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Correct Robot Network Architecture

My team has been experiencing remarkably long connection times and significant communication latency once connected (only on the vision feed, no input lag to speak of).

My question is simply what the correct setup for the robot side of the network should be.

Currently both ports of the radio are occupied
-One port is connected directly to the RoboRio
-The other is connected to an unmanaged switch (D-Link GO-SW-5G)

The switch has two of five ports occupied
-One port is connected to the radio
-One port is connected to the camera (Axis 1013)

Is this the most correct configuration?

Are there any device configuration settings that we may be overlooking that could help resolve this issue? I've read the WPI "Networking at the event" PDF.

It occurs to me, we might consider making the switch central with the radio, roborio, and camera all connected to it using a single port on the radio for communication.

Additionally, the Axis Camera is currently set up not using a static IP and I wonder if it would be worthwhile to switch back to using a static IP?

Any help anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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