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Re: Spikes and solenoids randomly hiccups when controlling over wireless

UPDATE: Started measuring packet loss to the cRIO through the DS Log, and found out that whenever the hiccups occur, packets are lost, so we confirm that it is packet loss. We ran the "ping" command in such a way that it pings infinitely until we stop it, and we also saw that the lost packets were actually returned, just after a significantly longer time. We fiddled around with the router settings by changing the bandwidth to Auto 20/40 MHz, changed the WiFi channel being used, isolated the DS connection by disconnecting the other dev laptop, and updated our Driver Station's Wi-Fi drivers. We've also taken away the D-Link from the robot and the hiccups still happened, so the idea of electronic interference is starting to become less plausible, but I'm still considering it. We turned off all the power saving settings for our DS too. Any more ideas of what might be causing this hiccup?