Man alive having difficulties with my TL-WR710N "nano router". I originally set it up as a client, and can't remember just how smoothly that went. It lost my settings, so trying to do it again and struggling. Here's what to do for next time:
Hard to do on this laptop (work macbook pro) as it has no ethernet port, but borrowed Clare's and all is good.
UPDATE: it's working1, I have the arduino plugged into the TL-WR710N now, for ethernet and for power - the device also works as a USB charger, which means I can power the arduino off it too. This is the next best thing to being mobile, a fairly cheap solution for this. Means I can put the arduino anywhere there is a power source (anywhere within range of the wifi) and it'll work just as well. It's a good little device really, it's just the instructions that are a little ropey.
Next step then is to put the arduino (or at least an arduino, maybe a new one) inside the cupboard so it can be picking up rf and internet signals and converting them to infrared signals for operating the TV, surround, Humax box and so on.
UPDATE UPDATE: This needs resetting every so often, just powering off and on again in the traditional IT support manner sorts it but it's a bit annoying. So for now I've moved my robot butler (code here2) that was connected to the nano router directly on to the router itself, and put something less important on the WR710N nano router.
arduino: Microcontroller, hardware prototyping platform, a tiny specialised computer.
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