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With the standard setting, each launch of the DS will check and configure the NIC.

Does the DS, like the netsh command, also require admin privileges in order to configure the NIC?

Does the DS get the info it needs (to configure the NIC) from the information contained in the FRC DS Data Storage.ini file? If so, do I need to edit that file to put the team number and ip address info in there? (I looked, and that info is not presently in there).

If you would like to reset the IP after running the DS, you should be able to invoke the script "FRC Restore My Network Settings.bat" which is located in the Public Users Public Documents folder next to the ini file.

The BAT file uses netsh to read the original settings from the text file FRC Original Network Settings Dump.txt. Do I need to edit that txt file to put the original settings into it? (I looked at the file, and it doesn't look like it has the original settings in it).

If you do not want the DS to configure the IP, you can update the ini file to contain a line setting the value of
NICName = <noNICConfig>

OK, I'm guessing that this is what I would do if I wanted to use the netsh command to change the settings, yes?