Defining IP to rfsoc4x2 threw non direct ethernet connection

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Hello I have only one internet port which I could use on a PC or on the board.
I need to connect the internet to the board so I could connect to it remotely.

my PCB has only 1 ethernet port.
Is there a way I could connect the internet port to the PC and make the rfsoc4x2 be available online threw PC without using the ethernet connection?
maybe I can use some other connection between pc(with internet connected to it) and the rfsoc 4x2 connected to it ?
Thanks.

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Hi @yefj

This is entirely possible and a very common way of using the boards.

You can either:

  1. Connect your board to your home router. Your router will serve your board a local IP address and connect to the internet automatically.
  2. Connect your board to your PC/laptop and share your internet connection with the board. Your laptop in this case will serve the board an IP address instead and should automatically connect to the internet. The setup is different between Windows, Linux, and Mac, but there’s plenty of documentation online on how to do this.

When the board boots up in either of these situations, the IP address should show on the RFSoC4x2 OLED screen. You can then connect to the board via the Jupyter Lab interface from a web browser (e.g. 192.168.0.111/lab) or through ssh.

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