Networking a E682

[ShaggySS]

So I did a little hair pulling tonight with the E682 and I thought I would share the results.

Problem:

Wireless network users(wife) complain when I have the E682 hooked up on the network. This is a serious problem as most of you know. This problem stops all lights.

Solution:

Add a second nic to the PC and create a totaly different network....I suspect the totally different network was a bit extreme and I could probally tone it back but I have it working so I am not touching it. The root problem was getting my multicast traffic to choose the correct route. No matter which order I put the interface in it would still not work.

So I changed the IP of the SAN device to 10.190.1.206 with a gateway of 10.190.1.1 and a mask of 255.255.255.0

The second network card on my computer now has a IP of 10.190.1.1 with a MASK of 255.255.255.0

Note everyone else after you change the IP address on the E682 type SAVE 0 and then push the reset button on the board and wait 15 seconds

Next the part that took me a bit to piece together was how to change the multicast traffic to use the 10.190.1.1 network. Open up a command window and type "route change 240.0.0.0 MASK 240.0.0.0 10.190.1.1 METRIC 1"

push Enter

Now I have a computer which is on the internet so I can surf the web but also easily fire up the sequence editor and see my lights flash.

[Tim Fischer]

So I changed the IP of the SAN device to 10.190.1.206 with a gateway of 10.190.1.1 and a mask of 255.255.255.0

Thanks for posting this. Can you explain what you mean by the above statement? What is "the SAN device"?

[ShaggySS]

Thanks for posting this. Can you explain what you mean by the above statement? What is "the SAN device"?

Sorry for the confusion SAN device is E682. Thats just who makes it. http://www.sandevices.com/

[Tim Fischer]

Sorry for the confusion SAN device is E682. Thats just who makes it. http://www.sandevices.com/

Oh geez, lol. All I could think of was Storage Area Network and couldn't figure how that fit in!

[edvas69]

I use a second network card as this simplifies the networking setup and minimises any potential issues.

Can you imagine what may happen if your wife is doing some serious downloading whilst the show is running on a shared network, you may end up with some strange results.

[geronc]

Just a random fact for you. If you have a second network card in your computer just for e1.31, remove the gateway address. You don't need it. It serves no purpose for e1.31 in this situation and depending on how your computer setup the nic, it could cause normal Internet functions on the computer to slow down because of routing issues. Just a FWIW.

[ShaggySS]

Edit Use this command. Adding the -p keeps the changes after a reboot.

"route change -p 240.0.0.0 MASK 240.0.0.0 10.190.1.1 METRIC 1"

[dougd]

My thoughts were to do this same thing.

Motherboard has built in nic, ip is set to 192.168.2.12 That ip number is what is needed for the internet as my router is set to 192.168.2.1 when setup that way, show computer gets on the internet just fine. My 3 e681's have an ip setup of 192.168.2.40 41 and 42. When I run LOR sequences everything works great.

I added in a second nic card and set the ip number to 192.168.1.12, This nic is attached to an HP switch. I then setup my 3 e681's to 192.168.1.40 192.168.1.41 and 192.168.1.42 they are all hooked up to that same hp switch.

At this point if I use the web interface I can test the pixels on all 3 controllers and they work fine. When I run a sequence in LOR none of the pixels light up. I tried using the command

"route change -p 240.0.0.0 MASK 240.0.0.0 10.190.1.12 METRIC 1"

and get the error: The route chage failed: Element not found.

I have swiched ips on nic cards tried everything I can think of. hopefully someone with more experience at this can lead me in a right direction. Thanks.

[dougd]

Thanks Jeff, I thought I read a different thread earlier in the year but couldn't locate it. I will try the add command instead of change tomorrow evening, sounds like that should get me going hopefully.