I am trying to connect my E131 controllers to my laptop for XLIGHTS. Right now I have two devices but will have four. Of course I only have one LAN port on my laptop. So, i found an old linksys eithernet hub, hooked it up, but it will only see the FPP controller. The other controller is a J1sys P12S and it cant see it at all. If I plug these into my laptop one at a time they both work great but not on the hub. I tried the P12S alone on the hub but it does not see it. Do I need to buy a switch? is that different from a hub? My network setup is,
Private show network. IP 192.168.2.1
BBB with FPP running my Matrix. IP 192.168.2.100
J1sys P12S running 12 string pixel tree and 5 LOR CTB16PC ac controllers on DMX. IP 192.168.2.103
plan on 2 more matrixs using the 101 and 102 addresses.
They work ok alone but not on the hub.
??
Private show network. IP 192.168.2.1
BBB with FPP running my Matrix. IP 192.168.2.100
J1sys P12S running 12 string pixel tree and 5 LOR CTB16PC ac controllers on DMX. IP 192.168.2.103
plan on 2 more matrixs using the 101 and 102 addresses.
They work ok alone but not on the hub.
??