Basic network principles

This page aims to remind you of the basic concepts regarding networks in order to help you connect your equipment to the Wiclax software.

A network is a set of hardware (PC, timing system, router, etc.) connected together and able to communicate with each other, usually via an Ethernet (wired) or Wi-Fi connection. A network can be simply created by two devices communicating with each other (the PC and the timing system, for example), but more often a network is preferred where all devices are connected to a switch or a router.

The basics

The configuration of a network must take certain prerequisites into account.

• Each device must have an address, called an IP address.

• Each IP address in a network must be unique. Do not use the same IP address twice.

• An IP address is made up of 4 numbers (each having a value between 0 and 255) separated by a period, e.g., 192.168.1.100.

• For a local network, IP addresses generally start with 192.168.x.x (This is a reserved range that is not used on the Internet).

• When two devices on a local network (for example, a PC and a timing system) want to communicate with each other, they must be in the same subnet. The first three numbers must be identical (but the fourth must be different). For example : timing system: 192.168.1.201 PC 1 : 192.168.1.101 PC 2 : 192.168.1.102