April 2007 Archives

Sun Apr 29 20:50:49 CEST 2007

Tux Droid eyes open/close problem

Yesterday, I had some troubles with my Tux Droid. Sometimes, when I "ask" Tux to close his eyes, the eyes close, open, close, open, close, .... in a loop :-(

After reading some remarks at the tux-droid-forum, I discovered that the problem was in the eyes-close-position-switch, the lever of the switch was not always pressed in time when the eyes were closed.

So, today, I have glued a piece of solder-wire at the top of the lever so the switch is pressed a little-bit earlier and now everything works just fine :-)

Tux Droid eyes switch


Posted by Jan Wagemakers | Permanent link | File under: tuxdroid

Sat Apr 7 09:14:25 CEST 2007

Problems with connecting to MyPlace

I have problems to connect to MyPlace on my fonera. I can connect to it when I set Authentication to Open, but not when I set it to WEP.

I'll summerize here the things that I have tried to solve this problem.

1. I can connect when I set Authentication to Open.



1.1 Setting Authentication to Open



Authentication Open

1.2 Static IP, so I can test without using DHCP



DHCP off

1.3 Success, I have connection with MyPlace :-)



Connection Works

2. I can not connect when I set Authentication to WEP.



2.1 Setting Authentication to WEP



Authentication WEP

2.2 Still make use of Static IP, so I can test without using DHCP



DHCP off

2.3 ssh to FON and check the key with iwconfig



Check WEP on Fonera

2.4 Doesn't work, no connection (can not ping) :-(



Connection fails


Suggestions on how to solve this problem are welcome ;-)


Posted by Jan Wagemakers | Permanent link | File under: Fonera