d-link bridge

[jackdawg]

i managed to fix it. the settings told me to set it to the 5ghz band but i think that if for the 2011 netbook. set it to 2.4 and now it works.

thanks anyway

[Mark McLeod]

Thanks for letting us know what the problem was.
Glad you solved it.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by jackdawg

i managed to fix it. the settings told me to set it to the 5ghz band but i think that if for the 2011 netbook. set it to 2.4 and now it works.

thanks anyway

I'm curious what part of How to configure your radio, Rev A made you set it to 5ghz. I'm sure FIRST would appreciate the feedback on how to make the document more clear, because they intend you to set it to 2.4ghz for team us as an access point.

[aturczynski]

i've been having troubles with the dlink, when trying to set it up i can get it onto the dlink page and did change the wireless setting

and i also tried changing the network settings but when i tried to save them the computer kicked me off the page and has not let me back on the dlink page

can anyone help? PLEASE?

[Mark McLeod]

Sounds normal.

When you change the DLink IP address, your PC will no longer be able to communicate with it. So the Saving settings page will never return,because it's trying to load the old IP address that doesn't exist anymore.

In addition, they wouldn't be able to communicate even at the new DLink IP address, because suddenly your PC and the DLink are on two different incompatible networks.

After you click save settings that change the DLink IP address you need to go change your PC IP address to 10.xx.yy.5 again.
Then browse to the DLink's new IP address at 10.xx.yy.1

[aturczynski]

thanks

[WizenedEE]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

After you click save settings that change the DLink IP address you need to go change your PC IP address to 10.xx.yy.5 again.

The radio configuration manual said something about having the IP address of the programming computer above 10; is that not needed?

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Then browse to the DLink's new IP address at 10.xx.yy.1

Is it necessary to go back there to change things? Or is it just in case you want to mess around with stuff.

[MagiChau]

Originally Posted by WizenedEE

The radio configuration manual said something about having the IP address of the programming computer above 10; is that not needed?

You just have to pick an IP that is not used by another device. A high number practically guarentees there will be no IP conflicts since cRIO uses .2, DriverStation default to .5 etc.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by WizenedEE

The radio configuration manual said something about having the IP address of the programming computer above 10; is that not needed?

What he said.
Anything .6 and above is free and clear.

Originally Posted by WizenedEE

Is it necessary to go back there to change things? Or is it just in case you want to mess around with stuff.

No, you're right. You'd only go back there to make sure you can see it at the new address. It gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling.

There is often some fiddling with straightening out the IP addresses on the Classmate to switch the Driver Station application between the wireless and wired networks. You have to make sure the wired network adaptor IP address is different than the wireless IP address. Only one of them can be .5
And you have to make sure the Driver Station app. doesn't keep trying to use the old one.

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

No, you're right. You'd only go back there to make sure you can see it at the new address. It gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling.

There is often some fiddling with straightening out the IP addresses on the Classmate to switch the Driver Station application between the wireless and wired networks. You have to make sure the wired network adaptor IP address is different than the wireless IP address. Only one of them can be .5
And you have to make sure the Driver Station app. doesn't keep trying to use the old one.

It's kind of hard to follow the exact steps taken through this thread, but I think after you change the DLINK and COMPUTER IP addressses, you do need to switch the DLINK into AP mode, browse to the DLINK address and change the frequency of the radio to 2.4GHz.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Anything .6 and above is free and clear.

Our Driver Station likes to set itself to .9 when on the robot wireless network.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Our Driver Station likes to set itself to .9 when on the robot wireless network.

I just noticed that this weekend.
I wonder how it decides to do this?
Maybe if .5 is already taken? Have to experiment if Greg McKaskle doesn't tell us.

That could cause unusual problems for teams using laptops as competition Driver Stations.
Something to watch out for on practice day.

[Greg McKaskle]

If the DS is managing the NIC, it will add .5 to the LAN NIC and .9 to the wifi NIC. If you plug into the field, the laptop should use the wired route, but if it were me, I'd turn off wireless anyway.

Greg McKaskle