:ac:d9:e3:b3

Your MAC address is the '04:34:ac:d9:e3:b3' part.

[bennoculus]

To find your hda's MAC address, open up a terminal an type:

ifconfig

The first line of output looks something like this:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 04:34:ac:d9:e3:b3

Your MAC address is the '04:34:ac:d9:e3:b3' part.

And do I use the IP address in my control panel?

Do I use the one before I click on my username in control panel? Starts with 204.x.x.x
Or do I use the one when I click on my username? Starts with 192.xxx.x.xx

Thanks for the replies!
I appreciate all the help these forums have given me so far.

[radioz]

When you type 'ifconfig', look at the second line that comes out.
Mine looks like this:

inet addr:192.168.1.10 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

The IP address of my hda is: 192.168.1.10

I'm a little confused about what you are trying to configure. Which control panel are you referring to?

[Peleyer]

For those with Airport Extreme and Amahi, try this:

Set the DHCP Beginning to 192.168.0.100 and the DHCP End to 192.168.0.199

Leave the Amahi DHCP ON. Now every time you reboot your PC with the server ON, you will be allowed to access the apps(the Amahi server is assigning the IP, because the router's DHCP first IP is above .100), if the server is OFF, then the Airport will assign a valid IP, and you will be able to access the internet normally.

This works with other routers too, remember to aways reboot the PC if you turn your server ON or OFF.

[bigfoot65]

Hello,

Yes this will work often of the time, but not always. When the DHCP lease is up, first to give it a lease is the device that controls it. It could be the router or it could be the HDA. You also have to factor in the length of the lease. Both are configurable in the router and HDA typically. There is a large potential for conflict running 2 DHCP servers at the same time and highly discouraged.

We do not recommend using the router DHCP server at the same time as the HDA unless you have it give out leases < 100 to clients. Amahi uses the 100-254 range for DHCP leases. Anything < 100 is reserved for static IP addresses to include your HDA.

Also, rebooting the clients is not necessary. Most can have the DHCP lease released/renewed via command line without restarting the machine. For example, Windows clients is ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew.

[bennoculus]

For those with Airport Extreme and Amahi, try this:

Set the DHCP Beginning to 192.168.0.100 and the DHCP End to 192.168.0.199

Leave the Amahi DHCP ON. Now every time you reboot your PC with the server ON, you will be allowed to access the apps(the Amahi server is assigning the IP, because the router's DHCP first IP is above .100), if the server is OFF, then the Airport will assign a valid IP, and you will be able to access the internet normally.

This works with other routers too, remember to aways reboot the PC if you turn your server ON or OFF.

Hello. I'm getting back to you after a few months. Sorry in advance.

When I first setup Amahi I was working with apps to get them working. I eventually gave up.

Now I'm ready to discover the problem.
On my server, in the Terminal, I typed "ifconfig" and found my HDA's IP to be 10.0.1.10. I went into my AirPort utility on my Mac and changed the beginning address to .100 and the ending address to .199. It didn't work. I then tried changing it to 192.168 with a beginning address of .100 and an ending of .199. I wasn't even able to access my dashboard with it at 192.168.

Any advice on what I should try next?

Edit: Just tried creating a DHCP Reservation in AirPort Utility. No go.

Any help would be MUCH appreciated. I have a few apps I want to get my hands on, such as Transmission (torrent downloader), and WebVNC.

[Peleyer]

Here is my config:



I used like this on my Dlink DIR655 and it was working there too.