Have you tried searching (magnifying glass icon top right) for ‘direct connection’ in the MCH or MCH Duo subforums?
MCH and MCHD required DHCP in order to get an assigned IP address. If you don’t have a router, you can’t usually get an IP address unless you can specify it in the device but the MCH’s firmware does not allow setting a static address as it can be done with other NAS type devices. Therefore you have to set the IP through Windows or macOS ‘Internet connection sharing’ (ICS) functionality which has a built in DHCP server that is rarely advertised or discussed.
In the past few years, MCH users tried and failed and thought direct connection cannot be done, but it can, with the following simple instruction.
