Establishing Ethernet Connection to a Robot from Parallels

Connecting to a robot over ethernet from Parallels has been an issue since Summer 2015. In order to connect to a robot over an ethernet cable, you would have to type

konstantine@ubuntu: ssh [email protected]

instead of

konstantine@ubuntu: ssh [email protected]

In order for you to be able to connect to a robot over ethernet by just typing it's name you will need to edit your VM's hosts file. In case of Ubuntu, type into the terminal

sudo vim /etc/hosts

and copy & paste the following at the bottom of the file

#nbites robot addresses
#re-create using nbtool.util.Robots
169.254.75.9 wash.local
169.254.75.10 river.local
169.254.75.11 jayne.local
169.254.75.12 simon.local
169.254.75.13 inara.local
169.254.75.14 kaylee.local
169.254.75.15 vera.local
169.254.75.16 mal.local
169.254.75.17 zoe.local
169.254.75.18 blt.local
169.254.75.19 elektra.local
169.254.75.20 wasp.local
169.254.75.21 buzz.local
169.254.75.22 batman.local
169.254.75.23 shehulk.local

In case you want to add a robot not listed above, find out it's IP-address by typing the following into the terminal:

ifconfig

then add IP-address and robot's name to your VM's hosts file using the following format:

127.0.0.1 robotname.local