Thankyou for the help. Haven't had time to play around until today. Don't know why I didn't think of just connecting to the router before. Just kept trying to connect using the computer. IP showed up straight away. *facepalm*. With that hurdle done, I'll keep chipping away at the project.
After endless videos, manuals and threads, I'm still stumped. I have a HE123 mk2 and BBG. I've gotten passed the initial setup of v7.5 fpp and then it gets me. Only the USB connection will work via the ip login, get the message FPPD Daemon is not working from abnormal conditions, and can't...