I have yet to change the hostfile on windows to have a host name. I am slightly concerned that the device always connects to ...0.30...even though I've tried many times to set the static ip to ...0.50. That's why I tried to reset the router to see if it is something to do with that IP address.
Is post #532 still the best means of resetting the node mcu? My assumption is that this puts the device into a completely default state.
It’s Windows to be blamed, not the router or BPL if 0.50 is the last numbers of IP.
You have to specify the IP correctly.
I don’t have windows machine. I don’t know how the flasher works, but I bet it works.