ConfigNetwork

Network

In case you are not using a preconfigured router, the following describes the router needed configuration.

Hamster Network topology

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" line='line'> Name: hamster_net Security: WPA2 personal Password: hamsterHAMSTER

Netmask: 255.255.255.0 Router's IP: 10.0.2.138 </syntaxhighlight>

Router configuration, 2nd PI

In order to reach the slave raspberry pi on each Hamster, configure the routing table as following:

• Go to Advanced Routing → Static Routing List → Add...
• For each robot (numbered <n>), add the corresponding entry:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" line='line'> Destination IP: 192.168.<n>.0 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default gateway: 10.0.2.<n> </syntaxhighlight>

Configuring the Hamsters' IP

Hamster robots arrive with a pre-configured specific IP’s. Unless you know what you are doing, this should not be changed.

Robot 1 configuration:

• Master raspberry pi IP: 10.0.2.1 or 192.168.1.1
• Slave raspberry pi IP: 192.168.1.2

Robot 2 configuration:

• Master raspberry pi IP: 10.0.2.2 or 192.168.2.1
• Slave raspberry pi IP: 192.168.2.2

The Hamster's connection configurations can be changed in the /etc/network/interfaces , and /wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf .

SSH connection details: <syntaxhighlight lang="bash" line='line'> Username: pi Password: hamster </syntaxhighlight>