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Issue with step 42 #11

Open ghost opened 7 years ago

ghost commented 7 years ago

Hi Guys, for some reason - on step 42, the node command prompt doesn't give me an IP for the Roku. Any idea what could be wrong?

ranger786 commented 7 years ago

Hi,

Use Advanced ip Scanner to locate your roku the port is 8060, try this and let me know

Thanks!

ghost commented 7 years ago

Thanks for the reply:) I have 2 basic questions:

  1. My ISP network setup works in a way that IP's are changing all the time so I'll probably get a different IP for my Roku everytime I reset the router. In such a case, will it continue to work once the IP has changed or will that be a problem?

  2. I'm supposed to get the new Roku Ultra soon. Will I have to set up this skill all over again once I change to the new Roku?

Thanks again for your help. I really appreciate it.

Adi

ranger786 commented 7 years ago

Get dhcp reservations to reserve an ip for your roku, that way when you get the new roku just update it's mac id, and you wont have to change anything if the roku ip is same, if not you`ll need to change the local server to point to the right ip. You can use dyndns.org for dynamic hosts and it should work perfectly fine thanks

ghost commented 7 years ago

Thanks! Not sure I understood the whole dynamic hosts issue. what do I need that for?

ranger786 commented 7 years ago

Your roku will use a private lan ip that your router assigns it, or a static one that will use your router as the default gateway for example 192.168.1.88 could be your roku ip. Your isp info is the file that goes on Lambda, there you can post an ip from dyndns, this should work, Also it would help getting a static ip from your isp, its just going to be easier.

Best, Shay