Sorry for the noob question, Everyone in the crypto world assumes everyone can program 
I am getting my first KNC unit soon, I am not used to IP mining, Is it really as "plug and play" as I assume?
As far as I can tell, I look up the IP of the unit via my router, put this in my browser, and click on mining and put in my pool details directly, and i'm done?
If I can see the stats via the IP address and the pool, Why are people configuring it to show on CGminer.
I am getting my first KNC unit soon, I am not used to IP mining, Is it really as "plug and play" as I assume?
As far as I can tell, I look up the IP of the unit via my router, put this in my browser, and click on mining and put in my pool details directly, and i'm done?
If I can see the stats via the IP address and the pool, Why are people configuring it to show on CGminer.
If you filled in your pool info on KNCsite it will be already filled on miner, so if you plug and start it, it will start mining. On web interface (you run it just like router options) you can change your pool info and on .96 you can see some stats + can add backup pool. People configure SSH to look at CGminer for more stats.