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I wrote a several page document on how to address what I suspect is Al's concern regarding my previous troubleshooting flow described on page 10, post 149 of this topic.

This is about checking the power quality to the D-Link AP.

I suspect Al is concerned about a 'blind spot' (see my post #144, page 10) in my troubleshooting flow which I can resolve with:

A. At least 1 troubleshooting D-Link APs provided in spare parts at a competition with the barrel connectors removed and tail of stranded wire soldered to the PCB. That wire should have a good mechanical strain relief and come with a ferrite RF choke to remove noise. This has been asked for at past events and in past years as well.

B. At least 1 low temperature coefficient resistive load (physically large resistor probably with fan/heatsink) that could be provided in spare parts at a competition with a maximum and minimum current monitor in series with it. It's value would draw the same current as the D-Link AP can draw maximum at all times. The current monitor limits are set using Ohm's Law (E = I x R) and the maximum and minimum voltage limits we need to characterize from the DC-DC converters we are using to power the D-Link AP.

I've asked 2 times to have this topic split (because I can't) so that this matter would not distract from the other valuable observations and suggestions but since it hasn't been done I'll post the detailed version elsewhere.

Suffice it to say I think this resolves Al's concerns as best as I understand his communications at this time. I'll post the link later when I have time. I think anyone that's really interested will figure my solution out from the minimum of detail I just provided.