I have come across a bit of a problem and need some advice on how to work through this.

My PC has 2 Network Ports. I use a Linksys router plugged into one that has no internet connection, but drives my “Production LAN” WiFi for Tally Lights through vMix.

The 2nd port is used for Internet connection for streaming online to my CDN.

I want the webcontroller address to be fixed to the Production Lan but occasionally (actually more often than not) the IP gets attached to the Internet connection and I lose the ability to access the webcontroller through my devices.

Is there a way to specify which connection to use?

Or is my current work around the best option... I currently disconnect the Internet connected cable and start VMix with the Router connected. The IP from the Linksys router is used for webcontroller and all is good. After that I connect the Internet connected cable and wait to start the stream.

The problem with this is any restart of vMix has to be handled this way and even I Myself have started the stream accidentally before making these adjustments and once I’m Live I am left without tally and other webcontroller access.

Thanks.

Thanks for the reply. I’m not having trouble with my devices getting on the wrong network. I am having trouble with vMix taking the Internet connected IP Range.

For instance.
Stream broadcasts over LAN on 10.1.10.101. This is the connection that vMix Web Controller prefers to connect to.

My “Production” WiFi is on 192.168.1.102. This is my private WAN I want vMix to connect to and use for Web Controller.

I do have a static IP range that I use for my private connection. And I can set it to not conflict with any other connections if need be, but I would like to find a way to have vMix prefer my private WAN.

Maybe I’m not understanding your advice either. So I am open to further suggestions.

Thanks

Thanks Alex,

I still must be missing a piece of the puzzle here... on my vMix PC under Web Controller in settings it displays the IP address used to connect to the host. That is the IP I need to change in order to make the connection to my host PC from my tally devices (Android Phones).

My Tally devices are always connected to “Production” WiFi (Linksys Router), but vMix only broadcasts over the Web Controller IP which does not stay tied to my Production network address.

Thanks Desmar, the ports are open though. vMix is grabbing the wrong IP range... I must be over complicating this or I’m not using the correct terminology. I will try to post a video this evening with my problem and maybe it will make more sense. I appreciate the feedback.

Or maybe I’m going the wrong way with this, now that I’m thinking about it. Should I run the venue LAN (Internet) connection into my wireless router and use that instead of running a separate independent network for Tally and web controller. That would eliminate the need for 2 connections and ensure vMix maintains the same IP range on restart.

Thanks for those links. But forcing my production IP may remove my streaming (internet) capabilities from the other network.

I think I am over-complicating things however and will be testing tonight. I will just attach the venue Internet Connection to my router and then broadcast from there. The plus side is I will be able to provide a secure internet connection to my commentators, which they usually struggle to get setup on their own. So so will be trying a single connection instead of a second independent Private WiFi.

I don’t think this is the case. I had devices set for the specific IP and port (8088) but vMix broadcasts on the wrong IP range. I only “had” WiFi on my static 192.168 range but vMix was showing the 10.1 IP range from the Internet Lan of the venue (in webcontroller). I’m vacationing now, but still plan on simplifying things and connecting the venue Lan to my WiFi router so I only have 1 IP address to worry about.

DWAM, I know you are very knowledgeable about VMix. But doesn’t the IP range listed under the webcontroller in settings determine how I would connect my devices? If on my tablet, I connect to “Production” WiFi (example: 192.168.1.102:8088) but vMix has decided the web controller IP address is 10.1.10.100:8088... my devices, which are connected to a router on another IP cannot find the connection.

Just trying to clear my head with the workflow. I do tend to over complicate things.

Maybe 1 more time and I’ll understand... :-) Thanks for your patience.

Hi

I think Vmix may be "reporting availability" on the old IP address but may not actually be using it. A machine can have more than one IP address and as reported in previous posts even though the Vmix web controller shows just one can be used on any of the valid addresses it has by a device in the appropriate subnets on the networks. I suspect that one of the network cards has either been given the old address as a fixed one - or has not received a new lease from the DHCP controller on the new network.

From a command prompt you can see what address(s) the machine has by issuing the command IPCONFIG /ALL

Hope this helps

Stuart