Android client won't connect anymore

[hizzout]

I've been using Madsonic/Subsonic on my droid flawlessly for over a month now. The web client works fine but my Android client won't connect anymore. It was last working yesterday and I had no problems and no settings have been changed either on the android, or on the computer running the service.

When I try to use it I immediately get "a network error occurred. Retrying 1 of 4" and it very quickly cycles through 4 of 4 and then errors out, like it's not really even trying. I checked the logs on my subsonic client and in Windows but I don't see anything standing out.

Any ideas for troubleshooting?

Thanks

[hakko]

Are you sure it's not related to the *.subsonic.org redirection downtime earlier today? viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11668

[hizzout]

I'm sure it is as right after I typed that I wondered about using the IP address of my server instead of the DNS name and it worked.

Now I've got to figure out how to clear the DNS cache on my phone...

Thanks for the quick reply.

[hakko]

It's not a DNS thing actually, it just sends back a HTTP 302 and the location of where to go. Not sure if it helps you but don't google for "android dns flush" etc, it won't help this particular issue!

[hizzout]

Anything I can do to be able to use my original custom server address name again? The next time my ISP decides to change my IP address then I'll have to change it again on my phone.

[bushman4]

You don't have to do anything. The service is back up, so the name resolution and redirection should work fine now.

At the very most you might have to restart your subsonic service to have the name get re-registered. But if it worked before the outage it should work again now.

Glenn

[hakko]

It's not just a timing issue? I don't know how it is built, but the app shouldn't cache the *.subsonic.org response forever (I would be surprised if it did). Also, the server redirection part is updated every second hour (afaik), so that if your ISP changes your IP, it'll just be a matter of time before you can reach your new IP via your *.subsonic.org address.

[hizzout]

Ok thanks everyone for the quick and thorough replies