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Re: "No Comms"

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Originally Posted by NickE View Post
Actually, we found that orientation can be a huge issue. When we had teams in for our pre-ship practice day and scrimmage, one team had mounted their WGA sideways. Midway through a practice match, they lost comms and did not regain comms for the remainder of the match. Upon later troubleshooting, it was found that rotating the WGA 90° while keeping it in the same position allowed the WGA to connect to the field network again.

It seems that in very close proximity to the router, the orientation does not matter much. However, as the robots get farther away (it was still less than 30 feet, unobstructed, from the router), the orientation matters. We found that it is best to place the WGA on a flat plane (bottom of WGA parallel to ground)
I see that the Linksys documentation shows that you can see its signal strength in the setup Status page. This would allow you to see what orientation gives the best performance. I did a quick search online and saw several posts on DirectTV and gaming forums that suggested that orientation affects bit rate, but nothing that said if there was an optimum configuration.
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