Tournament IP help

We have a main server that connects to the School’s Network as well as the subnetwork (where the vex equipment is) This is all to run our tournament. We have two NICs on board one goes to the school network, while the USB goes to the switch switching it all. We are doing this to live-stream the event. Anyways, we are wondering if there was a specific traffic that is connecting to other equipment as well as the TM displays we run on the PC for the stream. I ask because if there isn’t, we would have to switch IPs every time the school’s server gives us a new one. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Here is a diagram of our system:

First, you need to make sure you have a different IP range on each network. For example, if the school’s network IP range is 192.168.1.x, then your Robotics Router with DHCP should be providing a different IP address range (like 192.168.50.X). They cannot both be in the same range as this will cause routing issues.

Second, often consumer routers provide a DHCP range between 192.168.X.100 and 192.168.X.150. You could statically assign an IP on the server’s robotics NIC to an address just outside of this range - IE: 192.168.X.50. This way all of the field nodes would always target the static IP. (An alternative way would be to add a reservation IP on the Robotics router for the server so that it always receives the same address)

The school’s DHCP server will only update the NIC connected to it. When it assigns the server a new school network IP, it will not affect anything on the robotics network.

I am assuming that you are not routing anything through the server. If the cameras are on the robotics network and streaming to the server, and then the server is streaming out to the school network - you are fine. If you have a device on the robotics network (besides the server) that needs internet access (routing through the server) then it will not work by default.

Hopefully I answered your questions.

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