Is the router on the network?
Most machines depend on the router to give devices IP addresses for use on the local network. This is DHCP or dynamic IP assignment, the converse is a static IP that doesn’t change. The router handles this for you.
The Ruida is pretty dumb when it comes to things other than moving and firing the laser.
When you plug most network devices into the network, they have no IP address and ask the router for an available IP address for the local network.
When I say pc, I mean personal computer, whatever that may be…
It is a static IP set via the console. When you plug your pc into the Ethernet port of your pc, it does what it always does, ask the DHCP server (router) for an address. No DHCP services, no communications.
You can set your pc’s address to a static IP, plug the Ethernet from the pc directly to the laser… if you set it up right it will work… I used to do this quite often.
One of the issues with mixing dynamic and static, is the problem the router will issue the Ruida address to some other device… of course that doesn’t work…
Another option is the Lightburn Bridge, which has a layer of code in it to handle the UDP issue with the Ruida communications.
It’s been out of stock for a while… this is a limited supply…
Good luck
