Setting up on Mac

[Fsukeri (Keri Walker)]

First post here I am trying to set up my Mac to the laser and can’t get it to connect. I’ve tried the Ethernet route with three different IP addresses. Is there another way? Is it software specific? I’m currently running OS 10.11.6. I’ve tried on two different MacBook pros. Currently I’m cleaning the second Mac so I can download 10.15 & I need to get an Ethernet connector just to see if it connects! I’m so frustrated. Help! I’m working on a preenex 60W. I know the laser works bc I was able to connect it yesterday to my husbands windows (work) computer.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Sorry to hear you are having difficulties. Searching this forum for “ruida ethernet faq” returned the following as the top result. I think this is what you are looking for. Check this and let us know if you are still having issues and we can go from there.

How do I connect a Ruida controller with Ethernet?

Setting up a Ruida controller to connect via Ethernet isn’t hard, but it’s not quite as simple as just plugging it in. Follow these steps: 1) Get the IP Address of your computer: For Windows: Open a command prompt (click the Start button, type CMD, and hit enter). Type IPCONFIG and press enter. You’ll see something like this: [image] The one labeled ‘IPv4 Address’ is the interesting part - this is the network address of your computer on your local network. The first 3 groups of numbers …

[Fsukeri (Keri Walker)]

I’ve tried everything you suggested short of changing the IP address by “100” as suggested so another device doesn’t share the same IP address. My Ethernet connects to the laser but the lightburn software set up doesn’t connect.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

@Fsukeri

My Ethernet connects to the laser

You can double-check this by unplugging the Ethernet cable from the laser and then try to ping the laser address. If you do not get timeouts, this would indicate the address is assigned to another device.

[Fsukeri (Keri Walker)]

For all who are following…I got my LightBurn to connect via USB. I believe it was a mac operating systems issue. Ethernet would not work but I was able to upgrade my Mac to the latest operating system and it worked! Thanks for helping!

[Wheelz (Peter Wheeldon)]

My laser was working fine via USB and I wanted it to connect via Ethernet but struggled for ages with IP addresses etc. Pinged the laser and had a successful connection but LB still wouldn’t connect.
Then the light came on (in my head).
I discovered I needed to set up a “new device” which connects via Ethernet.
Previously I had been trying to configure my USB device to work via Ethernet.
So now I have 2 devices the same but with different connections.
Now all is well.