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Re: Wireless in pits
I have no problem with this rule... excluding Wi-Fi routers from the pit areas because of possible affect on robots competing on the field... what I don't understand is the technical need for this... maybe someone here can help...
If too many Wi-Fi signals interfere with the FMS, shouldn't the Wi-Fi also be disabled on individual laptops (used to program robot in the pits) and smart-phones (in the pits and viewing stands)?
The Wi-FI signal on almost all laptops/smart phones turns on automatically, the way I understand it, and is broadcasting with no termination point until you select a router to send/receive with... but, even without a router to terminate to, the laptops and smart phones are sending a Wi-Fi signal out to the ether unless you disable the Wi-Fi hardware on-board...
Can someone more knowledgeable than me clear this up? THANKS! ;-)
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Last edited by Michael Blake : 27-03-2011 at 19:59.
Reason: Grammar
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I guess my point is, let's see how it plays out before we condemn it to failure. - Chris Hibner [more] 
27-03-2011, 18:19
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