Help with Digital Aquatics to PC / Need a wireless solution

[kacairns]

Its been many years since I dealt with networking in depth but I think with consumer grade equipment the only way you'd be able to do this is have a router that the Reekfeeper would tie directly into and not hook the router up to the internet. This would give you a private network that is wireless that your Reefkeeper would be on.

Besides that I believe you can set most routers up now a days to deny WAN access to specific MAC/ip on the network so it would disable access from outside on your current network to your computer. You would need something like a wireless gaming adapter to then get your Reefkeeper onto your wireless network so you could access it. I'm not sure if consumer grade routers you can block other systems clients on the network from potentially accessing your computer if holes are found in security, but I could be wrong

[gregzz4]

Could I access a wireless gaming router through my modem and router without creating a Home Network ?

[kacairns]

Wireless gaming adapter would access your wifi's LAN (local area network) so anything that can access your LAN would be able to access it. Your router should have ability to set the MAC address of your wireless gaming adapter and the MAC address of your pc's wireless card so that they can't access the routers WAN (wide area network.. ie internet)

[gregzz4]

Hmm

OK, I have a Wireless Modem, and behind it is our Router
We are both plugged into the Router directly (LAN)

Our Router is not Wireless ... but the Modem is

[gregzz4]

I gather there's no way to Bluetooth the male USB from the controller directly to my PC ?

[reefme]

Are you trying to program your RKE wireless using myreef? Ain't you suppose to use a usb wireless transmitter?

[gregzz4]

Thanks for the help K

Originally Posted by reefme

Are you trying to program your RKE wireless using myreef? Ain't you suppose to use a usb wireless transmitter?

Yup, for programming
That's what I'd like to use, but can't seem to find what I need

[kacairns]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Hmm

OK, I have a Wireless Modem, and behind it is our Router
We are both plugged into the Router directly (LAN)

Our Router is not Wireless ... but the Modem is

ummm so your computer you want to use to connect to Reefkeeper is already able to access the internet?

If I understand you're saying your computer right now is Wifi Modem -> Wired Router -> 2 computers (1 of which you want to be able to access reefkeeper with)?

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by kacairns

ummm so your computer you want to use to connect to Reefkeeper is already able to access the internet?

If I understand you're saying your computer right now is Wifi Modem -> Wired Router -> 2 computers (1 of which you want to be able to access reefkeeper with)?

House is setup this way;
Modem from Telus - Router - My PC and My Wife's PC

[kacairns]

I would assume that the wireless gaming adapter would be accessible to your computers would just need the LAN ip. With that being said Telus does some funky things with their hardware in years past so it might take some tweaking of settings on the telus modem.