User's Manual Part 1

CHAPTER 1. GET CONNECTED TO THE POLAR CLOUD 21

In order for your 3D printer to successfull y connect to the

Polar Cloud, ou t g oi n g HTTP ports 80 and 443 must be ope n to

your printer. If your local netwo rk d oes not allow th e pr i nter

to access those outgoing ports, then the printer’s attempts to

connect to th e Polar Cl o u d will not fully succeed. In this case,

you will need your IT or network administrator to allow your

printer to access those outgoing ports; see Section 1.3.3.

For a general overview of network connectivity diagnosis and

solutions, see Section 1.3.4.

1.3.1 Static IP address for printer

Many networks automatically a ssi g n IP addresses (via DHCP)

to network devices such as your 3D printer, but if your local net-

work does not have a DHCP server, then you will need to man-

ually conﬁgure your printer with a static IP address. If your lo-

cal n etwork requires a static IP address, then after con n ect in g to

192.168.0.1 (and if necessary clicking the “NETWORK”tabtoget

to a screen such as Figure 1.4), either click on “ Add WiFi”and

then select a WiFi network name from the drop down menu (if

you are conﬁguring a WiFi connection ) , or cli ck on “Ethernet”

(if you are conﬁgu r i n g an Et h er n et connection).

Instead of leaving the “DHCP” button highlighted, click the

“Static Address”button. Thiswillbringupadisplaysuchas

shown in Figure 1.20 ( Wi Fi ) or Figure 1.21 (Ethernet).