Accessing Dashboard using Windows 10
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2021 2:47 pm
Hi
I know similar questions have been asked before but after looking at them I realised that I couldn't find any that specifically mentioned a Windows 10 problem.
The background - I have a homebrew hotspot using a Pi Zero W and a simplex MMDVM HAT. There is a Nextion attached and it has worked perfectly for over 3 years. In fact it still functions perfectly but the problem is logging into the dashboard. I did change my ISP over a year ago to Sky and have the ER115 router. Both my main PC and laptop did run Windows 7 until about a month ago when I had hardware problems with the main PC and in the end, after repairs, I had to 'upgrade' to Windows 10 Pro 64Bit. Using Windows 7 there has never been any problems in accessing the dashboard. After the change to Windows 10 on the main PC I could still access it fine but after a few days there was no response. Since I was using the default Edge browser, which I understand is derived from Chrome, and I wasn't too familiar with it, I installed Firefox which I had used with Windows 7. It made no difference at all. I tried logging in via pi-star.local, pi-star/ and the ip address with no success. If I restart the router then I can log in fine, for a while, perhaps an hour or so. It is also not possible to log in from Safari, on an iPad or Firefox on an old Android Tablet unless the router has been recently rebooted.
I am perfectly willing to believe that it is a router problem but the question that keeps cropping up in my mind is why does the Windows 7 laptop work when nothing else does? On the laptop I have 4 browsers and every one of them can log into the dashboard using any of the 3 methods I mentioned at any time and it never fails. What is the difference between Windows 7 and Windows 10 in these circumstances?
I did read that Windows 10 dropped support for SMBv1 since build 1709, could that be the difference between 7 & 10 in my situation?
So that's my problem. I have a hotspot that works perfectly but I can only log into the dashboard using Windows 7 and not Windows 10.
73,
John
I know similar questions have been asked before but after looking at them I realised that I couldn't find any that specifically mentioned a Windows 10 problem.
The background - I have a homebrew hotspot using a Pi Zero W and a simplex MMDVM HAT. There is a Nextion attached and it has worked perfectly for over 3 years. In fact it still functions perfectly but the problem is logging into the dashboard. I did change my ISP over a year ago to Sky and have the ER115 router. Both my main PC and laptop did run Windows 7 until about a month ago when I had hardware problems with the main PC and in the end, after repairs, I had to 'upgrade' to Windows 10 Pro 64Bit. Using Windows 7 there has never been any problems in accessing the dashboard. After the change to Windows 10 on the main PC I could still access it fine but after a few days there was no response. Since I was using the default Edge browser, which I understand is derived from Chrome, and I wasn't too familiar with it, I installed Firefox which I had used with Windows 7. It made no difference at all. I tried logging in via pi-star.local, pi-star/ and the ip address with no success. If I restart the router then I can log in fine, for a while, perhaps an hour or so. It is also not possible to log in from Safari, on an iPad or Firefox on an old Android Tablet unless the router has been recently rebooted.
I am perfectly willing to believe that it is a router problem but the question that keeps cropping up in my mind is why does the Windows 7 laptop work when nothing else does? On the laptop I have 4 browsers and every one of them can log into the dashboard using any of the 3 methods I mentioned at any time and it never fails. What is the difference between Windows 7 and Windows 10 in these circumstances?
I did read that Windows 10 dropped support for SMBv1 since build 1709, could that be the difference between 7 & 10 in my situation?
So that's my problem. I have a hotspot that works perfectly but I can only log into the dashboard using Windows 7 and not Windows 10.
73,
John