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Unread 07-02-2014, 07:44
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Re: Ethernet port on robot

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Originally Posted by rsegrest View Post
I am not sure where they are talking about burying the router that this is necessary (we have not fully discussed their reasoning yet as they proposed this close to time to go home last night). They just kept saying, 'but it would be soooo much safer'.
This is more of a bad idea from the standpoint of connectivity than that of damage. The AP has two antennas that communicate with the field wireless router. It needs both of the antennas in the clear, away from noise generators and metal, to maximize bandwidth connection in both directions. Low and inside is good for baseball and bad for the AP.
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