Wi-Fi option with LANCNC LANUSB or 527F
The Calmotion LANCNC, LANUSB and 527F products all come standard with a wired RJ45 Ethernet port. All of these devices can connect wirelessly with adding a simple device that converts the wired connection to a Wifi connection.
The device to purchase go by several different names, like WiFi Adapter, Gaming adapter, a Client Mode access point, or Mesh Network. If the network is a "Mesh Network" with muliple satalites, you could use free ethernet ports that are on a nearby satalite mesh network device. The key when selecting what is right you, is it has to have a RJ45 Ethernet port and it has be able to connect to existing WiFi network. It should indicate it has the ability to "Allow devices that require a wired connection to access an existing Wi-Fi network."
Here is a example if a TP link TL-WR802N device is used. First the device will be setup in the correct mode, see below what their user manual calls "Client Mode". When the device is on the network, then a CAT5 cable can connect the Wifi device to the the Calmotion's wired network port. See other Calmotion Forum posts that cover finding the networks IP address range so the Calmotion unit can be setup with a Static IP address so other computers can share files with the Calmotion device.
3 EASY steps to add Calmotion Device to a WiFi network!
1) Purchase a Ethernet to WiFi device from the computer store:
2) Follow the instructions to set up that Ethernet to WiFi device.
3) Plug device into the Calmotion Ethernet port and set a STATIC IP address on the Calmotion device.
Trouble shooting:
Purchased the wrong device, must be called a "Ethernet to WiFi Adapter", the description typically says add wireless to your gaming system or legacy system. Do NOT buy a USB to Ethernet adapter that is not the same thing despite looking similar.
Did not setup the purchased device to log into your WiFi. Read the products manual, there is typically two ways to setup. 1) use the WPS button 2) connect to a PC and setup with a browser.
Did not set the static IP address on the Calmotion unit and cycle power on the Calmotion.
See posts:https://www.calmotion.com/forum/ethernet-network/setup-network-with-correct-ip-address-in-lancnc-ini
or https://www.calmotion.com/forum/ethernet-network/ip-address-problems-use-ping-command-to-see-if-ip-address-is-being-used-by-another-device
If everything still doesn't work, then purchase a very long CAT Ethernet cable and hardwire the Calmotion to a network switch/router instead of using an Ethernet to WiFI adapter...