It has been exactly 2 years since I received my Powerplant P15 and since then it has been connected to my LAN. I was happy to use it, but after a few days away from home I came back and now I can’t even connect to it as it is not getting an IP address from my LAN DHCP server as before.
The connection lights behind it work properly, with the green light steady on and the yellow light flashing now and then.
Does anybody here knows what is happening and how to fix it? Is there a way to set a static IP address?
Sorry, Elk, but there’s no way to log into the Powerplant since it gets no IP address. And as far as I know there’s no way to disable DHCP from its front screen.
I think his P15 lost internet connectivity altogether, so he’s unable to access it on the network.
I would start by making sure I have the latest firmware, then restart the DHCP server be it a router or otherwise.
If that does not work, I would try resetting the the P15, and bear in mind there were reports the plug shapes on the display could change to US instead of EU, but I would not worry about that.
If this does not work, I would reinstall the firmware.
If firmware isn’t good, I would contact the dealer.
Hi @jamesh. I did all the possible things at my fingertips like changing the switch port and the Ethernet cables even if they don’t appear to be defective.
Are you connecting through a router? All my networked audio gear in my system is. When I’ve encountered this issue in the past, not with a P15 but with networked Bryston digital components, I’ve hard restarted everything with a power cycle. That means my router, all switches, the lot. When you repower network discovery reinitializes. That has fixed the issue for me when nothing else seems to work.
After hours on searching for the problem I found that it worked when connected directly to one of the router’s ports. Since a simple reboot of the switch did not solve the problem, I did a factory reset. This happily solved the problem.