GUI Connection Refused with Static IP [Solved]

spikked27

New Member
Dec 9, 2023
3
1
3
Running into a very strange problem, brand new install of Proxmox 8 on an HP Elitebook 800 G2, if I assign a static IP in my router the gui is inaccessible from any of my desktop computers, I receive ERR_Connection Refused, however it is accessible from chrome on my phone. If I reinstall a fresh copy of Proxmox and just let the router assign whatever IP address it wants everything works perfectly fine. Can confirm that the static IP I assigned is within the DCHP pool (I use 192.168.0.100 through 110 for my other machines on the network, unraid, HA, ect.). Not detrimental just annoying that I can't assign the static IP I want to.
 
Oddly enough, yes it does, although there is no device listed on my router that is currently assigned that IP, no idea how to figure out what it is either, any ideas?
 
Oddly enough, yes it does, although there is no device listed on my router that is currently assigned that IP, no idea how to figure out what it is either, any ideas?
Did you try any of the 4 things I recommended previously? Can you report on the outcome?
If the result of the last two is a successful ping reply, then you look at the arp table on the client, record the MAC, plug it into one of many online databases that tell you the vendor, and hope it gives you a hint.
Its also possible that your "smart" home router is trying to block "rogue" devices not under its control, I think we've seen it before.

good luck


Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox
 
That could be the case as the device isn't listed in the arp table of my router, by chance I discovered it was an esp8266 running esphome, had to jump through hoops to get it to take the static IP I wanted it to (assigning static IP at the router with the devices MAC didn't take for some reason), all well and good now thank you for your help!
 
  • Like
Reactions: bbgeek17