Going back to Ethernet switch from direct to PC
Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 6:54 pm
Decided to go back to using the radio via an Ethernet switch rather than having radio talk directly with the PC (I used Bootloader to assign static IP addresses to radio and NIC in the PC).
1. Imported the Database that I had been using successfully (radio talking to PC via the Ethernet switch).
2. Reconfigured the NIC to use DHCP instead of the static IP address I had assigned it.
In Windows (networking), I checked the 2 boxes below:
Obtain an IP address automatically
Obtain DNS Server address automatically
No joy, I get a pop-up suggesting that the radio isn't powered on or is not connected.
The above problem is likely, once again, a shortcoming in my understanding networking principles, but I am hoping to be able to get up to speed eventually .
Juha
UPDATE:
When reverting to automatic IP, I hadn't written anything in the IP field using the Bootloader. Works fine now.
1. Imported the Database that I had been using successfully (radio talking to PC via the Ethernet switch).
2. Reconfigured the NIC to use DHCP instead of the static IP address I had assigned it.
In Windows (networking), I checked the 2 boxes below:
Obtain an IP address automatically
Obtain DNS Server address automatically
No joy, I get a pop-up suggesting that the radio isn't powered on or is not connected.
The above problem is likely, once again, a shortcoming in my understanding networking principles, but I am hoping to be able to get up to speed eventually .
Juha
UPDATE:
When reverting to automatic IP, I hadn't written anything in the IP field using the Bootloader. Works fine now.