External router with CQ-20B

[bsicParticipant]

How do you set up up an external router to use with the CQ-20B?

I tried connecting to the LAN port of my router that I used with a previous mixer from another manufacturer– but my tablet isn’t able to see the mixer in the MixPad app.

[ScottParticipant]

Did you set the CQ-20B’s LAN IP address to either be part of the same subnet as your router, or use DHCP?

[bsicParticipant]

I’m using dhcp yes. Router sees no wired clients connected.

[ScottParticipant]

I’m not currently in front of a mixer, but I think you have to specifically “enable” the LAN connection in setup.

[BrianParticipant]

While I haven’t used a CQ console yet, I assume that they come with the built in wireless (and therefore a DHCP server) turned on by default. You will likely have to turn this off in order to have the console search out a DHCP server elsewhere on the network instead of using the built in server.

[ScottParticipant]

I haven’t actually tested it yet, but it looks like it toggles between WiFi and LAN. Toggling to LAN very likely disables DHCP server, and probably disables the radio as well.

[KeithJ A&HModerator]

@scott is correct – the network connection for the CQ-20B and CQ-18T is either via WiFi Access Point or Ethernet, but not both at the same time.

There’s a section in the User Guide that explains it in more detail here – https://www.allen-heath.com/media/CQ_User_Guide_V1_1_0_iss1.pdf#page=16&zoom=auto,-301,573

Thanks,
Keith.

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