<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RobM (YankeeRob):
Larry,
Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFrmLbYzIic
I've taken up the challenge of creating YouTube videos on many of the FAQ's on this board. Included in my collection is:
Calibration, Stand Alone usage, Wired to PC, Wireless with internet access and wireless w/o internet access. I still have to do the last 2.
-rob </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Very nice! Although I had already solved my problem. As Amir suggested, I didn't need a crossover cable, the laptop and Stoker communicate with a standard network cable. Because I had already assigned the Stoker a static IP address on my wireless network (192.168.2.4), I assigned the laptop's NIC a static address on the same network (192.168.2.101), outside of the addresses available for the router to dynamically assign to any other device. So I have the option of connecting the Stoker to a wireless access point and monitoring it from any of the computers in the house (desktop, work laptop, or personal laptop) via the wireless network, or I can hardwire it to my personal laptop and monitor it via the NIC (I turned off the laptop's wireless card to do this, which I suspect is mandatory.) With the cable connected, and the wireless card turned off, Stokerlog finds the Stoker at 192.168.2.4 via the NIC. With the cable disconnected, the wireless card turned on, and the Stoker connected to the wireless access point, Stokerlog finds it at 192.168.2.4 on the wireless network.