I've learned to be very patient when setting up the network configuration of cRIO and cFP hardware. I see the "can't find network settings"
message often too. Sometimes strange things can happen when you are setting up on of these devices on a local subnet, that is your pc connected to a router connected to a cRIO. Windows can decide that it doesn't want to use the subnet you set up in your router config. For example, windows will decide your laptop on the subnet 192.168.2.x , whereas the cRIO might is getting assigned an IP in the 192.168.1.x range .
It's always really helpful to have hte windows command screen open, and use the commands "ipconfig" and "ping". The first to confirm that your network is setup as you think it is, the latter to make sure your target is where you think it is. "ping 192.168.1.10" is a lot faster than opening up MAX scanning for remote targets. Trying to interrupt MAX while it's looking for targets or trying to determine setting will often cause it to freeze up or crash.
