Using the "Team Use" TCP ports

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Thanks for your replies guys!

I thought static IP addresses could only be given through the router, which is reset at the beginning of competitions, but assigning it through the roboRIO will do the trick.

About the port numbers, I saw that the server code running on the roboRIO opens a new port for incoming connections, which would most likely end up being blocked by the firewall. Would it make more sense to wait for a connection on the driver station end? That would allow the port for outbound connections from the roboRIO to be known and assigned to. I'm not super experienced with network code, but optimally I'll find a way to make a P2P connection.

As for network tables, I decided against them because, as I understand it, you would need an additional library to access them. Network tables also come with bandwidth overhead, and I've run into a race condition with them before.

Thanks again!