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Network Topology

How to setup your Network page

Make sure you have a root device with the MAC Internet (No other MAC addresses are currently supported as the root node) set to a network device type (e.g.: Type:Router).

💡 Tip: You can add dummy devices via the Create dummy device button in the Devices listing page.

💡 Tip: Export your configuration of the Network and Devices once in a while via the Export CSV feature under Maintenance -> Backup/Restore -> CSV Export.

⚡Quick setup:

  • Go to a Device you want to use as network device (network nodes, such as a Switch).
  • Set the Type of such a device to one of the following: AP, Firewall, Gateway, PLC, Powerline, Router, Switch, USB LAN Adapter, USB WIFI Adapter and WLAN (you can create a custom network type device with in Settings -> General -> NETWORK_DEVICE_TYPES).
  • Save and go to Network where the devices you've marked as network devices (by selecting the Type as mentioned above) will show up as tabs.
  • You can now assign the Unassigend devices to the network node.
  • If port is empty or 0 a wifi icon is rendered, otherwise a ethernet port icon.

Note

Bulk-edit devices by using the CSV Export functionality in the Maintenance section. You can use this to fix Internet node assignment issues.

🔍Detailed example:

In this example you will setup a device named rapberrypi as a Switch in our network.

1. Device details page

  • Go to the Devices (1) page:

Device details

  • In the (2) Details tab navigate to the the Type (3) dropdown and select the type Switch (4).

Note: Only the following device types will show up as selectable Network nodes ( = devices you can connect other devices to): AP, Firewall, Gateway, Hypervisor, PLC, Powerline, Router, Switch, USB LAN Adapter, USB WIFI Adapter and WLAN. Custom types can be added via the NETWORK_DEVICE_TYPES setting.

  • Assign a device to your root device from the Node (5) dropdown which has the MAC Internet (6) (Your name may differ, but the MAC needs to be set to Internet - this is done by default).

  • Save your changes (7)

2. Network page

  • Navigate to your Network (1) page:

Network page

  • Notice the newly added raspberrypi (2) tab which now represents a network node, also showing up in the tree (3).
  • As we asssigned the raspberrypi in the previous (1) Device details page section to the Internet parent network node in step (6), the link is also showing up in the tree diagram (4)
  • We can now assign the device (AppleTV) (5) to this raspberrypi node, representing a network Switch in this example

3. Network page with 2 levels

  • After clicking the Assign button in the previous section, the (AppleTV) (1) device is now connected to our raspberrypi (2).

Network page with 2 levels

  • You can see the raspberrypi represents the Network node type Switch (3)
  • The (AppleTV) to raspberrypi connection is also displayed in the table of Connected devices (4).
  • You can also see that our raspberrypi node is connected to it's Parent network device node with the MAC Internet (5). This connection again shows up in the tree (6) as well.