Can't get static ip to work-HELP!!!!!!(need ASAP for tomorrow)

[sanelss]

So we are using a onboard windows 8.1 tablet to do vision processing. The tablet sends udp packets to both the roborio, and the driver station. However there is a major issue on the real field, it can't communicate!

In our pre competition setup it was working all just fine, and on the practice field it also works fine with hostnames(so sending packets to "st-robot" on port 5801 and "roboRIO-1658-FRC.local" on port 5802). however when we are out on the real field the hostnames can't be resolved so our vision doesn't work.

We then tried to set everything as a static ip, but here's the kicker, we can't reach the roborio once we set its ip to 10.16.58.2. we tried subnet mask 255.0.0.0, 255.255.255.0, filling in the gateway and dns or leaving default. once we set it to static, and power cycle it, it can't be pinged. HOWEVER, the driver station software itself has all green lights! So even though I can't ping it from the driver station laptop, the driver station software is still communicating with it....

On the other end, when everything is set to static, I can ping the vision tablet from driver station and vice versa which is half of what we need, but we also need the other half. I can't ping the roborio from either the vision tablet or driver station, but the driver station software is connected to it.. it's not so important to be able to ping the roborio from the driver station but how can i send udp packets to it from the vision tablet??? dns names don't resolve and the static ip has no response...


We have been trouble shooting this with CSA, FTA and a few other people pretty much all day from morning until we were dragged out the door. and it cost us the entire day... and tomorrow we have real matches....

PLEASE HELP SOMEONE!!! ANYONE!!!!

As stated we were working with the CSA guy the ENTIRE day and once matches were over we worked with the FTA guys for a few hours as well and they were even remotely talking to someone over skype even higher up..... still the same issue!!!!

Just don't say to reimage the radio, reconfigure the radio, reimage the roborio, or the like.... did that for hours on end already