PathPilot Console: DHCP? Ethernet Switch?

PathPilot
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I don’t use Wi-Fi for a number of reasons. I am wiring directly for wired Ethernet, which is not in place at the moment, but will be in a day or two. I am interested in finding some information for networking.

Currently, there is some sort of unexpected Mesa version, and so I cannot reach a normal boot stage. It wants to update. I do have a USB thumb drive, but I have not yet looked to see if the current release of PathPilot is the required 1.9.x. Meanwhile, if I don’t use a USB Wi-Fi adapter, can I use a wired switch, and connect the console to the switch, the 770MX to that same switch, and then the switch to the Internet?

Part of why I am wondering is because I don’t know if any part of the system uses a static IP address. I’m assuming that both the console and the actual 770MX use DHCP. Whether or not the console itself provides a DHCP server I don’t know.

Is it ok to use a single switch and put everything on wired?

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Should be no problem
My shop is hardwired and has a half dozen outlets for machines, cameras, tv, computer
all connected to a gigabit switch.
I have desk top icons on my cad/cam system in office to quickly connect to my 1100 mill, 24r router and 8l lath drives and send files.
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1100 MX the wired interface is a static IP. I would not add anything in between the PathPilot controller and the CNC controller. You could add a USB wired network adaptor. Might have to try a few different adaptors as not all drivers are available.

Andy

operator@tormachpcnc:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:8d:5c:f0:b1:ce
          inet addr:10.10.10.9  Bcast:10.10.10.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:116636 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:233210 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:14774790 (14.7 MB)  TX bytes:23581880 (23.5 MB)


operator@tormachpcnc:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
    address 10.10.10.9
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    network 10.10.10.0
    broadcast 10.10.10.255
    gateway 0.0.0.0
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Forgot to mention the 24r and the 8l controller computers only have one ethernet port used by the machines. Both of these machines required a usb Ethernet adapter and then network plugged into it. The 1100 has a older controller and does not use Ethernet connection.
Tormach sells the usb Ethernet adapters or you can buy off amazon.
It was pretty much all plug and play