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Local Access Issue (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by Squizzy@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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Hi All, I cannot keep the connection stable to my pi. I put HAOS on a pi5 and I managed to get logged in on the app eventually and everytime I leave and come back it cannot reconnect.

It says it needs to refresh external IP but I only use it locally so I cant see why it would need this and I have location access allowed so it should know I am home.

I am also attempting to access on local IP 8321 and failing.

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[โ€“] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It says it needs to refresh external IP but I only use it locally so I cant see why it would need this and I have location access allowed so it should know I am home.

The HA app on your smartphone needs to refresh its exernal ip address (not your pi). It still thinks it's on mobile connection (or even is if your wifi coverage is odd) or at least in a different network than your pi running HA (vpn?).

For me, closing and re-opening the app works if I encounter that message.

[โ€“] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Okay makes sense, it doesnt improve with closing and trying again but it does if I power down and power up the pi which is far from ideal.

I think I can reserve IPs on my router so I could ensure they are always the same.

May also be a mesh issue, I have an ISP booster and it seems to cause issues with hue bridge too.