Router questions

[Jo-Matt]

Hi, we are just starting out on our light to music journey. We have a Baldrick 8, do we need to use a router or can the controller be connected via our home wifi.
TIA

 

[Skymaster]

Where is the WIFI? | Baldrick Boards

You see the ESP32 chip and instantly think WIFI enabled, however at the moment, after testing latency and throughput over WIFI, we are focusing on the Ethernet connection at this time.

baldrickboard.com

You'll need to cable it to a router at least for installation of the firmware.
Then after configuration of a static address, you can just use a plain switch.

 

[AAH]

The Baldrick uses a wifi processor as most of it's smarts but it doesn't use wifi at all. It has to be connected to wired ethernet, initially to a router which can assign an IP via DHCP and also to allow connection to the internet for the initial update. After that initial update and an assignment of a static IP the Baldrick can stay connected to that router, connect to a switch or can be connected directly to a computer.

 

[Jo-Matt]

Thanks for the replies, which router would be recommended.

 

[AAH]

Thanks for the replies, which router would be recommended.

Whatever router that connects you with the internet is pretty much always the easiest option.