Lost my hub

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I have been tingeling with my network stuff...
First I moved my hubs (hubitat and hue), may have pulled the power a fiew times
Then I got a new router installed and now I can't find any of them.

How do I find them on my network and get them working again?
I am a noob, please dont assume I know how to get around on a network and stuff. I mean, I lot of info in the forum is above what I know.

OK, and roast me for my dumb move :smile:

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First thing to do would be to go into the router and look at its device list, chances are they've just changed IP addresses. If you find them, assign each of them a Static IP address so they don't move again.

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Google your router model number and reserved ip.
A good idea from now on for all your home automation devices.

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Go to your portal and you’ll be able to see what current IP is.

But, as recommended, you should reserve the IP address in your router (check your router manual as how this is accomplished is not at all standard). That way, the router will always assign the same IP address to your hub.

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I found it and fixed it! Thanks for the help.
The HE before had a IP 192.168... and now it is a 10.120.... number, I tought an IP always was a 192 number. Can I change it back to the old number? Not that it is important

Thanks for the support, I have a feeling I'll be back :wink:

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That sounds like you need to do a general setup with your router first before doing the intermediate stuff. The router is responsible (in the typical household) to handout network addresses. You need to tell the router what pool of addresses to give out. Most commonly it is the 192.168.1.xxx range but you can pick whatever you want. You'll need to go through your router's setup process then after you're all setup go back in and reserve network addresses for your devices. Personally, I have my entire network reserved so I know exactly what devices are connected and how to get to them but I'm a little anal that way.

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There are several large ranges of non-routeable IP addresses that are used for Private networks. 192.168.0 and .1 are probably the most common subnets used by consumer devices, but the router may be configured to use any of those others by default. As @wecoyote5 suggested, you may need to do a first time setup on your router.

Selection of an unusual Private network space can be useful as a simple security "defense in depth" technique as it might confuse the really amateurish script kiddy! Ok, maybe not, but it sounded good...sort of like hiding your SSID....:slight_smile:

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Or it just makes it more annoying to use and manage your network. :smiley:

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or for those times when class C is just not big enough...

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It does! Thats probably why I do it, and probably related to the reason I totally whimsically selected 88 as my subnet!
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