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British Forum => Technical Support => Topic started by: steveu on June 10, 2025, 12:26:23 pm
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I'm trying to find out if there is a network issue when using an FX on a Wifi network which is on the same subnet as the FX has to be on for traffic info to SD.
Example - I'm snagging an FX in a flex, using the Wifi in the hangar. The Wifi router is on the 192.168.1.x subnet. The Wifi router's gateway is on 192.168.1.254 in order to avoid a clash with the FX which will need to be on 192.168.1.1 for the traffic info to work. The Wifi router's DHCP range is 50 - 99, so there will also be no clashes.
Does the FX get confused if its own wireless network and the iGrid access are on the same subnet, in this case, 192.168.1.0/24?
When the FX is powered up, ADS-B, P3i and GPS lights all go green. The networking one only ever goes blue.
The wireless connection is on in iGrid, but iGrid remains red in the status.
I suspect that when I used my small wireless dongle/MiFi previously, it all worked because the MiFi is on the 192.168.8.x subnet, that is 192.168.8.0/24
Any thoughts on this, and any network restrictions for me to be aware of?
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I'm reliably informed that the wireless network the FX generates on 192.168.1.x cannot be the same subnet as the Internet device uses for providing Internet access.
Yesterday I changed my mobile broadband box to 192.168.10.x and whilst the network light remained blue, I suspect because indoors I didn't get GPS lock and thus fully functioning iGrid wasn't possible, the FX did download the latest software and successfully install it.
I'll test it it with a mobile Internet box out in the open, and when I do I'll probably be looking to mark this thread as solved, but for now, @Mods, please can we leave it open?