So not having a static IP set up for the machine was the issue?
If you’ve never tried #homemining, I highly suggest it. Puzzle solving and constant learning. Man, after hours trying to troubleshoot I’m finally back hashing!
For a non-tech guy it was definitely a learning experience figuring out what static IPs, DHCP, etc are and how to work through issues to get back set up and hashing.
Pretty stoked and you feel like those few little sweat-sats are that much more precious. And a room is nice and toasty again.
Thanks nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 for the putting me on the right path (you were right! just took forever for me to work through my network to do it), and nostr:npub16vrkgd28wq6n0h77lqgu8h4fdu0eapxgyj0zqq6ngfvjf2vs3nuq5mp2va (Braiins toolbox is awesome…didn’t have it before)
The #Bitcoin and #nostr community are amazing. ⚡️ 
Discussion
Ya you don’t necessary have to do that…but I was offline for a week and another device nabbed the IP, so could no longer connect to it. Even trying the new DHCP leased IP it gave it didn’t work when I tried to connect.
So, had to allocate a fixed / static IP of my choosing (there were a bunch of options), reset the router, and it worked⚡️ just took me forever to figure out how to do that because I’m technically challenged lol
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