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Connecting iRFR without router

Our university will not allow us to add a router to our Ion therefore we cannot use the app.  At one point we had it connected to the university internet through an VLAN connection but an update on the old board screwed that up.  Anyway,  has anyone experienced this before and have a solution?

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    Because you are on a university network there are really only two ways to do this. The 100% correct way would be to work with someone in IT to setup a dedicated VLAN for the lighting console control and have only the lighting console and a dedicated WiFi SSID that connects exclusively to the lighting console VLAN. With no other in/out traffic permitted.

    Depending on the IT department there is kind of no other way around it if they're doing what they should be doing regarding monitoring.

    While it shouldn't be a problem, you could setup your own WiFi router that is only connected to the console (and not to the university network). The problem really becomes when the Router is also on the university network - no university would permit this (however some don't know how to detect it)... But savvy IT departments are also monitoring for "unmanged" or "rouge" wifi access points. So that is why this wouldn't be recommended as it probably violates IT campus policies. In other environments this would be a fine solution.

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    Because you are on a university network there are really only two ways to do this. The 100% correct way would be to work with someone in IT to setup a dedicated VLAN for the lighting console control and have only the lighting console and a dedicated WiFi SSID that connects exclusively to the lighting console VLAN. With no other in/out traffic permitted.

    Depending on the IT department there is kind of no other way around it if they're doing what they should be doing regarding monitoring.

    While it shouldn't be a problem, you could setup your own WiFi router that is only connected to the console (and not to the university network). The problem really becomes when the Router is also on the university network - no university would permit this (however some don't know how to detect it)... But savvy IT departments are also monitoring for "unmanged" or "rouge" wifi access points. So that is why this wouldn't be recommended as it probably violates IT campus policies. In other environments this would be a fine solution.

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