Ethernet port on robot

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by rsegrest

Which is what we have typically done. I am not sure where they are talking about burying the router that this is necessary (we have not fully discussed their reasoning yet as they proposed this close to time to go home last night). They just kept saying, 'but it would be soooo much safer'.

Thank you to everyone who responded and we will take your suggestions under advisement.

It is safer... a few years ago before we started doing this, our programming team managed to bust enough of the ports to kill 2 radios, just through practice/test while tethered on the practice field. With an adapter in the middle (properly supported, of course), you'll bust the adapter, not the radio - and the adapter only costs a buck or two.