Resolved by thetechguru!
First question and problem: I think the intent is to be able to connect up to 5 EZB's through ARC. However I've hit a wall trying to connect ARC to two V4 EZB's when they are in AP (Access Point) mode. Using my laptop I've followed directions and connected ARC 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 ARC 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 ARC 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.
Glad if worked out, and thanks for the answer credit- a lot of us contributed.
I am sure we'll be referring to this thread for other users who will face similar issues.
Alan
Ya, sometimes it hard giving credit to just one person when usually so many are a part of the answer in the end. Good thing most of us are able to put our bid boy pants and realize this and not get bent out of shape when a credit is given to someone else.
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:
Dave, Alan and others. I got my v4s about a week ago and following this thread saved me a lot of grief setting them up...
Great news Dave.
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.
I did not have to do much extra research for my issue because of this thread once I realized my router was too old. This is what I like about the forum, we're all in this together and can band together to find answers that benefit everyone. I even changed the router IP address like Alan suggested to keep any possible router/EZ-B with the same IP issues.
@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.
Edit see new thread 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
That's what I did Richard R. But I went one step further. I purchased my own cable modem from Amazon.com and then got the Asus WiFi router (RT-N56U). Make sure your cable company will let you use your own cable modem. I use SuddenLink and they recommend what modem to use and then let you either rent or purchase elsewhere.
Thanks Doc... Calling my Cable company now.... And respond to my new thread so I can give you the credit...