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Re: DS and robot through home router 2017

I have to correct what I wrote before.
The SSID on each of the Bridges will have to be the same as the SSID of the AP.
That makes the Bridges connect to the AP of the same name.
The right way to handle it is with a managed switch or an AP supporting SSIDs for each unique team number.

So, using the FRC Radio Configuration tool to set each robot radio to the same team number, and giving the AP the same SSID would allow them to connect.
However, this might cause some problems, since the Tool will also give all the radios the same IP number. We can't use a browser to set the SSID separately, which would be the preference. I'd have to experiment to see if there is an easy way around this conflict.


If you have last years AN bridges and last season's FRC Radio Tool, then you could use it to set the old firmware and the unique team numbers, then browse to change just the SSID to make it a common one.

Your robots can be set up with different team numbers than the Bridge it uses.
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