9100A drops off the network

[duncans]

I have two 9100a running Yoics 2.47 software. Both of them drop off the network after about 4 hours. This happens with a hard-coded IP address or using DHCP. Reboot, and it works again for another 4 to 6 hours.
I have several other devices in the network including IP cameras and NAS and PCs. None of them have problems, nor is there an IP conflict.

Ideas anyone?

I found out what the problem is. I am using Trendnet green switches which shut down inactive ports. Or the data rate is being re-negotiated. Either way, the switch is dropping the port data rate to 10 Mb/s. I put an older Linksys switch between the Trendnet switch and the 9100A. That seems to have solved the issue. The 9100A has stayed up for 3 days. Usually it had dropped out in 3 hours.

Update. The Linksys switch started going the same as the Trendnet. I connected an old Belkin Wireless G router as a switch, and again the 9100A is staying on line.

I also tried polling the switch with a "keep alive" ping, but that made no difference.

Anyone seen this before?

[mycal]

Ive had issues with the green switches and short <10foot cables and certain devices, does yours fall under this?

If so try a >10foot Ethernet cable and see if that solves your problem.

[larry4mf]

I too have the same issue. Everything worked fine with my old AT&T uverse wireless router. It was plug and play for the most part and securityspy on my mac worked very well with the 9100. AT&T upgraded my router and for the last few month I have been around and around trying to get it to stop dropping. I tried everything you guys did. Even longer Ethernet cable. It's plugged directly into the same router as the computer. I have turned all firewalls of and all settings that would cause the router to kick the signal. So I really don't have any other options except to just buy a new dvr/ server and scrap all of my hard work. Any updates or suggestions would be appreciated considering the age of this post. Signed, 4 cameras sitting dead in the water.

[mbenn]

Same issue here. I have a TP LINK 300M Wireless N Router Model No. TL-WR841N and I lose the connection to my 9100A after some time. At first I was using a TP Link mini pocket router in client mode so I didn't have to route an ethernet cable to my room, but changed to a 25ft ethernet cable instead; still having problems.

[mbenn]

OK, I have a workaround. I bought a $50 wemo wifi switch and am using IFTTT to power cycle my ip 9100a every hour. Kind of hacky, but it works!!

EDIT: OK, it works like 25% of the time. And 24 power cycles a day would probably wear out the electronics faster so not a good long term solution.

EDIT2: I changed the network settings of the ip 9100a to have a static IP address and it seems to be staying online. For anyone out there who has the same issue, try making the device have a static IP address and then in your router DHCP settings make the IP address reserved for the 9100's MAC address.

[mycal]

Yes the dhcp client is very bad on the 9100, unfortunately its nothing anyone can fix, since it is linked in binary.