
Hi everyone.
I have a couple of questions regarding the start up of my EZ-B v4 that I have installed in to my bot today, and hope someone may be able to help answer.
Q1.) Is there a way to have the EZ-B4 auto connect to my computer when the v4 starts up? E.g, the computer is already on and ARC already running. I power up the EZ-B4 and it automatically connects to ARC without having to manually "scan" and "connect". (Via client mode).
Reason: I hooked up a remote control power switch to my v4 (like a cars remote central locking relay) which works great, and to have the v4 auto connect to ARC and control my bot straight away I thought would be a nice touch.
Q2.) Is it possible to have a custom verbal message, either using speech synthesis script, pandorabots control or prerecorded MP3 file, to automatically say something like, "Hello. How are you today?" or "My systems are now online. Welcome." ect, after the default "I am now connected to your network" phrase when I power up the v4?
Reason: Just because I think it would be a cool feature.
Cheers,
Steve.
VM's superhubs are better put in Modem mode (I have one, not sure if it's a 1 or a 2 though). I have had quite a bit of trouble with mine in router mode (unfortunately it's in router mode now since my buffalo air station died on me last week)
On mine...
Log in to the router Go to Advanced Settings Scroll down to DHCP Click on DHCP reservations Scroll down and there is Add Reservation
You will need to know the MAC address of the EZ-B but this should be in the lease table below the reservations.
But, I'm not 100% sure if I have a 1 or a 2 (possibly a 1) so if the above doesn't match what you have then I don't know.
Little hard to find complete documentation on the Virgin Media Superhub 2 router, but when there is a will, there is a way.
Log onto your router. Go to Advanced Settings.
Then go to DHCP and DHCP Reservation.
Attached Devices: Shows a list of devices currently connected to your Network. You can click Refresh to update the list.
To add a connected device to the reservation table: Select the connected device you'd like to add from the 'Attached Devices' table. Enter a friendly name for the device you'd like to add. Enter the IP Address you'd like to reserve for this device. Click 'Add Reservation' to add it to the reservations list.
To add a device that isn't currently connected to the IP Lease Table: Enter a friendly name for the device you'd like to add. Enter the MAC address of the device you'd like to add. Enter the IP address you'd like to reserve for this device. Click 'Add Reservation' to add it to the reservations list.
To delete a device from the reservation table: Select the device you want to delete and tick the Delete checkbox. You can repeat this for any other devices you wish to delete. Click 'Apply'.
IP Lease Table: Shows the details of all DHCP reservations. Note: You cannot reserve an IP address that is already leased to another device.
Other possibly useful information on this router can be found here:
http://screenshots.portforward.com/routers/Netgear/Virgin_Media_Super_Hub_2/
Alan
@Rich and @Alan.
Many thanks for the information. That should help me a lot. I will give it a try a little later. 1 question. What is the difference between router and modem mode? I read the documentation for the hub but it made me sense to me. confused
Steve.
If you are getting a wireless signal, it is in router mode, and you are all good. Modem mode is when you want to use your own wireless (or wired) router and you just want the SuperHub to provide connectivity to your ISP.
Alan
Ok, that makes a little more sense (I think). Anyway I'm currently trying to set this up but the EZ-B is not showing up in the attached devices, only my laptop and phone. The EZ-B is connected and refreshing the list is not helping. Hub is still in router mode and EZ-B is in client mode. Trying to find how to switch it in to modem mode as Rich suggested. Also, where do I find the MAC address for the EZ-B? Can't see it in the lease table.
Router and modem mode differences...
Basically, the superhub is a combo router/modem. If you were with VM a while back you got the old surf board modem and a separate router, the superhub has both in one.
In modem mode you will need a separate router. Modem mode turns off the router part of the superhub. All it then does is become a modem.
You connect the superhub to the WAN port of the router and the router does everything from there. This basically means you can use any router and have a lot more options if you need them (like I do). I changed mine as the wireless on the superhub was dropping a lot, I needed port forwarding where I could point an external port, for instance 8001 to an internal port of something else, such as 80. I have a lot of devices which use port 80 but only one can have the real port 80.
I also found the superhub to be unstable. Having read a lot about DD-WRT firmware I opted to get a router which supported it.
Don't put your superhub in modem mode if you don't have a separate router too.
@Rich.
Thanks for your reply. That cleared things up a little more. No I i don't have a separate router, so hub is staying in router mode as you said. Still having trouble finding the EZ-B in the reservation list. confused