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<blockquote data-quote="Kip Conner" data-source="post: 24122" data-attributes="member: 445">Re: 01V96 wireless connectionIt looks like you guys know what you are doing, I thought I would just share my little Yamaha WiFi rig. Since wireless routers have become so inexpensive I didn&#039;t have a problem just getting a standard unit. It&#039;s a Netgear router that I mounted in the doghouse of the console. I had a machine shop make the bracket to custom fit the unit out light gauge aluminum since the dog house has an Edac loom for the analog i/o&#039;s. I got over 200 feet away from the console and had full control and no signal loss. I have about 8 wireless networks around my house. The trick was (as stated above) was to make sure that the console and SM software is up to date (as well as the yamaha midi plug-in). Once you have it talking hardwired its a matter of addressing the IP&#039;s so they are close, but not the same as the console or the computer. I&#039;ve heard that some Yamaha consoles require a crossover cable, but the LS9 does not. Yamaha does not support DHCP so all addresses must be made manual. Whichever device you use you need to plug the console into one of the outputs of the router, not an input.&nbsp;[ATTACH]149578[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kip Conner, post: 24122, member: 445"] Re: 01V96 wireless connection It looks like you guys know what you are doing, I thought I would just share my little Yamaha WiFi rig. Since wireless routers have become so inexpensive I didn't have a problem just getting a standard unit. It's a Netgear router that I mounted in the doghouse of the console. I had a machine shop make the bracket to custom fit the unit out light gauge aluminum since the dog house has an Edac loom for the analog i/o's. I got over 200 feet away from the console and had full control and no signal loss. I have about 8 wireless networks around my house. The trick was (as stated above) was to make sure that the console and SM software is up to date (as well as the yamaha midi plug-in). Once you have it talking hardwired its a matter of addressing the IP's so they are close, but not the same as the console or the computer. I've heard that some Yamaha consoles require a crossover cable, but the LS9 does not. Yamaha does not support DHCP so all addresses must be made manual. Whichever device you use you need to plug the console into one of the outputs of the router, not an input. [ATTACH=CONFIG]149578.vB5-legacyid=880[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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