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October 20, 2010 11:19 PM

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coxaqui

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Hi Everyone, 

I have successfully set up my Rovio at home for both local and internet access before. I am now working on a project that will involve rovio control so I brought it in to my school to try to work with it there. I tryed both using the software and ADHOC setup of the rovio and nothing is working.

The school uses a login system called "Clean Access" by cisco but I have gotten the IT department to allow my rovio to bypass that barrier by adding my rovio's mac address to the exeption list. With that taken care of the rovio LED is green after set up but I cannot access the rovio interface. I ping the rovio address as well and get no response either. 

I think it might be some other firewall on the access points around the school, or some autentication a normal computer can reply to but my rovio cannot. Can someone help shed some light on this please? Thank you.

ps. I DO see the interface just fine when setting up in ADHOC mode, and my school's network I am connecting to has no password.

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October 22, 2010 11:08 PM

ADHOC would be from a LAPTOP to The Rovio and your school network would not even be used.

If you are using your school network you need to know the Wireless Protocol such as WEP or WPA. Most likely you are correct that it is a firewall issue. I would bet that the port is being blocked somewhere. If you are just wanting to access the Rovio for show and tell then ADHOC would be the best way to do this. You can set up ADHOC at you house if you have a laptop and a Rovio. If you want to use the school's network you will have to have the IT department set up a port forwarding rule that will route to your Rovio and also set that port up in your Rovio, it is in the settings/ network/ WEB PORT.

Rovio Commander II
Record Video, Motion Detect, Sentry Paths and more. All features built in. <br>
http://www.robocommunity.com/download/15769/_New-Rovio-Commander-II/

coxaqui Avatar
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October 25, 2010 4:38 AM

Hi cowboyctx,

Thank you for the reply. My school's network is not encrypted. I am just wanting to use the general student wireless network. It does not seem to be a port issue either or at least not a common one. I found out I can access the rovio webpage just fine from any other building execet the one I actually need to use it in (Murphy's law??).

Could the access point be blocking the traffic(how)? I talked to someone from IT and he even gave me a dedicated ip address for my Rovio on the local network to help me trouble shoot it. Again it feel like it is more localized than I previously thought. Why would it not work in certain places and work in all others?

cowboyctx Avatar
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October 25, 2010 6:05 AM

Try running the setup program when you are in that building. Seee if during the setup your Rovio see the wireless network. It sound like its not connecting to the Access Point in your class room or could be a password issue for that AP.

Rovio Commander II
Record Video, Motion Detect, Sentry Paths and more. All features built in. <br>
http://www.robocommunity.com/download/15769/_New-Rovio-Commander-II/

coxaqui Avatar
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October 25, 2010 6:36 AM updated: October 25, 2010 6:47 AM

Hi,

What kind of password issue do you suggest might be the issue? Our wireless is open to the student body, and the only restriction is the "web login" I mentioned someone from IT has cleared me on. It is just this building that is giving me trouble.

I have tried the setup multiple times (more times than I am willing to admit) both ADHOC setup and the complementary software setup. The rovio does see the network and connects to it. In fact I can set it up in the room(where I get no access to the web interface), leave the rovio there, carry my laptop to the building right next to it and use the interface just fine from there.

Any ideas?

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October 25, 2010 10:53 AM

Wow that is strange. It sounds like it is your laptop. Check your ip address for you laptop when you in the room that work and the room that does not see if they are the same sub net. Also are you using a port on the Rovio? Maybe try a different port number on your Rovio like 4200. Could also be the firewall on your laptop, disable it if you can

Rovio Commander II
Record Video, Motion Detect, Sentry Paths and more. All features built in. <br>
http://www.robocommunity.com/download/15769/_New-Rovio-Commander-II/

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