Beaglebone USB Ethernet Connection

http://robotic-controls.com/learn/beaglebone/beaglebone-internet-over-usb-only

http://shallowsky.com/blog/hardware/talking-to-beaglebone.html



On the beaglebone:

/sbin/route add default gw 192.168.7.1
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" >> /etc/resolv.conf

You'll probably want to add these lines to the end of /usr/bin/g-ether-load.sh on the BBB, so they'll be run automatically every time you boot. Then, back on your Linux host, do this:

sudo iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE
echo 1 | sudo tee /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > /dev/null

Now you should be able to ping, ssh or otherwise use the BBB to get anywhere on the net.
Once your network is running, you might want to run /usr/bin/ntpdate -b -s -u pool.ntp.org to set the time, since the BBB doesn't have a real-time clock (RTC).


Scripts for configuration after automatic connection

http://www.circuidipity.com/getting-started-with-beaglebone-black.html

RT-N16

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Asus_RT-N16

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6180/open-source-router-platforms

OpenWRT
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/asus/rt-n16#from.linux

How to find/display your MAC address

Unix/Linux

http://www.coffer.com/mac_info/locate-unix.html

ifconfig -a

HWaddr

http://www.jonathanmoeller.com/screed/?p=3420

ifconfig | grep HWaddr