The Network

We have set up a dedicated local network with WiFi 6E support in our labs. When working with the Rover, you should be connected to this network.

Elias Groot

Founding Member, Ex-Software Lead and Ex-Project Administrator

Connect to 2.4/5.0 GHz network

The SSID is aselabs and the password is tilth-noose-mediocre-cascara

Connect to 6.0 GHz network

The SSID is aselabsfast and the password is infinity-alpaca-hence-royalist

You are prohibited from modifying network settings or plugging in an Ethernet cable.

mDNS tooling

Each Rover gets assigned a dynamic IP, which can change over time. That's why we suggest that you use mDNS hostnames to interface with your Rover. (This is what roverctl uses as well). For example, to ping Rover 7:

# Use mDNS
ping rover07.local
# Instead of this random IP
ping 192.168.0.195

For macOS users, mDNS resolutions are handled by Apple's bonjour service. If you are running Linux and mDNS lookups fail for you, you might need to install additional software for your system. The most common package for this is Avahi which can be installed by:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install avahi-daemon avahi-utils
# Fedora/RHEL
sudo dnf install avahi avahi-tools