#ESPHome host

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fickle basin
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While installing HA Voice PE, I am asked for the ESPHome host. Where can I get it ?
I had been able to install the HA Voice PE, but I reset the device to factory settings. Now I get this message when trying to reinstall it.

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opal void
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it's the IP of your Voice PE

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dense delta
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After I switched ISP and tried to updated my 2 Voice PE to the new ISP. Its asking for the Host like above.
It didnt ask for that when I first set them up. I tried to enter the IP of the device that shows on my router, but got back "Can’t connect to ESP. Please make sure Ο your YAML file contains an ‘api:’ line" for both devices

dense delta
opal void
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if your LAN stays the same, changing providers doesn't matter at all. try deleting your ESPHome device from HA, resetting the VPE (holding the top button for 20+ seconds), making sure the VPE has a static IP/DHCP reservation and starting over. if you get the same error, then it means that your router is blocking something

dense delta
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Pretty sure everything changed
New ISP, new wifi, new router,new modem

Ive reseted it several times now...
How do I make sure the VPEs have "static IP/DHCP reservation"?

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Srry im VERY new to all this HA and networking stuff. Trying to ditch alexa/google and apparently bit off WAY more than i can chew

opal void
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i have no clue how you make sure. it's all down to your networking equipment, which obviously nobody but you is familiar with. as I said, your devices need to have static local IP addresses and traffic needs to flow unbridled between them

dense delta
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I'm not familiar with it at all, everything is new and I wouldnt even know how to do any of that on my old equipment 😓

opal void
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is your router your own or have you received it from the ISP? what model is it? can you ask for support? do you have a management interface you can access?

dense delta
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The Router is through att "BGW620"
The Wifi mesh system is mine "TP-Link Deco AXE5400 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Mesh System(Deco XE75 Pro"
ATT says they wont help since its not their device thats having a issue, TP told me to talk to ATT
I can access both setting online

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I was able to go into my HA online and under network, change it the IP4 to static. Do i use the IP, Gateway or DNS as the ESPhome host?

opal void
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no, you add a DHCP reservation for the VPE in your TP-Link router settings, then use that IP as the ESPHome host
i found this support link, but since i don't have that device, I can't confirm it works that way https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1795/

dense delta
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That directed me to a spot on the app, that showed the Voice PE, gave me a option to reserve it!

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I did, then entered that IP into the ESPhome host box, got back Error "Can't connect to ESP. Please make sure your YAML file contains an 'api:' line."

stiff marlin
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Just make sure your esphome box MAC address ist registered for a fixed IP in the dhcp settings of your router as tetele said. That is the IP you have to enter.
Maybe you have to reboot your esphome box, but should not be necessary 🤷‍♂️

dense delta
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By ESPhome box, do you mean the HA green, or the Voice PE?

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opal void
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You said you set a static IP on the the HA green. Is that correct? If so, what IP, subnet mask and gateway have you set?

dusk latch
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easy test would be to connect your phone or laptop to the same AP you are connecting the Voice PE to, and see if you can open HA

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that would at least confirm if you can even reach HA from that network

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if you have some strict rules, like only allowing specific ports from the vlan or whatever, that could caus eissues as well as I think the API communicates over a few different ports, not just the typical HA port the UI has

dense delta
dusk latch
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Access Point, or wifi network

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basically, see if the network the voice PE is on is able to talk to the network the HA instance is on

dense delta
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My phone is one the Same wifi network that the Voice Assitant uses the HA App to connect to the network with. So yes?

opal void
dense delta
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The app works, but if i click on the link it doesnt DNS error

dusk latch
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does your network support mdns?

dense delta
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I have no clue what that means, I am VERY network stupid lol
Up until now, i've only plugged and played

opal void
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Ok, we get that, but it's not like one of us will come rushing through the door to configure your router. You need to learn to help yourself. With the limited info you provide, there is only so much we can do...

dense delta
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Thats understandable, but i have been trying to learn to help myself.
I have been dealing with this for 4 days now, 21 youtube videos, countless reddit threads, FB groups, Multiple calls to ATT, TPlink ETC
I feel like I am making zero progress and just wasting so much time on devices that used to be plug in play

split elbow
dusk latch
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yeah first step may be to figure out how to make homeassistant.local:8123 work

dense delta
dusk latch
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Think he meant more to ask GPT about the network questions 🙂

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Maybe it can tell you how to enable mdns on your hardware/network

dense delta
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Oh lol, I'll give that a go 🙂

dense delta
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I think I got it working, dunno if its the best option but I'm sure someone of yall are gonna figure it was probably already done...but I wasnt aware lol
I turned off the wifi on the BGW and put the TP link as a Access Point instead of passthrough. The voices connect and the new speeds stayed pretty much the same

opal void
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So the TP Links were not working as routers?

dense delta
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They were in router mode yesterday when I was having all the isuses, now their in Access Point mode

opal void
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All of them were in router mode? So you had multiple local networks?