ok have you heard the expression "you make more selling the shovels"?

I have not and not sure what its implying 🤷‍♂️

it means i should start selling shovels

Ok. 😅 And that has what to do with this piece of shit product I wasted money on?

you make more money selling shovels to gold miners or bat guano to growers, then you do mining for gold or growing weed

Ok well none of this helps me figure this issue out.

Maybe try this first: If you have a Bitaxe (Ultra, Supra, Gamma, etc.), the easiest way to flash firmware over USB is usually the Bitaxe Web Flasher. ### Method 1: Bitaxe Web Flasher (Recommended) You'll need: * A USB-C **data** cable (not charge-only) * Chrome or Edge * The correct firmware for your Bitaxe model * External power connected to the Bitaxe (USB is generally for flashing, not powering the miner) Steps: 1. Connect the Bitaxe to its normal power supply. 2. Connect the USB-C cable between the Bitaxe and your computer. 3. Open the Bitaxe Web Flasher in Chrome/Edge. 4. Put the Bitaxe into bootloader mode: * Hold **BOOT** * Press and release **RESET** * Release **BOOT** ([D-Central][1]) 5. Click **Connect** and select the serial port. 6. Choose the correct firmware for your hardware revision. 7. Start the flash process and wait for completion.

Bitaxe Web Flasher

Flash your Bitaxe directly from the web

No cables I tried seat properly and just fall right out. I been trying the flash tool. Literally nothing works. Im down to no more than 5 seconds staying connected.

So it turns out you have to take it out the stand for s cable to seat. Got that done now, but still only stays connected for a few seconds. Just enough time for the Web UI to load, then its done. 🤷‍♂️😔

I've tried everything I can think of. Vpn off. Private dns off. Its absurd. I did get the web flasher working so at least its not in a psuedo-bricked state, but frustrating as all hell. Wasted my entire day off with this.

The extra confusing thing is I can access my Start9 UI without issue ever. Both involve nothing more than the local IP, so makes no sense one works but not the other

Got it narrowed down to some router setting. Its running fine if I connect to my phone's hotspot, just still no luck with the home router 🤷‍♂️

You can change the IP of your bitaxe, this work for me.

I was actually considering trying that but didnt think it would make a difference. Well, Ima try that quick

Well thanks for the suggestion, but thay wasnt it. Had to make a few tweaks to the router config but seems good to go now

Ok. Many questions: 1) is the router setup running some form of security? Sometimes those block these devices. Various manufacturers call them different names. Asus calls it aiprotection, for instance. 2) a lot of modern routers have an IoT network option, where it knows not to block these 2.4 gig devices 3) I've seen problems with placement of device and interference. These little boards don't have great antennas. 4) some routers have this mesh thing where they try to actively manage devices between the 2.4 and 5g. Make sure that 2.4 is on. Might have to disable that feature. 95% of the failures I have seen have come from the network configuration side. If that doesn't fix, can hook the bitaxe up to debug and look under the hood.