If they have a serial port access they can simply type “ifconfig”. Failing that, I use the table in my router to determine the ip address.
You would have to turn on one Bone at a time however L Bill http://www.packtpub.com/building-a-home-security-system-with-beaglebone/book From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Walter Schilling Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 8:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [beagleboard] Re: Detecting a Beaglebone IP Addtress On Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:58:03 PM UTC-6, 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. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3705/7098 - Release Date: 02/16/14 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3697/7086 - Release Date: 02/12/14 -- 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.
