Internet Access

The most of my week was spent reading "Exploring BeagleBone: Tools and Techniques for Building with Embedded Linux" by Derek Molloy in order to have a better understanding of how the device works overall. Derek Molloy also has a website and YouTube channel in which he has tutorials for the BeagleBone. Having experience with all three mediums, I can say that I definitely enjoyed and learned most from the book. The book provides more explanation and troubleshooting along with the tutorials. It is also a lot easier to find information in the book. From this week's reading, I better understand how to load programs onto the BeagleBone and the different connections that can be made.

After identifying the files to pay the most attention to in the ardublockly repository, I was ready to clone it onto the device and start working with it. By trying to do that, I encountered the problem on connecting the BeagleBone to the internet. The book has a tutorial on how to do so but I didn't accomplish my goal. Once again, I consulted my good friend Google, but even after 20 new tabs and many possible solutions, it still wouldn't work. My best guess right now is that the firewall and/or my university's network wont allow the connection.