Blues iris webserver access and ip addresses

[Brewnut]

Hi all,

I have a pc running blue iris as well as the pc has a virtual machine on it with home assistant installed.
i recently changed over my network connection of the pc from wifi to a wired connection (wifi issues) and now it seems that home assistant can no longer access blue iris, and in fact I can’t access the biu3 interface at all on the local network except from the BI pc itself.
Running ipconfig on the BI pc shows that there are two Ethernet adapters one with ip of 192.168.1.65 which is the ip of the pc itself. The second Ethernet adapter shows with an ip of 169.254.80.79 which is the address of the BI webserver.
I presume that because they are on two different ip ranges that this is why I can no longer to connect to the BI webserver locally.
Any assistance with getting the BI webserver IP range back into my local network range would be appreciated.

I do not run remote access other than via connecting back into my home network via vpn.

 

[jmhmcse]

starting with the "second" NIC. the 169.254.#.# address is one which Windows assigns itself when there is no DHCP server offering up addresses. search the web for an explanation of "Microsoft APIPA". is this NIC connected to anything?

The 192.168.1.65 on the other NIC is likely where all of your wired/wireless network resides. within BI, Settings/Web Server there should be a down arrow (or such) in the ADAPTORS box. click on it and switch BI to use the NIC which has the 192.168.1.65 address. click OK at the bottom to save the change.

BI should begin using this address in due time and all should be well. to force the switch sooner, reboot.

 

[TonyR]

+1^^.
Seeing 169.254.80.79 means, essentially, the DHCP server is not reachable, therefore no IP assigned to the DHCP device (no connection).

 

[Brewnut]

Ok that’s quite strange as the pc itself has an IP address in the 192.168 range and can connect to my local network and the internet.

 

[jmhmcse]

NIC2 (the one with 169.254.#.# ) is set to use DHCP, though it is not obtaining an address from any DHCP server. not going to talk to any other device unless they too are in the same 169.254.#.# network.

NIC1 (the one with 192.168.1.65) is set to use DHCP, and is receiving an address from a DHCP server (likely your router)

since you brought up the two NICs within your BI system, the first item which raised concerned is the addressing of these to networks. 169.254.#.# is not normally seen and therefor, was the "obvious issue" as no other details of what is occurring was provided.

it's good that your pc obtains an IP address, has access to other devices in your (192.168.1.#) network, and has the ability to connect to the internet..... that was not the problem you requested help with.

perhaps if you provide details of your NON-working HA, we may be able to assist you.

how was HA connected before?
how is HA connected now?
to which of these networks does you HA connect?
before the network change, what was their network address and/or IPs
from where does the HA obtain their IP addresses now,?
what error messages do you see?
how is the BI system related to your HA environment


being cryptic and 'cute' does not garner many favors. don't bite the hand that helps you.

 

[Brewnut]

NIC2 (the one with 169.254.#.# ) is set to use DHCP, though it is not obtaining an address from any DHCP server. not going to talk to any other device unless they too are in the same 169.254.#.# network.

NIC1 (the one with 192.168.1.65) is set to use DHCP, and is receiving an address from a DHCP server (likely your router)

since you brought up the two NICs within your BI system, the first item which raised concerned is the addressing of these to networks. 169.254.#.# is not normally seen and therefor, was the "obvious issue" as no other details of what is occurring was provided.

it's good that your pc obtains an IP address, has access to other devices in your (192.168.1.#) network, and has the ability to connect to the internet..... that was not the problem you requested help with.

perhaps if you provide details of your NON-working HA, we may be able to assist you.

how was HA connected before?
how is HA connected now?
to which of these networks does you HA connect?
before the network change, what was their network address and/or IPs
from where does the HA obtain their IP addresses now,?
what error messages do you see?
how is the BI system related to your HA environment


being cryptic and 'cute' does not garner many favors. don't bite the hand that helps you.

Ok this issue is now resolved.
Since a reboot the 192.168.1 range shows up in the Blue Iris web server address drop down. I have now swapped to this and reconfigured the blue iris integration in home assistant with the new IP and it connects now. I have also reconnected the camera entities in home assistant and they are sending their feeds through properly.
Thanks everyone for your assistance.