Step 9 - Check Access to Duet Web Control not working
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@Danal
GOOD NEWS!> It's up and running....
Spectrum had to manually add the Duet in their master device list even though I added it into my personal device listBad News> Spectrum cannot give me a static address or they don't want to.
So I'm thinking if I shut down the Duet it may not connect again because the IP will change. What do I do from this point on???
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Getting your own router will solve any problem with addresses, but I'd wait and see if it is a problem before deciding. Presumably you'll be in your own subnet or you should consider the security implications of that and get a router.
In any case you can see if mdns works for you. http://duet.local or if your have changed the name change the url accordingly
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@bearer
http://duet.local will not work
Spectrum will not turn on manual or give me a static address. They are telling me the solution would be 1- leave the printer on continually 2- Get my own service and router so I would have complete control.
I do not want to go that way at all.
Does Duet have a stand-alone card that is not WiFi, that I can use on my Tevo Delta Printer? -
@cdalyai said in Step 9 - Check Access to Duet Web Control not working:
http://duet.local will not work
will not work? or does not work? i believed it was supported again in the recent firmware versions, but it does require client support as well.
Stand alone card? They have the wifi and the ethernet version; and they have the PanelDue to control the printer without any network at all.
(You could always use the Duet as the Access point as hinted to above with the mentioned limitations as well)
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@cdalyai said in Step 9 - Check Access to Duet Web Control not working:
Get my own service and router so I would have complete control.
"Get your own router" does not absolutely require "get your own service".
Does Duet have a stand-alone card that is not WiFi, that I can use on my Tevo Delta Printer?
Yes, it is called Duet Ethernet. However... this still attaches to SOMETHING; in your situation, a very good choice might potentially be an ethernet card directly in your PC (and a CAT5 wire between the two). That would avoid completely avoid Spectrum.
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@Danal
To make sure I’m on the same rabbit trail as you, would the following be correct.
If I exchange the current Duet2 Wi-Fi board for a Duet2 Ethernet board and connect it to my computer I could print directly from the computer via Duet Web Control?
Or would I be printing from my computer via printer firmware (Repetier-Host/Simpilify3D etc.) ?And by the way thanks for your help and being there for hobbyist like me.
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@cdalyai said in Step 9 - Check Access to Duet Web Control not working:
If I exchange the current Duet2 Wi-Fi board for a Duet2 Ethernet board and connect it to my computer I could print directly from the computer via Duet Web Control?
yes. you'd need to set up static ipaddresses for both the duet and the computers wired ethernet interface and connect either a direct cable or a switch inbetween. (if the computers wired network doesn't support auto mdi/mdx you'll need a crossover cable (for the direct connection)).
if you avoid setting a gateway for the wired interface I believe you should be able to use both the wired and wireless networks at the same time to access both the internett and the printer.
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@bearer
Ok, Thanks again for your help.
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@cdalyai said in Step 9 - Check Access to Duet Web Control not working:
If I exchange the current Duet2 Wi-Fi board for a Duet2 Ethernet board and connect it to my computer I could print directly from the computer via Duet Web Control?
Yes, with the caveat that Duet Web's core mechanism is to upload a file to the printer, and print it 'from' there. This avoids any/all problems if your printer reboots, etc. The print hums along, and when Duet Web reconnects, you get current real-time status, no ill effect on the print.
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@bearer said in Step 9 - Check Access to Duet Web Control not working:
@cdalyai said in Step 9 - Check Access to Duet Web Control not working:
If I exchange the current Duet2 Wi-Fi board for a Duet2 Ethernet board and connect it to my computer I could print directly from the computer via Duet Web Control?
yes. you'd need to set up static ipaddresses for both the duet and the computers wired ethernet interface and connect either a direct cable or a switch inbetween. (if the computers wired network doesn't support auto mdi/mdx you'll need a crossover cable (for the direct connection)).
if you avoid setting a gateway for the wired interface I believe you should be able to use both the wired and wireless networks at the same time to access both the internett and the printer.
Correct. In fact, there is only one "default gateway" per host (PC) and that should remain untouched, pointing at the spectrum stuff.
When the PC has the Wired Ethernet connection, on a different subnet than all the spectrum stuff marked as 'active', and there is a packet to send to a destination on that subnet, it will go via the Ethernet interface and the default gateway never enters into it at all.
In short, it "all just works", once the Ether is "up".
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@Danal said in Step 9 - Check Access to Duet Web Control not working:
Correct. In fact, there is only one "default gateway" per host (PC) and that should remain untouched, pointing at the spectrum stuff.
Every network interface has a gateway setting; and windows is clever enough to change the default gateway to the most recent interface activated, thus the importance of not setting a gateway for the wired network.
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@cdalyai see this post https://forum.duet3d.com/post/113857 which should walk you through the process of setting up your Duet with a direct Ethernet connection.
Ian
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@bearer said in Step 9 - Check Access to Duet Web Control not working:
@Danal said in Step 9 - Check Access to Duet Web Control not working:
Correct. In fact, there is only one "default gateway" per host (PC) and that should remain untouched, pointing at the spectrum stuff.
Every network interface has a gateway setting; and windows is clever enough to change the default gateway to the most recent interface activated, thus the importance of not setting a gateway for the wired network.
We are saying the same thing.
There can only be one active default gateway in an IP based host. This has nothing to do with windows.
A given (IP V4) host can have multiple interfaces, and it can store multiple configurations for choosing which gateway to use depending on which interfaces are marked "active" (although, it really is defined by which gateways are reachable through local interfaces. An interface being active is only one part of this).
At any given moment in time, when deciding where to send an outbound packet, the destination IP of that packet is masked to the subnet of each local interface, and, if there is a match, it is placed on that interface (in an 'outer wrapper' that is determined by the media type). All of this occurs before the host even 'looks at' the default gateway entry; only when the list of active local interface reachable subnets has been exhausted will the host send the packet to the default gateway (via whichever local interface makes the gateway reachable). Again, this is IP and has nothing to do with Windows per se.
So we are saying the same thing: One active default gateway, in this case, with a subnet that matches the active WiFi interface that points to the provider, and one local subnet, with no gateway on that subnet, that is the hardwired Ether to the printer.
