[SarahB]

In addition to checking your firmware version (10.10.22.0 = bad), make sure that your IP is set correctly. It should be 10.xx.yy.5 with a subnet mask 255.0.0.0, where xx is the first two numbers of your team number and yy is the last two numbers of your team number. So team 229 would be 10.2.29.5. Also check to make sure you only have one IP address assigned to your DS and that your wireless is disabled. Checking all these things on every driver station at FLR helped us resolve the problems the teams were having connecting to FMS.

All of these things can be checked by logging into the Developer account on your Classmate then running ncpa.cpl. From there, right click on the wireless connection and select Disable if that option is available then right click on the wired connection and select Properties. In the pop up that opens click on IPv4 then click the Properties button. The Properties window will display the current IP address which you can edit if necessary. Once your IP is correct, click the advanced button and delete any extra IPs.

It also helps if the venue doesn't have WiFi that interfears with the field as we learned after 10+ hours of trying to get