Linuxcnc will not connect to MESA 7i76e IP Address

Hey everyone! This is my first post and first time installing and configuring Linuxcnc with a Plasma Table that has four Clearpath servo motors and a MESA 7i76e and THCAD-10. I have reinstalled multiple different versions of Linuxcnc trying to solve my problems. So far the 2.7 stretch version of Linuxcnc connects to the 7i76e just fine and I am able to jog the motors but this version missing the slave axis functions I need for my machine's gantry with two motors. Every single later version of Linuxcnc 2.8 and 2.9 give me network configuration problems but has the slave axis(tandem axis) functions my machine needs. I decided to go with the newest version of Linuxcnc 2.9.2 I went through the pncconf and made a base configuration with IP address 192.168.1.121 now when I open the configuration I get stuck on getting Linuxcnc to start due to this error:

Print file information: RUN_IN_PLACE=nO
LINUXCNC_DIR=
LINUXCNC_BIN_DIR=/ust/bin
LINUXCNC_TCL_DIR=/ust/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc
LINUXCNC_SCRIPT_DIR=
LINUXCNC_RTLIB_DIR=/ust/lib/linuxcnc/modules
LINUXCNC CONFIG DIR=
LINUXCNC_LANG_DIR=/usI/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc/msgs
INIVAR=inivar
HAL CMD=halcmd
LINUXCNC_EMCSH=/ust/bin/wish8.6
LINUXCNC - 2.9.2
Machine configuration directory is '/home/rolando/linuxcnc/configs/my_LinuxCNC_machine'
Machine configuration file is "my_LinuxCNG_machine ini"
INIFILE=/home/rolando/linuxcnc/configs/my_LinuxCNC_machine/my_LinuxCNC_machine.ini
VERSION=1.1
PARAMETER_FILE=linuxcnc.var
TPMOD=
HOMEMOD=
TASK=milltask
HALUI=halui
DISPLAY-gmoccapy
COORDINATES=XYYZ
KINEMATICS=trivkins coordinates=XYYZ kinstype=B0TH
Starting LinuxCNC...
Starting LinuxCNC server program: linuxcncsvi
Loading Real Time OS, RTAPI, and HAL_LIB modules
Starting LinuxCNC IO program: io
Starting HAL User Interface program: halui
linuxcnc TPMOD=tpmod HOMEMOD=homemod EMCMOT=motmod
Found file(REL): -/my_LinuxCNC_machine.hal
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
Running HAL shutdown script

identityKinematicsSetup: coordinates:XYYZ
Joint 0 ==> Axis X
Jount 1==> AKIS Y
Joint 2 ==> Axis Y
Joint 3 ==> Axis Z

hm2: loading Mesa HostMot2 driver version a.15
hm2_eth: loading Mesa AnyIO HostMot2 ethernet driver version 0.2
hm2_eth: ERROR: Could not retrieve hardware address (MAC) of 192.168.1.121: Connection refused
hm2: unloading
Removing HAL_LIB, RTAPI, and Real Time OS modules
Removing NML shared memory segments

Debug file information:
Note: Using POSIX realtime hm2_eth: Itapi_app_main: Connection refused (-111)
/my_LinuxCNC_machine.hal:9: waitpid failed /ust/bin/tapi_app hm2_eth
_/my_LinuxCNC_machine.hal:9: /ust/bin/rtapi_app exited without becoming ready
-/my_LinuxCNC_machine.hal:9: insmod for hm2_eth failed, returned -1
1718
Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components
Note: Using POSIX realtime

I am not using a network switch and the jumpers are at default position. This is how I have the board connected in the attached.

What's the IP address of the computer and is the ethernet cable known to be good ?

I don't know much about networking but when I type "hostname -I"into the terminal to check my computer's IP address I get 192.168.1.121 so they are the same I see now.

Maybe the Mesa card manuals (if anyone reads them) needs to state that the computer & Mesa card must have different addresses. Or something along these lines. It keeps coming up from time to time.

There was a time you had to know about networks but now its all dumbed down via DHCP.
Sounds like you need to watch my video wich goes through this about 16 minutes in

Okay thank you all this info helps a lot. But simply moving the w3 from down to up will not change the board address to 10.10.10.10 alone. Do I basically have to do step 3 like in this post here to change the board address to 10.10.10.10? forum.linuxcnc.org/12-milling/44860-sett...on-a-mesa-card-7i76e