Ethernet

[olbasser]

Have Elite FS 12 and an Elite FS9 that I want to network. . Bought ethernet cable and have units connected but they do not communicate.  Thinking I have bad cable or units have bad connectors.  Any help would be appreciated Thanks

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

Back in the earlier days of ethernet we often had to use a crossover cable to connect 2 similar devices.   I'm not sure if that may be your issue.   A standard ethernet cable would not allow the devices to communicate.  

[jdmidwest]

15 hours ago, Daryk Campbell Sr said:

Back in the earlier days of ethernet we often had to use a crossover cable to connect 2 similar devices.   I'm not sure if that may be your issue.   A standard ethernet cable would not allow the devices to communicate.  

I think the marine stuff uses a different com cable from the normal computer stuff.  May even be serial type connection.  If you had the pinout for the com signals, you could make a custom cable.

[Quillback]

I did not watch this video, but if you do a search on something like "Networking an Elite FS9" there's a whole lot of info out there.