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Re: WiFi in pits

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Originally Posted by kirtar View Post
What I'm saying is that regardless of the rules, there were several wireless networks which existed at Buckeye. I think two of them were probably pre-existing networks associated with the venue, but several of them were not. There were many computer-to-computer networks which were obviously not supposed to exist (such as a team ____ laptop connect). Had FIRST simply scanned for networks, they would have found some interesting stuff. I was only using an a/b/g card to scan, but somebody else had an a/b/g/n which picked up over 100 networks at one point.
FIRST does scan for networks continuously, and sets up their own networks accordingly. The fact that we can coexist with existing infrastructure shouldn't be a surprise.

Also note that the field creates and destroys 6 networks each match.

Lastly, note that FIRST has merely asked that we don't contribute possible interference: NOT that all possible interference must be eliminated. "They did X so I can too" is an invalid argument, because interference is additive (and severely non-linear).

We've had many industry heavy-weights weigh in on this (including one who leads one of the 802.11 task groups), and the decision has been made to be cautious.

Lets not go down the "they can't enforce it so I'm going to do it any way" path. Even if they can't enforce it, it is a really skeezy thing to do. If they can enforce it, do you really need to be the one that finds out how?

Some jerk decided to interfere with the IR transceivers last year. He attempted to screw up several matches before being "firmly asked" to leave. Don't be him.