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2.7 Determining the IP address of your Cassiopei
The Cassiopei, when properly configured, can connect to a wifi network. In order to reach the cassiopei
from your browser, you must know the IP address of the Cassiopei. Fortunately this information is
shown on the Cassiopei display. But sometimes it can be useful to know other ways of getting this
information.
One way would be to login the wifi-router that hosts the network. There you can see the list of currently
connected devices (or recently connected devices). Below is a screenshot of the configuration menu of a
router for an ordinary home network. In the list “Wifi settings” (on other routers this may be called
“attached devices”) there are 2 devices listed, both the IP-addresses are shown. The Cassiopei is
indicated by the hostname “CASSIOPEI” and therefore can easily be found. However for those who
may encounter a situation where more then one Cassiopei can be on a network, or just to personalize the
device, the hostname text can be changed. In the settings file in an entry called HOSTNAME, you may
change the default text “CASSIOPEI” into anything you like. And that will be the text that will be
shown in your routers list of connected devices.
Another way could be by using a special app on your phone. One of those apps is “Fing” but this will
not be described I this manual.
However… while using the IP-address always works, there is an easier way. But depending on the
hostname you configured, your router and your browser this may not always work. You can connect to
your Cassiopei by typing in your devices hostname followed by a / into the URL of your browser. So for
the default hostname of CASSIOPEI this would mean that the URL
CASSIOPEI/ must be entered in
the browser. This is a lot more convenient then using the IP address method. Unfortunately this
functionality cannot be guaranteed for all configurations and has proven difficult for some users.
Therefore it is not promoted in this manual other then in this chapter.
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