Hi, I'm kind of a newbie on all this (so use at your own risk) but I would consider: 1. A unique hostname for each board and then each student could *ping hostname* for their BBB which should return the IP address [Reply from 192.168. ... ] (?) 2. Have a boot script write the ip address to a file onto a thumb drive which they could pop into a laptop after the BBB booted 3. Have a boot script mail the ip address to their email account 4. Have a boot script print their name/hostname/ip address to a printer (not very enviromentally friendly) 4. Get them to learn morse code and have a boot script flash the LEDs in morse code ;)
.... best regards, On Friday, 14 February 2014 04:58:03 UTC+1, Walter Schilling wrote: > > Board members: > > I've got an interesting problem that I'm trying to come up with a solution > for. I am going to be teaching a class next quarter on the Beaglebone > Black. Students will attach their bones to a network and program them > remotely over ethernet. Code will be developed on a virtual machine > running Linux and then connected via sftp to the board. However, the > students will only have a bone and a prototyping cape available to them. > WHat I am trying to figure out is the best way for them to determine the > IP address of their board. By default, I know that the boards use dhcp to > get an ip address. However, without a display, it's somewhat hard to get > an ip address. Is there an easy way, maybe by using the usb connection, > that students can figure out the IP address of the board so they can remote > to it in an appropriate fashion. I've thought about simply pinging the > boards, but with multiple boards on the network, that would only indicate > that a board is connected, not that their board is connected. I suppose I > could go to fixed IP's, but that would require them to change the SD card, > which at first I'd rather use "stock" until they have gotten their feet wet. > > Any ideas or suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Walt > > PS: We'll be using a Debian image based of of Robert Nelson's work unless > a new "standard" image comes out from Circuitco before then. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
