2013 Robot Bridge-Rev B Only

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

You answered your own question... "typically" isn't good enough. Having a single team create a mobile hotspot on 5 GHz could be enough to disrupt play. Likewise, having laptops that support 5GHz attempting to create local networks could cause issues as well.

It's generally considered better in situations like this to put a blanket ban out there instead of trusting everyone present to be able to know the difference. Simply removing as many possible points of failure is just good practice, and one of those points of failure is the audiences knowledge of wireless devices.

Of note, At the last off-season event I was at, my new 5 GHz iPhone 5 could detect the field AP, while older devices without 5GHz could not (I looked out of curiosity after reading the Einstein report, though I made no attempts to access the field with it!).

Indeed. For the same reason that Apple, Microsoft etc now ask all attending press to disable their hotspots during press conferences/demos.

That's really interesting (naturally there are tons of people with iPhone 5's now so I hope everyone exercises GP and self restraint).

On another note...I wonder if there has been any talk to release an updated FMS Lite. At all of the non-official events I've been to, field problems are incredibly persistent, and I hope that the changes and improvements brought to official competitions can benefit off-season events as well.