on 22-12-2021 21:56
Hi,
Hope someone can help as I feel I’ve exhausted all options given on the internet and the VM team on Twitter weren't able to resolve.
I’ve never been able to connect my Switch to the Hub internet since getting VM last year (can’t remember if it could connect to previous provider). It’s been driving me mad. All other devices connect to the Hub fine and my Switch can connect to my phone hotspot but every option I try to connect it to the Hub I have issues - whether it’s the IP address or the DNS. At the moment it will connect to the device but won’t go as far as connecting to the internet and produces the DNS error.
I’ve tried doing a soft restore of my Switch, reset the Hub, changed the IP/DNS settings on my Switch manually, gone into the hub settings and tried options there. My Nintendo doesn’t appear on the hub’s device list and isn’t blocked on the MAC filtering.… not sure what else to do! I’m currently having to wait hours in various intervals to do a game update as I’m not able to stay in the room with my phone the whole time.
Please help 🙏🏽
Thanks
on 23-12-2021 00:26
Hi @JJMX
What error messages and codes do the Switch show?
I used to have my Switch connected with an EDiMAX EU-4306 USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter wifi ethernet adapter via the bottom usb port.
It's currently connected via WiFi and has no issues- screenshot below
Make sure you are entering the WiFi password and not the Settings password in the Switch.
Are you using a VPN or the normal VM Primary and Secondary DNS addresses as per the screenshot?
23-12-2021 15:21 - edited 23-12-2021 15:22
Hi @newapollo
Thanks for replying. I get this message:
I don’t think I have an appropriate Ethernet cable at the moment but if I can find one I will try that. I have similar settings to yours - DNS numbers, etc.
thanks,
Jasmine
on 23-12-2021 16:21
Hi Jasmine,
There are a couple of things you can try
On the Switch go to System Settings > Internet > Internet Settings > Manual Setup > Enter your VM SSID (WiFi network name) under SSID
Security Click on Security and select WPA-PSK (AES) instead of the default WPA2-PSK. Then enter your VM WiFi password and save the network settings.
After the settings are saved, this may work, if not then go back to the security settings and switch back to WPA2-PSK and enter the correct password. Save changes and exit. Now try connecting to the network and see if the issue is solved.
If that wasn't successful then please try the following instead and hopefully this will work.
On the Switch click on System Settings > Internet > Internet Settings > when it searches for registered networks and networks found scroll down and select Manual Set Up. Enter your VM SSID (WiFi network name) under SSID, then under Security select the bottom option WPA2-PSK(AES) and then enter your VM WiFI password on the next screen, then scroll down and select DNS Settings and change it from Automatic to Manual
Where it says Primary DNS enter 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 for the Secondary DNS and then click Save. (these are the google dns servers and not VM's but may work - you can always )
On the next screen click Connect to this network.
on 23-12-2021 21:05
Hi again,
Thanks for the suggestions - I tried both options and neither worked for me unfortunately.
The first tried for a longer time (than usual) to try connecting to the network device but in the end would not connect. Error code 2110-2963 re. IP address.
The second option also took a long time to search and also brought up the IP address issue.
I’m not 100% sure where to find an IP address as when I’ve tried using the VM IP that my phone connects to it won’t work as it needs to be unique(?). Although I’ve tried the IP that my laptop was connected to and the IPv4 address from the Hub info (80.X.XXX etc) which both seem to work but only gets me as far as the DNS issue again.
Thanks,
on 23-12-2021 21:57
Hi again Jasmine,
You are looking for the wrong IP number in your hub. Log into your hub and open the page Connected Devices
The hub shows the Switch IP address in my picture below as 192.168.0.21/24 - Ignore the /24 at the end.
Check my picture in post 2 and you will see it shows the IP Address of the Switch as 192.168.0.21 - so they both match.
The MAC address adjacent to the IP address on the hub should also match the Switch Console MAC address
on 23-12-2021 23:38
Hi,
My Switch didn’t have its own IP as it wasn’t initially on the Connected devices list until I used the IP from my laptop (which was then given a different IP). I’ve entered the IP address listed on the Hub settings when following the set up as you’ve advised but I’m still stuck on the DNS error - whether I use the VM dns or the Google ones.
I'm not sure how to get past that.
Thanks again