Association into the network of 6 routers (1 host and 5 drivers)
On the laptop is a program to control lighting devices, there are 5 controllers (on the LED strip), when connected to the RJ45 wire all works perfectly – the program transmits the signal over the Ethernet wire to the controller.
We bought routers: 1pc – Tp-link archer c9, 5pc – tp-link tl-mr3040.
Scheme: laptop => via LAN main router => via Wi-Fi distribution to five routers => each router is connected to its controller via LAN.
Each controller has its own IP.
The tl-mr3040 routers are bound to the main router as clients – everything works without problems, but the signal does not come out from the laptop.
The laptop and the main router are connected LAN-LAN, maybe it is necessary LAN-WAN?
Answer:
Good afternoon. The question is clear, the scheme is also clear. Although, I am not familiar with the ART-NET protocol.
I think everything should work. You can try this: plug the cable from the laptop to TP-Link Archer C9 into the LAN socket. And disable DHCP server on Archer C9. You can also try it in the WAN with the DHCP server disabled.
I understand that you are using Tp-link Tl-mr3040 in client mode. Most likely, it will not work. Although, you should first check the client mode by disabling the DHCP server on all Tp-link Tl-mr3040. Then, you can try the repeater mode.
I think that everything can work only when the DHCP server is not enabled on all routers. It is because of it that the program cannot connect to the controllers. Since it turns out that the routers are not in the same network.
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Ramón