ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[notlist3d]

I will look for a link on how to do the factory reset.  Thanks for your help. HerbPean

Best documentation on reset is right here - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697474.0 .  It's at end off first post hope that helps.

[andyg51]

Thats the link I found...I went thru the sequence, but had no luck.   I think the communication board is burnt up.

[notlist3d]

Thats the link I found...I went thru the sequence, but had no luck.   I think the communication board is burnt up.

If it is a software issue on the controller it's possible it might be recovered using serial to usb. - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=889206.0

If you truly mean the board somehow got burned and has physical damage you can contact Bitmain Support to get a new one. (not sure current price)  Can do a ticket for it here - https://bitmain.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

[Jayjay04]

ok I'll be damned...

my router ip address is: 192.168.1.1
subnet mask : 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1

I connected my S3 directly to my router with ethernet cable.
I had no problem accessing the interface from any browser just by typping 192.168.1.99.

Went into WAN setting, change S3 ip address to 192.168.1.199
Set up my pools, then S3 start mining without any problem.

Then went to network, wifi, scan, join network, entered my password, selected WAN in (assign firewall-zone), clicked submit, then save and apply.

Then went to WWAN edit settings, left it to DHCP protocol, save and apply.
Unplugged the ethernet cable from my router, and restarted manually the S3.
Checked in router what Ip address was given, and UNKNOWN device is on 192.168.1.95
But it's unaccessable from any browser and the S3 is clearly not hashing.

Reconnected the ethernet cable to the router, easy access to 192.168.1.199
S3 is now hashing.

Went to WWAN settings
Changed protocol to static ip address and put these in
IPv4 address 192.168.1.155
IPv4 netmask 255.255.255.0
IPv4 gateway 192.168.1.1
IPv4 broadcast
Use custom DNS servers  192.168.1.1
then save and apply.

Then stop the WAN and deconnected ethernet cable from the router.

F**k me ! HOLY COW !! Written all that for nothing, it's working now !!!!
I'll leave it here in case it might help someone else.


But weird thing... I don't see the S3 in my router DHCP client list... anyone knows why?

Moving it to somewhere else and shutting it down, required me to plug my laptop back to it with ethernet to stop the WAN connection again, and then It restarted on the WIFI connection.

[dogie]

But weird thing... I don't see the S3 in my router DHCP client list... anyone knows why?

I've had many routers in the last few years and they've all shown up Antminer devices. Is the gateway IP correct?

Is there any chance to find a cheap S3 controller board around ?

Or the best solution to replace one ?

Thanks

Call Bitmain Support, I believe they will replace a board for $25.

Or bitmain.zendesk.com.

[Tomten]

Hi,
I can not set the voltage chips. In the menu box for tension, but typing in any value after boot S3 + B11 unresponsive and I measured voltage of the chip voltmeter and there is still 0.760 V. Bitmain then somehow forbid editing tension in newer firmwares, right? You have what firmware and editing tension will really work?
The whole history of issued fw is available somewhere for download? Bitmain on site, some fw deleted and not available. Thank you for advice.

Hi all, I have old S3/S3+ firmware here.
Read thread to find out which fw you need.

[Jayjay04]

The gateway is ok, I changed it to be 192.168.1.1 manually on my router. But the Antminer is working but still not showing.

Also, I had a electricity shortage last night, and for the Antminer to restart I had to plug back my laptop to it, disconnect it from the WAN so it could reconnect on the WIFI.
Is that normal ? It's like if it was trying to connect via WAN and as long as there is no connection it kept trying until I deconnect it, then It tried WIFI....

[notlist3d]

The gateway is ok, I changed it to be 192.168.1.1 manually on my router. But the Antminer is working but still not showing.

Also, I had a electricity shortage last night, and for the Antminer to restart I had to plug back my laptop to it, disconnect it from the WAN so it could reconnect on the WIFI.
Is that normal ? It's like if it was trying to connect via WAN and as long as there is no connection it kept trying until I deconnect it, then It tried WIFI....

No that is not normal to have to connect to laptop between each time you lose connection.  Are you not able to access it through lan connection?  Are you setting up wifi from latptop each time?

If so sounds like a networking error.  Can you post screenshots of your lan networking settings?

[Jayjay04]

Once the S3 is on wifi I have no problem accessing it through any browser.

There is no problem to access it also through LAN when the S3 is connected to my router or my laptop (except I have to set up my ip address manually to 192.168.1.x)

The thing is as soon as I plug it into router or laptop, the S3 tries to go through LAN to hash, so when I disconnect it, it keeps trying via LAN even though there is no connection...

WAN / LAN what's the difference for the S3 ?

[MCHouston]

its because you arent doing it right.. you shoudlnt DNS an internal IP..
most routers have naming built into them. you should use that instead.

Ok I built a BIND DNS server running on Ubuntu 15.04 as the internal put the same DNS entries.

Same problem with the S3+, it just refuses to resolve that DNS entry.

All other manufacturers I have work with the internal DNS as well as the external providing a private IP.

Any other ideas?

[notlist3d]

its because you arent doing it right.. you shoudlnt DNS an internal IP..
most routers have naming built into them. you should use that instead.

Ok I built a BIND DNS server running on Ubuntu 15.04 as the internal put the same DNS entries.

Same problem with the S3+, it just refuses to resolve that DNS entry.

All other manufacturers I have work with the internal DNS as well as the external providing a private IP.

Any other ideas?

With a proper DNS it should work fine. I use 8.8.8.8 .

But if truly for some reason your network is not resolving it, have you tried using the IP address instead of web address?

[alh]

Does the name resolve OK on your usual PC? Maybe a minor mis-spelling of the name?

[aarons6]

its because you arent doing it right.. you shoudlnt DNS an internal IP..
most routers have naming built into them. you should use that instead.

Ok I built a BIND DNS server running on Ubuntu 15.04 as the internal put the same DNS entries.

Same problem with the S3+, it just refuses to resolve that DNS entry.

All other manufacturers I have work with the internal DNS as well as the external providing a private IP.

Any other ideas?

LOL you come on here.. asking for help.. yet IGNORE all help....


seriously...

you just posting to here yourself?

why are you going through ALL THE TROUBLE to PUBLICLY DNS YOUR LAN IP..

go into the pc and set the IP as static.
then just go into the router.. find the LAN IP you want and name it.
then use "computername" as your host.

[aarons6]

its because you arent doing it right.. you shoudlnt DNS an internal IP..
most routers have naming built into them. you should use that instead.

Ok I built a BIND DNS server running on Ubuntu 15.04 as the internal put the same DNS entries.

Same problem with the S3+, it just refuses to resolve that DNS entry.

All other manufacturers I have work with the internal DNS as well as the external providing a private IP.

Any other ideas?

With a proper DNS it should work fine. I use 8.8.8.8 .

But if truly for some reason your network is not resolving it, have you tried using the IP address instead of web address?

he is trying to set a public dns to his 192.168.1.X IP.. for some reason so he can use a PC on his network as a pool proxy..

and he says the IP works just fine.. but he doesnt want to use an ip, he wants to use a public url.. 

[djroadking]

Have 2 S3+'s and one of them is making a clicking noise. Also on the inside of the miner just behind the exhaust fan a red light is on. I think it's on its way out.

[dogie]

Have 2 S3+'s and one of them is making a clicking noise. Also on the inside of the miner just behind the exhaust fan a red light is on. I think it's on its way out.

Clicking could be something even slightly brushing against a fan blade. Probably worth opening the case up and taking a look (while it is off).

[MCHouston]

its because you arent doing it right.. you shoudlnt DNS an internal IP..
most routers have naming built into them. you should use that instead.

Ok I built a BIND DNS server running on Ubuntu 15.04 as the internal put the same DNS entries.

Same problem with the S3+, it just refuses to resolve that DNS entry.

All other manufacturers I have work with the internal DNS as well as the external providing a private IP.

Any other ideas?

With a proper DNS it should work fine. I use 8.8.8.8 .

But if truly for some reason your network is not resolving it, have you tried using the IP address instead of web address?

he is trying to set a public dns to his 192.168.1.X IP.. for some reason so he can use a PC on his network as a pool proxy..

and he says the IP works just fine.. but he doesnt want to use an ip, he wants to use a public url.. 

It is now a private DNS server same issue. My local DNS server is now on 192.168.1.10.

But I knew that would not fix it.  DNS an local proxies make configuring 100s of miners a lot easier.

[MCHouston]

Does the name resolve OK on your usual PC? Maybe a minor mis-spelling of the name?

DNS resolves fine on Windows, Linux, Mac and other brands of miners, but not on Bitmains S3 wether using my private or public DNS serves.

Even SSH to the S3's to resolve it fails to resolve in nslookup and ping.

[MCHouston]

its because you arent doing it right.. you shoudlnt DNS an internal IP..
most routers have naming built into them. you should use that instead.

Ok I built a BIND DNS server running on Ubuntu 15.04 as the internal put the same DNS entries.

Same problem with the S3+, it just refuses to resolve that DNS entry.

All other manufacturers I have work with the internal DNS as well as the external providing a private IP.

Any other ideas?

LOL you come on here.. asking for help.. yet IGNORE all help....


seriously...

you just posting to here yourself?

why are you going through ALL THE TROUBLE to PUBLICLY DNS YOUR LAN IP..

go into the pc and set the IP as static.
then just go into the router.. find the LAN IP you want and name it.
then use "computername" as your host.

I tried everything you suggested even though I know it would not work. DNS is part of my job for the past 14 years.

Put a private DNS server like you said same issue.

Named the 192.168.1.133 proxy1 locally like you said same issue.

Same things Windows PC and all other resolve proxy and the DNS but not the S3's.

And it is not trouble to configure a public DNS server took me all of 10 minutes.  What would take a while is reconfiguring over 200 miners if I have to change pools, or change an IP in the pool configs when all you would have to do is change a proxy entry or a dns entry so much easier.


Here is a S3 and PC directly connected to my labs Uverse modem, same DNS from the router, same router, same DHCP server from the router.  S3 fails.

S3:
root@antMiner:~# ping proxy1
ping: bad address 'proxy1'

PC:
C:\>ping proxy1

Pinging proxy1.gateway.pace.com [192.168.1.133] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.133: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.133: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.133: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.133: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.133:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

[aarons6]

its because you arent doing it right.. you shoudlnt DNS an internal IP..
most routers have naming built into them. you should use that instead.

Ok I built a BIND DNS server running on Ubuntu 15.04 as the internal put the same DNS entries.

Same problem with the S3+, it just refuses to resolve that DNS entry.

All other manufacturers I have work with the internal DNS as well as the external providing a private IP.

Any other ideas?

LOL you come on here.. asking for help.. yet IGNORE all help....


seriously...

you just posting to here yourself?

why are you going through ALL THE TROUBLE to PUBLICLY DNS YOUR LAN IP..

go into the pc and set the IP as static.
then just go into the router.. find the LAN IP you want and name it.
then use "computername" as your host.

I tried everything you suggested even though I know it would not work. DNS is part of my job for the past 14 years.

Put a private DNS server like you said same issue.

Named the 192.168.1.133 proxy1 locally like you said same issue.

Same things Windows PC and all other resolve proxy and the DNS but not the S3's.

And it is not trouble to configure a public DNS server took me all of 10 minutes.  What would take a while is reconfiguring over 200 miners if I have to change pools, or change an IP in the pool configs when all you would have to do is change a proxy entry or a dns entry so much easier.


Here is a S3 and PC directly connected to my labs Uverse modem, same DNS from the router, same router, same DHCP server from the router.  S3 fails.

S3:
root@antMiner:~# ping proxy1
ping: bad address 'proxy1'

PC:
C:\>ping proxy1

Pinging proxy1.gateway.pace.com [192.168.1.133] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.133: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.133: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.133: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.133: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.133:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

dunno.. just tried it, no issues..