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I held the button down for 10 seconds (I think I did it for longer than that), let up, and nothing happened. Little blue power light just kept blinking. Look it up on the D-link website and evidently others are having the same problem. Looked it up on Google and evidently people are having the same problem. I don't know what the "emergency web server" page is about. Some people posted about it on the D-link forum but got no reply.

Thanx,

David

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Did you all change the TCP/IP address on your computer or on the classmate if you did not then you should probably change it to the default that it says in the manual in the section of how to set up a your radio or bridge/router.

collin leck

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Yep, I did do that. I believe that is when I get the "emergency web server" page.

Thanx,

David

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Could someone please help me? Assistance would be appreciated. Would like to get wireless set up as fast as possible but having problems listed above.

Thanks,

David

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In my experience with wireless networking devices the best way to do a complete hardware reset is the 30-30-30 method.

While plugged in hold reset for 30 seconds, without releasing reset unplug it and wait 30 seconds, without releasing reset plug it back in and wait 30 seconds.

I will dig it out later today and see if I can make a guide and possibly replicate your issues.

Re: New Router?
 

Thanks Trent,
Something else that I get is a blinking blue power light. Hope that helps.

David

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so they way i reset my router was the way you have described above and got the blinking power light, which you are supposed to, and then i waited approx. 2-3 minutes for the lights to all come back on and be steady. Again i followed the directions outlined in the document "How to Setup your Radio" and it worked for me. In fact it was the only document that worked for me. Sorry if that doesn't help. Good Luck.

Re: New Router?
 

In the time it took me to inventory the KOP (I wasn't zooming through it either) the light kept blinking. That's basically all I'm getting. Fixing to contact D-link and see what they say.

Thanx,

David

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D-link fixed it for me. So, no more help is needed. Thanks to everyone who helped. Evidently all I needed to do was download firmware and upload it to the "emergency web browser." Thanks again.

David

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During development, I naively did the power-up with reset because I had a router with an unknown IP. It seemed to wipe the firmware and make it ready to receive a new one. The D-Link reset is documented as holding the pin for 10 seconds with power on, then waiting 30 seconds.

I didn't find documentation stating what a reset during power up was defined to do, but I believe that DLink and Cisco/Linksys have different procedures for factory reset.

Fixing the router that was wiped involved downloading and installing new FW -- slightly annoying at the time, super annoying at an event.

Greg McKaskle

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We are still having issues. We also did the 30-30-30 reset and received the Emergency screen. From there we updated the firmware and were able to get into the bridge. We followed the bridge configuration document and setup the Bridge part first and then setup the Access Point part of the document, saving all changes in the process.

After this setup is complete, we can hook up a wired connection from a laptop, a wired connection from the classmate and a wired connection all to the Bridge, ping all devices and were able to run the Tele-Op and Autonomous Modes (default code) successfully.

All wireless testing is done with the wired connection removed.

With the Bridge in "Bridge Mode", and 1 laptop with windows 7 and the classmate, neither computer can connect wirelessly. The classmate and windows7 laptop do not see the 1208 network at all. The Robot is about 2 feet away from all devices in question. The "Bridge Light" blinks on and off.


With the Bridge in "AP Mode", we get the same results as above. The "Access Point Light" blinks on and off.

Anybody have a clue?

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So we got our wireless working, although it is somewhat of a "hack" (i.e. I would not suggest it unless you are having a lot of problems with your wireless setup). I configured our Bridge in AP Mode to have no security, 2.4 GHz and to act as a DHCP server starting at 10.12.8.10 On our programming laptop I set the TCP/IP to be automatic. On the Classmate I set the NIC Card to Manual Wireless Settings. This allows us full wireless abilities.

The issue is that I do not believe this will be the setup at the competition, and we may run into issues with this at our competition. If anybody sees this as generating problems that I do not foresee please let me know.

Re: New Router?
 

At competitions, the routers will be placed in Bridge mode and programmed with encryption, similar to previous years.

If you want to use bridge mode in your shop setting, you will also need a router which the bridge will bridge to -- the blue router from two years ago would work fine for this.

If you flip the switch between bridge and AP, does it affect settings? I know the router doesn't store two sets of configuration, and it really isn't intended that the user flips it often. It is there so that a single product can work in several configurations, but may require reconfiguration when the switch is thrown.

Greg McKaskle

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You can change the switch and it will act in the respective mode, keeping configurations. If you flip the switch and go into its configuration screen, it will present different options (i.e. in Bridge mode, it doesn't have the ability to be a DHCP server).

I could not get the Classmate to connect to the Bridge when it is in Bridge mode, (and I don't think it's possible). So I assume the FMS system will include a router this year? And we will plug our ethernet connection into it? (i.e. just like last year) There hasn't been much out yet to describe the FMS, besides that they will have a power connection this year.

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My problem is that I can ping the D-link bridge but i cant ping the cRIO. Im sure its conect corretly on the cRio, and the bridge was configurated.

But if i change to the old bridge i can get comunication with no problem.

thanks