Hello Victron enthusiasts, what I observe here in my system is not creating any issue. Just wondering, why my Cerbo GX shows up with two different IPs on the same LAN port. WiFi and BT is off in my Cerbo. It’s connected via LAN cable to my router. The first IP is the correct, active, one. The sec…

Hi does this help explain https://communityarchive.victronenergy.com/questions/133443/cerbo-gx-announces-two-ip-adresses.html

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Thank you @ricardocello . Just not sure what it means for that specific scenario at the end. All other devices connected to the router do not show such an address, so pretty sure the DHCP is working. And in fact, it got a correct IP. Moreover, it shows a different MAC address for that second “ghos…

Ok, I just checked my Cerbo GX, and it does the same thing, and it is annoying. Including the alternate MAC address assignment. I’m guessing the Cerbo has a bootloader that boots with one MAC address, and when VenusOS comes up, it gets a new MAC address and then gets its DHCP address. I’ll check …

This explanation from Victron is the solution from my point of view, yes. Thank you @nesswill mvader (Victron Energy) Hey all, Having two IP addresses, and even two different mac addresses on the same physical interface, aka ethernet port, is perhaps a bit unusual but also within official IP spe…

Cerbo GX shows up with two IP addresses on router - LAN

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ricardocello (Rick) 21 November 2024 13:49 6

Yes, that covers it. Thank you!

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