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Originally Posted by Racer26
4 years of FRC experience with 2.4/5GHz wifi a/g/n has taught me that its an unreliable standard. Delays to matches are common. Sometimes robots refuse to connect, and they often drop connection mid match, PLUS, being such a widely accepted standard, with a large range of compatible devices, it opens the door to attacks such as what happened at Einstein 2012. They also experience issues because we're using consumer-grade electronics that were never designed for the sort of dynamic loading environment an FRC bot creates. We're using routers that were intended to sit under peoples desks at home and never move.
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What you're saying was true for previous years, but the work that went into improving things for 2013 really seemed to pay off.
At the two events I CSAed at, there were no issues in qualification or elimination matches with radio root causes. We routinely ran ahead of schedule. And the third regional (week 2) I mentored at also ran ahead of schedule.
The very fact that parts are rumored to be being re-used may be sufficient reason for the rule-makers to change a rule to prevent the re-use of that very part (not that they would ever be that devious!) - dlavery [more] 
15-08-2013, 20:23
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