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[Hobbit]

Hi all,

 

I purchased 35 Netduino 3's for my new Home Automation class I plan to teach next Spring. However, I would like to rename each unit so they can be seen on the LAN using a NetBIOS name. I also need a way to be able to find the IP of each device using something like this:

 

IPHostEntry ipEntry = Dns.GetHostEntry(hostname);

 

I assigned each board a static IP and DNS points to the router.  I can see the boards in the Arp cache and can ping them just fine. One of the members suggested using NameService but I cannot find the namespace for that in the NetMF.

 

I appreciate your ideas.

 

Hobbit

 

[Chris Walker]

Hi Hobbit,

There's no NETBIOS support built into NETMF or Netduino. This is the sort of thing that could be added to Netduino.IP via a firmware update in the future.

[Anyone want to help take on mDNS or NETBIOS as a project?]

The easiest thing to do is to add a DNS entry for each board in a DNS server. You could even use an unrelated domain name and local IP addresses. It's really just easy resolution you're looking for.

BTW, one potential pointer... Valkyrie put together a driver for CC3100 that, IIRC, supports mDNS. So that might provide the kind of capability you're looking for. Check out "mIP" and his CC3100 driver.

Chris

[Hobbit]

Thanks for the fast response Chris!  I thought about adding entries into the LMHosts files on the student machines since we image them anyway it wouldn't be too hard.

 

BTW I love the N3!!!  It is so cool to have WiFi built in. I used your suggestion about how to keep the WiFi connected... works great.  Thanks again.

 

Hobbit

[Chris Walker]

Hey Hobbit,

BTW I love the N3!!!  It is so cool to have WiFi built in. I used your suggestion about how to keep the WiFi connected... works great.  Thanks again.

We're in love with the gen3 hardware too, and it is probably over-engineered: it should serve you well.

Thanks for the feedback, and let us know how things go with your class!

Chris

[Hobbit]

Chris,

 

Just to clarify, there is no way to change the name of the N3 correct?  Also, I changed the friendly USB name in MFDeploy but in visual studio it still shows up as Netduino3)Netduino.  I have to figure out a way that the students know which board is which. I will label them but it would be nice to see the friendly name in VS.

 

Hobbit

[Chris Walker]

Hey Hobbit,
 

Just to clarify, there is no way to change the name of the N3 correct?  Also, I changed the friendly USB name in MFDeploy but in visual studio it still shows up as Netduino3)Netduino.  I have to figure out a way that the students know which board is which. I will label them but it would be nice to see the friendly name in VS.

The USB name is fixed in the Netduino firmware (to "Netduino"). Should I put USB device name changes on the feature request list for Netduino vNext firmware?

Chris

[Hobbit]

Chris,

 

I think that would be a great idea and would be handy as we move into the IoT at full speed!!!

 

H