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Re: mdns won't work with new radio
Microsoft Windows doesn't support mDNS by default. The National Instruments installer will add mDNS support. If you are running SmartDashboard on a PC that hasn't had the driver station installed, then this might be the problem.

The test for this problem is with the "ping" program run from your command line. If you can ping to the IP address but not to the mDNS address, then you're missing the mDNS software.

The solution is to install Bonjour Print Services from Apple. Really. Some of our students are incredulous that they need Apple software to talk to the robot, but yeah, they do.