I also find that Virtual Box has better hardware support than vmware: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Oh, and virtual box is free

Either VMWare or Virtual box though is going to share the WiFi NIC. It can either be NAT'ed behind the Mac IP address, or it can be bridged so it gets its own IP from the router, but they can't be on different networks (one the Router and the other the EZ-B AP mode IP address).

I suppose you could connect the Mac to the EZ-B address and then either NAT or Bridge on that network since the EZ-B will hand out multiple IP addresses, but then you lose Internet access on both the Mac and Virtual Machine while connected to the robot, so probably better to just put the robot on your network anyway.

Alan

What Alan is referring to is CLIENT MODE, when checking the connection tutorial of the ezb. Here's a link to the tutorial: https://synthiam.com/Tutorials/Lesson/15?courseId=5

The client mode let's your ezb connect to the existing network. Then, in the Windows VMware ARC, use the scan button on the connection control to find the ezb.

Note: some home router hardware may be old or dated and result in poor performance of the robot. If you find the robot falls over and jerks, the router in the home network may need to be updated. This is a very rare occurrence, but something worth noting.

Happened to me. A new router and strong signal fixed everything.

So for some reason I failed miserably at this. Really tempted just to buy a win7 laptop to cap the frustration lol I can connect via tablet and cellphone but if I try to put him into client mode from either he is unable to connect. Not sure why that would be when I did like the tutorial said and entered in the password and wifi network name. Only other thing I can think of is Comcast blows lol or I'm just not as techy as I thought.

My other question is if I'm at home using the ezb via my network should that get figured out, if I go outside of network the ezb will need to be reset to restore the wifi mode to my phone? Correct? So essentially there is no storage on the ezb to remember hence the communication to a laptop, phone, tablet, etc.?.

Correct (re: away from home). Once you get it working, it is pretty easy to reconnect to the home network. Your web browser will remember the ssid and password so it is easy to re-enter.

When entering them, be aware they are both case sensitive and make sure you are not entering a space after either the ssid or password because it is a valid character but virtually never used as the last character.

Alan

But I should be able to enter this in via a tablet or phone via the ARC app, correct?

Yes, you should.

I always ask this as this community gets bigger. Where are you located? If you are near another EZ Roboteer maybe one of us could help you. I am in the DC/Baltimore megalopolis.

Alan