EX-i 80 won’t pick up any IP at cold-start—only comes alive after “DHCP → BOOTP → DHCP” trick Versant 80

[pablocobos]

Hi all,





I’m struggling with an integrated Fiery EX-i 80 on a Versant 80 Press (System 10).


This is the behaviour I’m seeing every single morning:

• Power-on sequence
  • Fiery boots, but the NIC never receives an IP—not even the static address I assigned (192.168.68.240).
  • On the RJ-45 jack only the upper green LED (link) is lit; the lower LED (speed) stays dark.
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• Work-around that revives it
  • From the Xerox front panel → Connectivity & Network Setup.
  • Change IP Address Resolution from DHCP to BOOTP, tap Save (Fiery restarts the interface).
  • Change straight back from BOOTP to DHCP and Save once more.
  • Fiery reboots; this time both LEDs light up (upper = green, lower = amber) and the server finally pulls a proper IP from DHCP (or honours the static one).
• I do that little DHCP-BOOTP shuffle, the Fiery is invisible on the network.

 

[EdwardB]

it could be the NIC in your device, could also be a bad port/connection between the cabling and the switch its connected to. I'd try a brand new ethernet cable, hook it to a desktop switch and plug that switch into another network port. Try to completely rule out the cable/wall outlet/network port that it is currently plugged into.