Outage - Server issue RESOLVED

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mikea9999

After a reapplying power, my Fingbox  will only stay online for ~20 minutes and then go offline.  Any ideas on how to resolve?  
Thank you!
Mike

VioletChepil

Hello @mikea9999
Could you try replacing the power cable? Sometimes, this can help solve the issue. 
What color are the Fingbox LEDs displaying?
Have you tried a hard reset of the device?
Is it only Fingbox going offline, or is the rest of the network going down too? 

mikea9999

Orange lights.  I have not tried a hard reset.  Everything else on the network is up and running.

mikea9999

What is the process for a hard reset?

VioletChepil

Ok, maybe its stuck trying to reach Fing servers for an auto update.
Could we try the hard reset?
Here are the full steps to go through! It's important to complete them all. 
Reset Fingbox

1. Unplug the Fingbox power adaptor from the wall outlet
2. Find the RESET hole beside the Fingbox power port
3. Gently insert a paperclip in the RESET hole (very gently)
4. While keeping the RESET button gently pressed, plug the power adaptor back in
5. Keep the RESET button pressed for 30 seconds and release (or until a single white light flashes on the device)
6. You should now see a single white light on
7. After a few seconds, the top circle will start flashing, while the original factory software is loaded
8. This process lasts for a few minutes (~3 min)
9. A single white light will mark the end of the process
10. Power off the Fingbox
11. Wait 5 seconds
12. Power it back on

Please let me know if anything changes.

mikea9999

I did the hard reset and have not gone offline.  Thank you,

VioletChepil

Hi @mikea9999
To do a hard reset:
Here are the full steps to go through!
Reset Fingbox

1. Unplug the Fingbox power adaptor from the wall outlet
2. Find the RESET hole beside the Fingbox power port
3. Gently insert a paperclip in the RESET hole (very gently)
4. While keeping the RESET button gently pressed, plug the power adaptor back in
5. Keep the RESET button pressed for 30 seconds and release (or until a single white light flashes on the device)
6. You should now see a single white light on
7. After a few seconds, the top circle will start flashing, while the original factory software is loaded
8. This process lasts for a few minutes (~3 min)
9. A single white light will mark the end of the process
10. Power off the Fingbox
11. Wait 5 seconds
12. Power it back on

Please let me know if anything changes.

Also are things working Ok for you?
Let me know. 

Amolakh

My fing box goes offline 3 to 4 times a day and i dont know why . I have it for ups along with my cordless phone and WiFi router. There has been no problem for last 2 years but now it's going offline on a regular basis. I have posted this question earlier but as these fourms are not on a app find it very hard to check on answers. The Facebook fourm allowed me to engage more

rooted

If you click on your name scroll down the page you will see a link to your comments and discussions.

You should have a private message, click your icon on the top right of the page then click the icon that looks like an envelope.

Here is your previous post:

https://community.fing.com/discussion/2848/my-fing-box

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Amolakh

I assume you mean you are sending it on this platform or as an email? in my inbox here I see nothing from you only from Voilet

Robin_Ex_Fing

Amolakh said:

I assume you mean you are sending it on this platform or as an email? in my inbox here I see nothing from you only from Voilet

We have sent you a personal email on your registered email address. If you are unable to find, can you check under Spam? Thanks 

Amolakh

can some one help please 

Amolakh

I have responded to your email. Please let me know next steps

GeoJohn23

Starting a month or two ago, by fingbox is frequently going off line, I've found that if I just reboot my router without physically touching anything it comes back online but then within 1 to a few days it will go offline again.  It has been running flawlessly for a number of years until, as I said, a month or two ago.  Not sure if the fingbox is dying, this was caused by a SW update to either the fingbox or router, or what.  Any ideas?

rooted

Do you have a router that supports logging?

GeoJohn23

yes

rooted

Could you check the logs and see if the Fingbox has been having trouble with obtaining an IP address?

GeoJohn23

It does not show any errors in the logs.  The Fingbox was online at address 192.168.1.10.  The only entry in the log current for either this IP address or the NetAddress of the Fingbox is this line ([DHCP IP: 192.168.1.10][Device Name: ] to MAC address f0:23:b9:eb:3a:8c, Sunday, February 23, 2020 05:03:21) and yet ~ 3hrs and 12 mins later (8:15am) I received a mail that my Fingbox was offline -- and trying to reach it via the app also showed it offline.

rooted

Could you reboot your router? If that doesn't resolve the issue try rebooting the Fingbox.

There have been no firmware updates.

GeoJohn23

As I stated in my original post, if I reboot the router, the fingbox comes right back online, for a few hrs to a day or two but then goes offline again — no other devices on my network are going off line, just the fingbox.

rooted

Sorry I missed that somehow, I'm not sure what it could be if not an IP address conflict.

Have you tried a different power cable and or network cable?

GeoJohn23

I have not tried those, but can see that the fingbox has power (even when it’s off line) and network connection because I can see the orange network activity light on the fingbox flickering. My guess is that my fingbox is dying if others aren’t seeing this type of issue. I do have another never-used fingbox, I’ll probably install it and see that it does.

rooted

My Fingbox has done this and it was showing network lights on the Ethernet jack, it would not connect until I rebooted my router. It has done this twice, since I set a static IP address for the Fingbox I have not had this issue again.

My Fingbox is only two months old.

Robin_Ex_Fing

Hi @GeoJohn23
Thanks for your post. If you experience issues with network connectivity for Fingbox, you can either increase the network size on Fing App. 

 To do this: 

• Open the Fing app, ensure that you are on the Network associated with your Fingbox 

• Tap on the Avatar icon in the top-right corner 

• Choose 'App Settings' 

• Scroll down and go to the "Maximum Network Size" setting and select the size based on the number of devices connected to network in your house. 

Or, you can check if the Ip address assigned to Fingbox is not being used by other Device which disconnects the Fingbox from the connection. I would request you to assign a Static IP address to Fingbox which will help us to isolate the issue. Assigning Static IP address to most devices is easy, just go to its network settings, look for DHCP option and turn it OFF. Once you do that, you'll see a text area to enter Static IP address. Enter the new IP address there, save changes. 

GeoJohn23

I saw an earlier comment about the Max Network Size and adjust that in the app before I submitted my issue -- this didn't have any impact on my fingbox going off line.  I will try the static IP workaround.  Note, however, that I've been using this fingbox since 2017 (I was a founding supporter on Indiegogo in 2016 and so received a pair of them in one of the first unit shipments) and have not had this offline issue until relatively recently (and its always been on DHCP).  So if going static IP does fix this issue, then I'm suspecting something in a recent software update to either my router or the fingbox has gone wonk.  Will post an update after I've had a chance to go static IP and give the box a few days....

GeoJohn23

Well looks like going to static IP was the ticket, been a few days now and hasn’t gone off line again yet.

Amolakh

Hi,

My fing box is going offline again and again. I had this earlier and posted it here post my post this stopped after you monitored this and fixed something. I had to leave for a few weeks and the net was switched off after coming back this problem has started again. Can any one help me

Robin_Ex_Fing

Hi @Amolakh
 We experienced an issue whereby our servers intermittently had some outages, affecting Fingbox’s contacting our servers recently. The issue was resolved within approx. 5 hours and is now resolved. I believe this may be related to what you have experienced. If the issue continues, please do not hesitate to contact us again."

Amolakh

Ok it was happened for last few days and about 5 hours ago the fingbox went down. Again I am putting it up it's holiday in india of it goes down in next 24 hours will paste this again on your wall