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Originally Posted by Thad House

The mDNS SmartDashboard issue cost us a match thursday at champs. I hope they can figure that and maybe a few other mDNS issues out for next year. Having to restart Driver Stations when running back to back matches is sometimes very odd.

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

I saw lots of teams with lots of control system issues this year. None of them was really the fault of the control system itself. When the instructions are followed by someone who actually pays attention to them, and who is not sloppy with the wiring, things just work. The roboRIO's web console is great, and the rework of the DS-to-robot communication protocol seemed to make a positive difference in connectivity. I just wish Windows weren't so unpredictable in how it deals with switching between networks with and without DNS active.

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I completely agree with both of these quotes.

What I believe would make a huge improvement to the quirkiness of mDNS is to put a "Restart mDNS" button on the DS. It would give all users a really quick way to connect to the field and RR. Restarting the DS, changing the team number and changing it back, disabling and re-enabling the NIC all work, but they are all more difficult processes than what is needed.