P-NUCLEO-LRWAN2 Gateway Board Stuck at "Ethernet Starting"

[Hari-Senstornet]

Hello,

I am using the P-NUCLEO-LRWAN2 board for LoRaWAN development. While booting up the Gateway, it always gets stuck at the message

Powered by RisingHF & STMicroelectronics
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSION: 2.1.7, Nov 6 2018
LOG: OFF
AT ECHO: ON
BAUDRATE: 115200bps
MACADDR: 08:00:27:0C:23:38
ETHERNET: DHCP
DNS1: 114.114.114.114
DNS2: 8.8.8.8
NTP SERVER: 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
EUI PADDING: {3, FF}, {4, FF}
GATEWAY ID: 080027FFFF0C2338
LORAWAN: Public
LORAWAN SERVER: router.eu.thethings.network
UPLINK UDP PORT: 1700
DOWNLINK UDP PORT: 1700
CHANNEL0: 867100000, A, SF7/SF12, BW125KHz (LORA_MULTI_SF)
CHANNEL1: 867300000, A, SF7/SF12, BW125KHz (LORA_MULTI_SF)
CHANNEL2: 867500000, A, SF7/SF12, BW125KHz (LORA_MULTI_SF)
CHANNEL3: 867700000, A, SF7/SF12, BW125KHz (LORA_MULTI_SF)
CHANNEL4: 867900000, A, SF7/SF12, BW125KHz (LORA_MULTI_SF)
CHANNEL5: 868100000, B, SF7/SF12, BW125KHz (LORA_MULTI_SF)
CHANNEL6: 868300000, B, SF7/SF12, BW125KHz (LORA_MULTI_SF)
CHANNEL7: 868500000, B, SF7/SF12, BW125KHz (LORA_MULTI_SF)
CHANNEL8: 868300000, B, SF7, BW250KHz (LORA_STANDARD)
CHANNEL9: 868800000, B, 50Kbps (FSK)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Concentrator starting...
Concentrator Radio A type SX1257
Concentrator Radio B type SX1257
Concentrator started (2926ms)
ST LoRa GW V2
Ethernet starting...

After this point, the board does not proceed further.

Troubleshooting Done:

• Tried rebooting multiple times.

• Verified network cable and DHCP server are working fine.

• Tried connecting to different routers/networks.

• Reflashes firmware with the same version.
  Board Details:

  • P-NUCLEO-LRWAN2
    
    

    I am not sure if this is an issue with firmware, hardware, or network configuration. Could you please help me troubleshoot or suggest further debugging steps?

    Thank you.
    
    Regards,
    Hari Prasath P
    Firmware Engineer
    Senstornet Technologies
    Chennai - India

[STackPointer64]

Hello @Hari-Senstornet and welcome to the community,

Unfortunately, the P-NUCLEO-LRWAN2 is obsolete and no longer supported and was replaced by P-NUCLEO-LRWAN3.

Best regards,

[Andrew Neil]

@STackPointer64  But it looks like the only difference between P-NUCLEO-LRWAN2 and  P-NUCLEO-LRWAN3 is the shield for the End Node ?

The Gateway part (NUCLEO-F746ZG + RisingHF LRWAN_GS_LF1) remains the same ?

@Hari-Senstornet  AIUI, the Gateway firmware is from RisingHF - so you have to go to them for support.

PS:

https://community.st.com/t5/stm32-mcus-wireless/lrwan2-end-node-and-gateway-setup/m-p/809565/highlight/true#M25145

https://community.st.com/t5/stm32-mcus-wireless/connecting-to-ttn-v3-with-p-nucleo-lrwan2-gateway-amp-end-device/m-p/808058/highlight/true#M25083

[STackPointer64]

---

@Andrew Neil wrote:

@STackPointer64  But it looks like the only difference between P-NUCLEO-LRWAN2 and  P-NUCLEO-LRWAN3 is the shield for the End Node ?

The Gateway part (NUCLEO-F746ZG + RisingHF LRWAN_GS_LF1) remains the same ?

---

Yes, the P-NUCLEO-LRWAN2 is intended for countries that allow radio communications in frequency bands above 800 MHz, while the P-NUCLEO-LRWAN3 is designed for frequency bands below 500 MHz. I apologize for the earlier misinformation. The P-NUCLEO-LRWAN3 does not replace the P-NUCLEO-LRWAN2. As @Andrew Neil mentioned, the issue @Hari-Senstornet is experiencing is related to the Gateway firmware provided by RisingHF. The best course of action is to check their wiki for possible firmware updates or to reconfigure the gateway using AT commands.