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Offline babybear

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PC talk to controller through PFF
« on: November 03, 2016, 07:13:36 PM »
Ok finely got my Pi up and running.   Now I need to install a batch file so my PC can talk to my controller through the PFF  different subnets

      Router 192.168.1.1  to  wlan0 PFF 192.168.1.22   to  eth0 PFF 192.168.3.35  to  eth0 F16v2 192.168.3.36

my CMD starts with    c:\users\home>

is that where I enter the command and what should it say?
really did not understand the PFF manual on this part
running windows 10

JimmyG
Rochester, New York

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Re: PC talk to controller through PFF
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2016, 08:05:02 PM »
I set up a static route on my router to accomplish this.  If I type in the controller IP (which is behind a FPP), the router will route the request through the FPP.
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Re: PC talk to controller through PFF ..SOLVED..
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2016, 08:31:24 PM »
 what I found was this. 
1. Set their default gateway address on your show controllers to that of the PI's Ethernet address. 
2. Go into the network settings of the PI and check the Enable Routing Between Network Interfaces checkbox.
3. On your PC, open a command line and enter the following command:  route -p add 192.168.3.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.22
 
This will allow your PC to communicate with the show network thru the PI

the CMD needs to be opened with administrative privileges but in windows 10 that's a total bitch. cant do that through the simple run command.
JimmyG
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Re: PC talk to controller through PFF
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2016, 09:03:18 PM »
Instead of run all you have to do is right click on the command prompt icon and select "run as administrator"  I would not call that a bitch to get done it is just a right click, but many folks probably do not know that technique.
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Re: PC talk to controller through PFF
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2016, 05:02:35 AM »
Thats was the issue, the icon for the Command Prompt was grayed out. So I could not even select it to start with. But any ways its working like a dream. I will say I have learned a lot and more to come. Thank you to all for your help...........
JimmyG
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