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First question and problem: I think the intent is to be able to connect up to 5 EZB's through EZ Builder. However I've hit a wall trying to connect EZ Builder to two V4 EZB's when they are in AP (Access Point) mode. Using my laptop I've followed directions and connected EZ Builder to the first V4 after establishing a wireless connection through the "Wireless Network Connection" icon on my Win 7 Taskbar. Then when I try to connect wirelessly to the second V4 EZB I lose the wireless connection to the first. My laptop will only let me have more then one wireless connection at a time. What am I missing here?
Second question and problem: With both V4's in Client mode and the Green light blinking (the voice says she's attached to my network), I can only have one EZB powered up at a time and have a successful search of my router for a IP address. If both are powered up and attached to the network EZ Builder cant find an address. Is this normal? I've watched the tutorial several times.
Third Problem: For two nights now after the laptop and robot are powered down the second EZB entry in EZ Builder will not connect to the second EZB board. I have to push the network reset button on EZB and redo the IP search in client mode.
Alan
First set up the first EZ-B for AP mode (default) and set any passwords, change the SSID etc.
Next connect to the second EZ-B, log in to the config through your web browser and set it to connect in client mode to the first EZ-B's SSID.
Now connect the PC to the first EZ-B's WiFi
In ARC, the first EZ-B should always be 192.168.1.1:23
The second EZ-B could be anything in the 192.168.1.x range, scan for it and it should come up.
Sorry it's a bit brief, just writing this before heading off to work.
However my preferred method of connection at this time is to have both connected in client mode to my home network
Connected like this I have noticed some lag in response. Most noticeable in sending sound files to the EZB speaker. At times several seconds will pass before EZB will respond. Most times response time is right away. I wonder if its due to heavy traffic of other devices on my home network?
Also an update; I had both V4 ezb's Connected to ARC in client mode and for the third day now after everything sitting powered off overnight (except the network) I can't connect the second EZB to ARC. Any ideas on this. Seems to be a pattern. BTW, I did power cycle the ezb's after setup to client mode.
The first issue that comes to mind is a problem with the IP addresses or the DHCP service. I have my router specify fixed IP addresses based on the MAC address of the NIC connecting, I need this for my home network to function correctly. Again, this may not be available in your router.
The other thing to check is any MAC filters you have on. Is it possible you added the one EZ-B to the MAC filter enable list but forgot the second or mistyped the second?
Provided your SSID and network key are entered correctly (and remember, they are case sensitive) and the MAC filters are off or set correctly then I can't see any other reason for it other than an issue with the DHCP of your router.
If the first EZ-B is not connected does the second one connect?
Have you tried rebooting your router?
Some routers will give you hell. I know if I go to my brothers house and log on to his WiFi with my phone and tablet my phone will connect fine but my tablet is given the IP of 169.x.x.x which isn't what it should be. My sister in law's laptop often boots up and gets given a 169.x.x.x IP too. This is due to the router they have. Sometimes it'll let you on but others it wont.
If you let me know the make/model of your router I may be able to find some info on what services are available on it and guide you through setting up some MAC based static IPs.
I'll ahve to wait till later to get the router make and model.
I do know this; the only way I could get ARC to find a number to assign to EZB #2 when doing an IP serch was to power down the first EZB. #1 EZB had already been installed and connected in Cliant mode. Only then with EZB #1 powered down would ARC find a number and I could connect both units. I would then power cycle as advised. Then after being powered off for many hours EZB #2 can not connect. I did try a short powerdown of an hour or so and I did have success with both units connection. BYW, both EZB's would have the green light flashing and the voice would tell me that she was connected to my network uopn powerup.
The normal way to assign static IP addresses is on the PC in the network options however you don't have this option with the V4. Some routers can, as previously mentioned assign IPs based on MAC address but some can't. My current router is the first and only router I've owned which can.
Another option may be (however I am unsure) to use an Access Point. I haven't used one for close to 10 years now but I am pretty sure they can be set up to use their own DHCP service and assign IPs to devices connected to them rather than the router itself. I am sure the one I used would assign an IP and it would be in the correct range (i.e. router IP of 192.168.1.1, Access Point IP 192.168.1.100, WiFi devices connected to the Access Point assigned 192.168.1.150-192.168.1.169). If nothing else works I'll see what info I can dig up on Access Points however their popularity has probably shot down now all routers have WiFi capabilities (I used mine as my router didn't).
1) Like all wireless devices, having them too close will cause radio interference. The EZ-B's should not be within a foot or so from each other. It's not a distance that I can just tell you. It's a variable distance that depends lots of stuff... it even depends on humidity and temperature believe it or not, which is the source of all radio and static interference. The main reason of course is the electrical radio hardware in the EZ-B.
2) When you are at home, connecting multiple EZ-Bs to your network is the way to go. If you are experiencing performance issues, that is to be expected with low signal strength. If your EZ-B is inside a metal robot, the signal strength will be much less than what your laptop reports. Keep in mind that your EZ-B is a Wi-Fi device and will therefore suffer from Wi-Fi related requirements.
Keep in mind that the EZ-B uses all available bandwidth. It is bandwidth hungry! There are millions of things happening per second to make it as awesome as it is - specifically with the camera and audio. The communication/audio protocol uses 3.3 mbps and the camera video also uses an additional 3.3 mbps... Yeah, she's bandwidth hungry! But hey, it's 2014 right? We're pushing the limits of technology to make 2015 a year full of EZ-Robots
3) If you are out at a show - the best way to connect multiple EZ-B's is by putting your laptop in Access Point Mode. That is quite a simple process and it can be turned on and off - so it doesn't require a lot of configuration before heading to a conference or walking your robot down the street. Google will be your friend on how to setup your OS as a Wi-Fi access point
This afternoon I tried to leave EZB #1 powered down while starting up ARC and I can then connect to EZB #2 just fine. However then I cant connect to #1. I have to go through the whole setup and scan procedure on each EZB to get them to connect to ARC at the same time again.
I'm about out of options. I guess my next step is to move the EZB's farther away from each other to see if they will connect that way at the same time. Maybe they are interfering with each other's Wifi.They are about two feet apart now and mounted in the robot.
I have also verified success in connecting 2 EZ-Bv4s in client mode to one instance of ARC. At first I did have a bit of trouble when the EZ-Bs were a few inches from each other but once I spread them out to a bit farther than a foot apart they worked quite well.
Once your EZ-Bs are both in client mode and are successfully connected to the same network (green LED is flashing on both) it should be smooth sailing. Using the scanning tool it should pick up both EZ-Bs in one scan if you let it go through the entire range. Each EZ-B should beep once it's IP has been scanned.
You shouldn't need to go through the network setup process again as the EZ-Bs will save your network settings. What you can do is close the scanning tool and open it back up again if you don't have success the first time. I would also try to mount the EZ-Bs further from large pieces of metal on your robot as there could be signal interference, as large chunks of metal are known to pick up radio waves (well that's why we use metal for antennas in the first place
Another item I would check are the IP addresses that your router is assigning for the EZ-Bs. Are they the same every time you connect them or are they hoping around every time you scan? Do you have any other devices at home that have to reconnect to your network on a regular basis?
It seems like my problem centers around having both EZB's powered at the same time I want to connect to each. I see this problem with the scan also; I cant get a successful scan on the second unit if the other is powered up.
There is a lot of metal in my robot but both are about a foot apart and open to the air like sitting on shelf's. I don't have a pic of the V4's mounted but here are a couple shoots of the old V3 mounted. I have the V4's in the same place:
In this pic the EZB is on the very top shelf and you can see the second EZB sitting down in the leg section on the white plastic shelf:
Here's a close up of the top mounted EZB (V3):
Here the location of the bottom mounted location You can see the EZB (V3) mounted on the right:
Alan
What I would do next is to see whether it is a router issue or the EZ-Bs interfering with each other.
I would start by removing the EZ-B from the top of your robot and power it on your bench a ways a way and do the same tests you were doing before.
Obviously, if there are still issues I would look into your router and it's settings, if not it is likely an interference issue and I would look into mounting the EZ-Bs a bit differently inside your robot.
I can't really tell by the photo but is the top EZ-B (I'm guessing that is EZ-B #1) mounted on top of a solid steel plate?
P.S. Thanks Alan for your offer to help!
As Alan suggested (and as I mentioned previously) if you can post your router make/model we can try and guide you through the process of fixing those IPs.
The top EZB (#1) is mounted on 3/8" acrylic plastic and that's setting on 1'4" aluminum plate. Each shelf is made the same way and it's all tied together by threaded rod.
I pulled the bottom EZB in the leg section out this evening and set it on a table sitting next to the robot. This placed the two units about 3' apart. I powered up and could not connect. I then move it to the next room and this time I got both EZB's to connect to ARC.
My router in on the main floor and the robot is in the basement. When I moved the EZB and got it to connect it was actually right under the router one floor above. Could It be that a better signal is what caused it to work this time? I guess I'm hoping it not interference with each other because I'm not sure how I could get around this problem if it is.
I have a Belkin N wireless router Model F5D8236-4 V3. But I did get both to connect when #2 was in the other room and closer to the router. Here's the manual:
www.belkin.com/support/dl/man_f5d8236-4_pm01122_7-08.pdf
Thanks again!
Alan
In your router's web interface, select LAn Setup: Lan Settings.
Set the "Lease Time" to "forever"
When you click Apply Changes, your router will probably reboot.
Start both EZ-B's, and after they say "connected to network" log back into your router, and click on Lan Settings | DHCP Client List
You should see both EZ-Bs listed in the list with different host names, but they should start EZ-B. Write down the IP addresses.
In ARC, In the connection dialog, enter the IP address of one of the EZ-B's followed by :23 in slot 0. Enter the IP address of the other EZ-B followed by :23 in slot 1.
Hit connect on both slots, and both EZ-B's should be visible.
When I get my EZ-B's I'll be able to determine if there are additional troubleshooting capabilities (like will they respond to a ping...), but that is going to probably be in July.
Alan
In ARC I can not manually enter the numbers. I have to run a scan from each EZB slot and click on the address it gives me. The odd thing is that they both show in the list and each tells me they are connected to my network with the green light flashing. The "ONLY" times I was able to get both to connect was after I'd reset them and rescan for them with EZB of when I moved the one to another room.
1. Click on the box with the IP address in, a blue backgrounded dropdown should appear
2. Click in the same place you first clicked (i.e. don't select something from the dropdown)
3. The IP address in the connection box should become highlighted in blue
4. Type the IP you require.
The way to solve this is either to place a second wired wap (wireless access point) in the basement or use a wireless repeater placed in the optimum location to limit the amount of material between the wireless router and the new wireless repeater. The repeater will then be able to provide adequate wireless signal to the basement because the angles that the signal will be going through the walls will be much closer to 90 degrees.
I will keep monitoring this thread incase you have any questions about this post.
A question I have is how strong is your wireless signal on a smart phone or other device when in different locations in you're basement? If the ez-b is as bandwidth hungry as DJ described, you will need pretty strong signal to get things to work right.
Anyways, I've got a busy non-robot weekend coming up (Damm- it) so I'll have little time for the big guy and wrestling with this problem. But I'm sure I'll squeeze some in. I'll update with my progress as I move through this.
So what do you all think? Could this be acting as a big antenna and overpowering the lower EZB?
Here is a test you could do.
1. Take a smartphone and connect to your wifi.
2. Note the signal level you are getting on the smartphone.
3. Place the smartphone on the robot in the location that you are going to place the ez-b.
4. Note the signal level you are getting on the smartphone.
Did the signal drop? if so, the structure is blocking the wifi signal. The way around this is to use an external antenna to get the radio to pickup wifi outside of the structure.
@Dave I forgot to ask you to try something, you could place a plastic spacer between the EZ-Bs and the shelf that they are mounted on in order to get them more in the air and further away from the aluminum plates.
@d.cochran, I found a little time this evening to grab mine and my wife's cell phone and do the test you mentioned. I walked around the robot in a 5 foot radius with them and even stuck them inside the shelfs where I have the EZB's mounted. With my phone my varied in signal strength from good to fair and even dropped out a few times and I had to reconnect to the network. With my wife's phone I had good to excellent signal strength. Go figure. I have one of the newer motorola electrify's and my wife has one of the newer Samsung Galaxy's.
I guess my next step is to get the router closer to B9.
I do like the WiFi repeater idea though, those are getting popular these days.
@Jeremie, OK, I understand now where your coming from. I'll raise the First EZB or move it completely away from the robot to see the effect. I should have some extra time now over the next few days to play and test.
I just want to say I'm not in the least bummed or angry. Like I said above I know it's got something to do with my set up. I just need to find the right way to either work this new technology into my robot so it works or get the proper equipment that will let it work. I'm actually enjoying this trailblazing. Being one of the first to get a V4 EZB I figure every bump I hit now will that I can work out will help someone down the road that cones upon the same issue.
Happy building!
I bought a dlink router for my home a few weeks ago for $34 and it runs on 5 volts DC
I moved the wireless router into the basement and within 10 feet of B9 with only one wall between them.
I removed the top EZB from the top shelf of the robot and elevated it about 4" above the shelf. The lower EZB is sitting about 3 feet away from the robot.
I reset both EZB's and then reset them into client mode and power cycled. After the power cycle each reported it was "connected to my network". I then made sure each's "Connect/Disconnect" button showed "Connect"
Next I did a Scan on Board "0". This is the first time I was able to get both IP addresses appear in a scan without having one of the boards powered down. This is a huge deal! When I did a scan to assign board "1" the same two IP addresses popped up and I was able to assign the 2nd board. This Is great progress!
I've powered down everything for the night and I'll see if it holds overnight. In the past I've been able to get both boards connected but only by having one powered at a time. The next morning I always couldn't connect to a second board.
Now I still don't know if it's an interference problem because of having the top EZB mounted near the aluminum plate or a signal strength issue. If all is still OK tomorrow I'll start reversing my changes to see when things go wrong.
I powered up the laptop and robot. Both EZB's reported "Connected to your network". Green light was blinking on both.
I started up ARC and clicked the connect button on board "0" - Connected right away.
Clicked the connect button on board "1" - Did not connect in ARC. *tired*
I guess I could get another "newer" router but the one I have is a "N" class and should be doing the job at 10 feet away. *confused*
Really not sure what my next step should be. *tired*
Otherwise, If you reboot board "1" one more time does it connect to ARC again?
To answer your questions;
No the board not connection and can not be found in a scan (both units powered up but not connected to ARC).
No after a reboot (pushing the reset button and reconfiguring in Client Mode) I still cant find it with a scan.
I also tried to reboot the router with no results.
BTW, Before I rebooted the router and when I first powered up the laptop just now I could not connect to my router with the laptop. It reported that there was another computer on the network with the same IP address. This happened a couple times before also. Why would this happen?
It's getting late so I'll stop for the night and get some sleep.
From what you are saying it seems that your router likes to consistently re-assign IPs that it has given out already. I'm not sure why this would happen unless the settings are configured to not remember IPs for certain devices on the network. It may be time to borrow a friends router to do a few quick tests.
Have a great sleep!
I think the best option would be to get the wireless repeater (often called extenders also) and put it in the robot. I would get one with a detachable antenna and put the antenna on the outside of the robot or against the plastic skin on the inside of the robot. I would also put this on the same shelf as the ez-b's are going to be on.
This would be really cool because, as the robot moved around the house, you would have a mobile extender that would also extend the wireless signal to other devices close to the robot. This would include any table or phone that you might be using to help control the robot.
Turn off the computers. Reboot the router. Wait for the router to come back up and then turn on the computers one at a time, waiting for each to connect to the network before turning on the next.
Here is what I did. The router for the wired network doesn't have wifi turned on. The antenna's normally aren't very good on those anyway. I then run an Engenius wifi access point off of the router. The engenius eap350 are the ones I have. They sell a lot of other ones also that are very good. I have 2 of these in a 2600 sqft house single floor house and the signal is 100% to my fence line of the property. I have also used these in schools. 1 of these is strong enough to cover a basketball court and 20 rows of bleachers without a problem at all.
For you, because of the thick metal in the robot, I would put the wireless extender in the robot.
For example, are they EZ-B v4 3F or something...
Thanks!
@d.cochran, Yours sound like good suggestions. I went ahead and ordered a engenius eap350 repeater incase this turns out to be the issue. It should arrive tomorrow. I can mount it inside the torso very easily. It's great that it runs on 12vdc as I have lots of that I can tap into in there. Here's a link to this item to look at:
www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1759086&CatId=372
I've also bought a new router and should be here Thursday. I decided to get one of the better N class routers that got good reviews on PC World's web site. It's a ASUS RT-AC66U Dual-Band Wireless-AC1750 Gigabit Router. Here's a link to it to look at:
www.amazon.com/dp/B008ABOJKS/ref=pe_385040_30332190_TE_M3T1_ST1_dp_1
Between these two items I should have my signal and router issues covered. Heck, I'll be able to log onto my internet from a mile away from my house.
I also moved my project onto a new laptop (through the EZ Cloud. I love that thing!) making sure I had the latest ARC installed. I then sat down close to the router.
First thing I noticed was the scan for IP addresses was super fast now. Before when I was in the basement and the router was on the main floor the scan would lag. I got all three units to show up in scans and connected to ARC. All three were working nicely and responding. The newly installed EZB was Board 2 (third board down) on the connection list. I then powered down for the night and got some sleep.
With much curiosity I powered everything up this morning. All three EZB v4's cheerfully reported that they had successfully connected to my network. I then started up the laptop and started ARC.
Clicked on connect button for Board 0 - Connected!
Clicked on connect button for Board 1 - Did not connect.
Clicked on connect button for Board 2 - Did not connect.
I rescanned for each EZB and the only that would show up in a scan was the one (Board 0) that would connect. I looked at the client list in my router and the other two are listed there. So odd.
Well, this at least tells me I should have no problems with the EZB's themselves.
With a little luck the repeater should arrive today and the new router tomorrow. Step by step.
It seems real straight forward but I had never set something like this up so I read all of the manual, did a ton of reading on the internet and watched a bunch of Youtube vids.
Basically I just plugged in the EAP350 to my laptop with a LAN cable to access it's web interface and after entering some settings in my network card connection window and entering it's default IP address into Firefox I was in.
I then Changed it to Repeater Mode and waited for it to reconfigure it's self.
Once that was done I changed it's static IP address to match my network's Subnet mask and a ending number that should not interfere with any other device I have on the network: 192.168.2.31 (later I changed this to "Obtain IP Automatically" but that didn't work either). I also made the Gateway IP to match my router's IP: 192.168.2.1
I then went to the Network section and did a Site Survey and picked my home network and entered in my WEP Security info making sure it all matched. I thin clicked "Accept".
After a reboot this should have started the silly thing and allowed me to connect but I could not see it in my Wireless connection list. After going back into the interface (I was able to use the default address) I found that none of the setting s held and were back to default. *mad*
I disabled all my security, firewalls and antivirus and tried this over a and over making little changes. No go. This shouldn't be this hard. *tired* It's making me feel like a dope.
I do have a question about this EAP350, I read that Repeater cut the bandwidth in half. Does that mean The EZB and everything running through it will have less room to work? If this is the case would it be better to run in AP mode? There would be a physical cable between the router and the AP and I would expect that the full bandwidth would be available. I could be wrong about all that as my mind is a little addled right now with the recent struggles.
Tomorrow the new router should arrive. Hopefully that will make a difference and I can start making progress.
First, I haven't yet been able to get the Engenius 350 to connect and work. I've given up for now. My new modem arrived today and I moved on to retiring my old one and installing this new one (mentioned in a earlier post). I did try to get the Engenius 350 to work after I got the router installed but because they both have the same IP address (192.168.1.1) I'm getting a wicked IP address conflict and I cant get into the Engenius 350's software settings. I have no idea at this point how to resolve this conflict. Any help on this would be welcomed.
This new ASUS RT-AC66U Dual-Band Wireless-AC1750 Gigabit Router is a dream. It's quick and right away I saw how responsive and easy to use it is. I also get excellent signal strength where the EZB's and laptop sit. I'm able to see the wireless clients connect and disconnect almost right away with a simple refresh of it's client list screen. Because of this I think I've solved what may be happening:
I have both EZB v4's attached to a power strip and I've been powering them on at the same time. They must connect to my network at virtually the same moment and they even speak "I have successfully connected to your network" in unison. I think the router must see these two connections as one and assigns them both to the same IP address causing a conflict. When I power them up like this I can see their two different MAC addresses assigned to the same IP address in the routers Client list. When I power them up one at a time they are assigned the to original IP addresses that they were assigned when I set them up.
I've been able to reproduce this a few times now. The real test will be keeping everything powered down for a few hours or overnight and see if I can connect to ARC with both EZB's if I power them up at different times.
If this is the case I'll need to find a way for them to be automatically powered up with a delay between them. It may be as simple as that.
The, since you have the MAC addresses of the EZ-B's, you can specify the IP addresses for the DHCP server to assign (this was my initial recommendation, but your old router could not do it). See page 64/65 for instructions. Note, they recommend setting to 192.168.1.xxx, but if you follow my recommendation above to avoid the conflict on the repeater's default address, then you would need to assign addresses in the 192.168.0.xxx subnet.
Alan
I may have been a little off in my solution. After a few hours I restarted everything making sure I had a delay in powering up each EZB. Well, once again the second board wouldn't connect to ARC after telling me she was connected to my network. I checked the client list of the router and saw that the one that connected had the original IP address and the one that didn't connect to ARC had been reassigned to an IP address all the way to the other end of the spectrum of numbers (198). So.........
I have taken Alan's advice finally and (after changing the router's ID 92.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1 I added the two EZB to the list of IP's that the router will always assign.
Tomorrow I'll see if this finally is the answer.
I'll now be doing the final setup, clean up all wires, do a few more tests (mainly on powering up both EZB's at the same time) and reattach the EZB's to the robot. Then I'll make my final declaration and summery of what has been happening over the past week or so and how I stand now with this issue.
Thanks all for all the help and support through this. Hopefully this will help others down the line.
Dave Schulpius
I've read that if I set it up as a wired access point instead of a repeater the Mac addresses of the wireless clients should pass through. That's one option. The other option is to move the router back down to the game room where the robot stands and move the repeater to the main floor. That way I can access the router directly with the EZB's and control laptop and the rest of the house can use the Engenius 350 as a repeater.
Not really sure which way to go yet. *confused* I guess I'll do like I've done with everything else so far and just do something even if it's wrong.
1. all of the EAP's are wired to the main switch
2. All of the EAP's have the same SSID
When you move from one EAP to the other, it will pick you up and start sending traffic to the other EAP.
I would set both of these up in AP mode with both broadcasting the same SSID. Just be sure that your main router and this router are on different IP addresses.
I would setup the AP to have a unique IP address and then set both the AP and the router up to have the same SSID.
When signal gets low, the device will try to connect to the router with the stronger signal. It works for cell phones, tablets, laptops and everything else I have tried. I don't have an EZ-B yet thought.
I've completed the switch from Repeater to AP mode but I did make one change from your suggestion @d.cochran. I gave the SSID of the AP a unique name. I really don't want any other device accessing it other then the robot's EZB's and the control laptop.
Now that I understand the concept of and the way to change settings in the Engenius EAP350 it was really very simple. I almost had it the first time was mucking around. However I didn't know I had to not only apply the changes I made in the page I entered them into but also in the master Change folder that list all the changes made during that session. Why programmers insist on having you save the same information twice is beyond me. ARC makes you do this also. *eek* You not only need to save changes and settings in scripts and such but also when you exit the ARC or they won't be saved. Can someone tell me why this is the case? (Sorry I had to blow off a little steam *blush* ).
Anyway, now that I have the Engenius EAP350 in AP mode I have it hard-wired to my new router and have excellent signal strength near the robot. I also have confirmed that the original device's MAC Addresses are being passed through the Engenius to the router. The static IP address previously entered for the EZB's are working now and both EZB's are now popping up in the Client list and I can connect to both in ARC. I'm also pretty sure I can now power up both EZB's at the same time and the router will recognize each separately. I'll power down over night and confirm this hopefully for the last time in the morning.
The whole secret to success here was to have a good router that can assign and keep IP addresses associated with the Device's MAC Addresses. Because of this I need to give the Kudos to Alan as he's been saying this from the beginning. Thanks man!
Just a footnote: I think I would have been OK with running everything in the basement just on the new router on the main floor. Before I installed the Engenius EAP3500 in the basement in AP mode I tried several times and successfully connected to both the new router and ARC with both EZB's. I even powered them both on at the same time and the new router found both as separate units and with a "Good" signal strength message. However my anal personality with the need to complicate things needed an "Excellent" signal and to have everything attached to the robot on it's own AP.
If something else happens concerning this thread I'll be sure to update. In the mean time THANKS to all who held my hand through this. I hope others have or will learn from this experience. I know I have!
Happy building and have fun!
Dave
Glad they are working for you. Also glad you have crazy good wifi in your house now. Your family will appreciate it. I know mine has even though they have become numb to the fact that they can connect to the internet from anywhere around the house.
Grats and I look forward to following your project. It is a really nice build you have going on.
Now I can finally get to work again and see just what the V4's can do for me!
Thanks again for the help and support.
I am sure we'll be referring to this thread for other users who will face similar issues.
Alan
I really cant imagine mine will be the only issue like this. There are a lot of older routers and network equipment that I'm sure wont take kindly to the "new kid on the block" (EZB v4). Just look at Steve; he was having a similar issue and he had to go out and get a new router to get just one EZB v4 to stay connected. This is why I took the time and explored as many different aspects of my WiFi network and EZB V4 as I could. I wanted to make sure the problem was completely resolved had the right way or ways to solve this. I also learned a lot about routers, access points and repeaters. New routers...... Good! Old routers......... Bad! ; Access points..... Good! Repeaters......Bad! ; Static EZB IP's for several EZB's......... Good! DHCP............ Bad! ; Strong signal strength........... Good! Weak Signal........... Bad!
Another footnote; I've closed up my B9 robot and fastened all the boards down to the CSS shelf's. All is still good and so far the EZB's are connecting nicely to the network and ARC.
Next comes a real challenge; I want to mount a EZB v4 inside the metel brain that sits inside my acrylic bubble. *eek* Will see how my new WiFi setup punches through all this:
Just to throw a different option in the mix (a little late but useful for anyone else refereed to this topic), you could always add a wireless NIC USB dongle to the PC running ARC and connect via AP mode. 1 dongle per EZ-B. Something like this would do the trick and is pretty cheap. You would need spare USB ports though.
@Rich - I don't know about everyone else, but I already have two USB hubs on my laptop just to keep up with all the devices connected to it.
Have a problem... Similar to Dave's so I thought to add to this thread instead of making a new one... Anyway... Both my EZB4 will connect to the network no problem, however ARC can only find one of them at a time... meaning I cannot have more than one ezb4s connected to ARC at any given time. The scan tool will only find one ezb... usually the first one powered on... Long story short and judging by what Dave went through I am guessing its a router issue... I have an all in one router/moden ... an SMCD3GN from SMC.... I rent it from my local cable company by the way... So my question is should I turf it and just use a modem from them and then buy my own router?... Also need to mention that I barely get 30ft from the router when I start to get disconnect problems so range sucks...
Thanks
Richard
Engenius AP