RoboKind Quick Network Setup Guide - STEM

Requirements and Preparation

For networks requiring network based authentication or certificates for WiFi connections, see our Advanced Robot WiFi Networking Guide.

When getting started, a help desk ticket will need to be submitted with your local organizations IT department. Please include the following table of requirements, network security requirements, and unsupported configurations.

Requirements:

Apple iPad’s for student & teacher
A milo robot with power connected.
Recommended Internet speed of 5Mb/s or greater.
10/100 Ethernet or 2.4Ghz WiFi connection for robot

See How-to Connect your Robot to 5GHz WiFi for additional instructions if only 5Ghz WiFi is available.

Network Security Requirements:

Tablets & Robots must be able to establish TCP connections on ports 80 and 8080 to *.robokind.us and d23kggeguwanja.cloudfront.net.

E-mail requirements:

The e-mail address support@robokind.com should be white listed in any e-mail filtering software.

Unsupported Configurations:

Guest WiFi networks
WiFi SSID’s that are hidden
Tablets & Robots connected to different WiFi SSID’s.
Port Isolation or AP isolation mode on connected switches, routers or Wireless Access Points - these effectively prevent direct communication between the iPad’s and the robots, and will prevent lessons from running.
WiFi networks using WEP security (not recommended/supported due to security vulnerabilities)

Basic Robot setup for 10/100 Ethernet:

Connect an Ethernet cord to the robot.
Power the robot on.
If the IP address is not visible on the home screen, see How-to Show the IP Address of the Robot

Basic robot setup for WPA or WPA2 with a password:

Your robot will tell you if it has successfully connected to the WiFi and will automatically run a diagnostic test. Allow this test to complete.

Validating the Setup:

Please test your connection and make note of your IP Address.

How-To Test Companion App & Robot Network Connectivity

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