Congo JR and a Client Laptop How-to ?

Hello -

If you have a Client dongle you can connect your PC laptop to the Congo over the network. While you can do this wirelessly, there is always the possiblity of the wireless network providing a dodgy connection so we normally recommend a wired network for show-critical things.

Thanks -

Sarah

Your laptop will need the following:

1. Congo Client installed - and this must be exactly the same version as is running on the console.
2. A Congo Client dongle.
3. The HASP drivers for the dongle.
   

The easiest way to get the HASP drivers is to connect your laptop to the internet, then insert the dongle. Windows will ask if it can search the internet for drivers, so tell it 'Yes', it will chug for a while and then you're done.

When you come to use the Client software, your computer's IP address needs to be in a specific range: 10.101.1.101 to 10.101.1.253 if setting manually, or anywhere in the 10.101.x.x range if using DHCP.

The easiest way to do this is to go into the Network tab of System Settings on the Congo, and enable the DHCP server. The default settings are fine.

The Congo will then give your laptop a suitable IP as soon as you connect.

The only caveat with this method is that you're only allowed one DHCP server on the network - so if you've got more than one console, make sure you only enable DHCP on one of them!