Setting up Wiser on Existing Network

Can you use a wired ethernet connection to the Wiser?

If so then you just need to plug one of the LAN ports on the Wiser into your existing network, and use the Wiser in LAN mode (this is set in the project options in PICED).

Nick

 

To Expand nicks comments for you.

To set this up assuming the following
1. You have a new wiser that is at factory defaults
2. You are able to connect the wiser to a physical wired port on the existing network.
3. You are on site with access to the customers network.
4. You do not want to use the wiser as a second wireless AP.

the wiser out of the box has the following settings.

IP Address: = 192.168.2.1
Subnet : = 255.255.255.0
DHCP server enabled.

The approach i would take if i was doing this is.
1.Connect you PC to the customers network and Identify 2 x free IP address's on the customers network and note them down. Also not the default gateway and primary and secondary DNS settings for their network (you can use ipconfig -all from the command prompt to get this info)

2.Disconnect from customers network and Connect your PC directly to the wiser (Do not connect the wiser to any part of the customers network). Once connected verify that you have received an IP address from wiser by default this will likely be 192.168.2.100 or similar.
to verify open a command prompt and type Ipconfig and hit enter.

3. Start the Clipsal IpConfig Utility and scan for the CNI (the CNI should be connected to the wiser), once found change the IP address of the CNI to one if the free IP address identified in step 1. My preference is to user the higher of the 2. also set the gateway address of the CNI to the gateway address identified in step 1. Save these changes and close the utility.

4.Open a Web Browser and enter the IP address of the wiser (if factory default this will be http://192.168.2.1/index_i.htm. this will take you to the wiser router configuration page.

5. Go to the Wireless tab and disable the wireless and select save the wiser will then reboot. (skip this step if you want to use wiser as a second AP).

6.On the setup/basic setup tab Set the IP address of the wiser to the other IP address identified in step 1 this should not be the same address used in step 3. (Do not save changes yet)

7. On the setup/basic setup tab set the DHCP service to disabled (Now Save).

8. Once the Wiser has rebooted you can now connect it to the customers physical network, assuming you have done step 1 correctly you should not get any IP conflicts.

9. Start Piced and open your customers project, then go to to project properties set the IP Address for the wiser to match the IP address entered in Step 6 and the CNI address to match the one entered in Step 3, assuming that the CNI was also factory default their should be no need to alter the port.

10. In the project properties under the LAN tab enable the "Allow access from wiser for LAN ports" and enter the Gateway address and DNS address's that where identified in step 1 if you only have 1 or 2 DNS address's leave the remaining blank.

11. save the project and then download to the wiser.

If all has gone well you have now setup the wiser to be a LAN device only on your customers network.

Remember if you want the customer to have access to the wiser remotely you will need to setup port forwarding on their router as per the instructions but in place of using port 8080 use port 80. Also if you plan on using cameras the default gateway address of the camera should be set to the IP address of the Wiser in order for remote access to work with camera's

Hope this was helpful

 

I'm not so sure about that. The way the wiser handles cameras and port forwarding is quite confusing. Perhaps Colin can clarify here.

Nick