# RSLinx and Ignition **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rslinx-and-ignition/4287 "2012-04-13T04:40:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dfyanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@dfyanez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dfyanez)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rslinx-and-ignition/4287/1 "2012-04-13T04:40:52Z")
Can RsLinx and Ignition live on the same computer? I already have Ignition installed on the computer but I would like to connect to my plcs using the same computer just for downloading programs via rslogix Have someone have done this before? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rslinx-and-ignition/4287/2 "2012-04-13T10:26:21Z")
> [@dfyanez](#): > > Have someone have done this before? Ooh! Me! Me! I've done it! (sorry, just spent the day with my wife's first grade classroom.) šŸ˜ƒ In fact, I use Linx Gateway, and separate the PLC network from the "network at large". Works great! a bit OT: Trying to make plans for doing the same sort of thing with other lines here. Some of our infrastructure is getting stretched because more thing are hanging off the network than what our IT guys had figured. Of course this is the same group that gave us a 250GB file server. šŸ˜’ ---
**Author:** ![Dravik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dravik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dravik)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rslinx-and-ignition/4287/3 "2012-04-13T12:51:23Z")
It sure can yes. Jordan, Could you separate the various traffic into vlans and use a vlan aware nic to allow your multifunction machines to use a single nic instead of multiple? Not sure if thatā€™s the kind of solution you need, but hey! ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rslinx-and-ignition/4287/4 "2012-04-13T13:56:42Z")
> [@Dravik](#): > > Jordan, Could you separate the various traffic into vlans and use a vlan aware nic to allow your multifunction machines to use a single nic instead of multiple? Yeah, I thought of that, but I'm trying to reduce the traffic on the physical layer of the network, not just save on IPs. Managed switches help, but I'd still like to have that extra separation. For the most part everything-- and I mean everything-- is on the same physical layer. šŸ˜’ ---
**Author:** ![Dravik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dravik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dravik)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rslinx-and-ignition/4287/5 "2012-04-13T14:25:04Z")
Ohā€¦ ew. Yeah, thatā€™s less ideal. ---
**Author:** ![Dravik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dravik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dravik)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rslinx-and-ignition/4287/6 "2012-04-13T14:26:55Z")
If its running new fiber that is the problem, You could look into Ciscoā€™s CWDM devices to multiplex multiple wavelengths into one fiber. We couldnā€™t get our provider to lease us any extra so we used this tech to increase our ā€˜fibersā€™ by 8x. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rslinx-and-ignition/4287/7 "2012-04-13T15:41:45Z")
[quote=ā€œDravikā€]If its running new fiber that is the problem, You could look into Ciscoā€™s CWDM devices to multiplex multiple wavelengths into one fiber. We couldnā€™t get our provider to lease us any extra so we used this tech to increase our ā€˜fibersā€™ by 8x.[/quote] This sounds like cool tech. Never heard of it before. ---
**Author:** ![Dravik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dravik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dravik)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rslinx-and-ignition/4287/8 "2012-04-13T15:53:37Z")
[http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps5455/ps6575/product\_data\_sheet0900aecd8029d01b\_ps708\_Products\_Data\_Sheet.html](http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps5455/ps6575/product_data_sheet0900aecd8029d01b_ps708_Products_Data_Sheet.html) One example of it ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rslinx-and-ignition/4287/9 "2012-04-13T15:57:08Z")
I passed the idea to my CTO. Donā€™t know if weā€™ll do any development with it, but is it cool (IMHO) ---
**Author:** ![dfyanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@dfyanez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dfyanez)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rslinx-and-ignition/4287/10 "2012-04-13T19:01:31Z")
Well it seems that is ok to go and install itā€¦ I will post when tried that. Thanks guys