Need help reconfiguring wireless network equipment

Technical Technical Discussion
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I was a new coach as of last year, and the guy that had been volunteering since previous years is no longer with us. He knew how to program the wireless equipment so everything would communicate, I do not.

We have a Linksys WRT160N V3 connected by a network cable to our 2GoPC. We had a DAP-1522 connected to the cRio on the robot, and this had worked previously.

A kid took it upon himself to reset both devices, so we are at a loss reconfiguring them to communicate with each other. We also received the new DAP-1522 this year anyways.

I have reconfigured our Linksys to use the IP address 10.32.97.4, and set our D-Link up with the config utilty from FIRST to 10.32.97.1. The switch on the back is set to 2.4 GHz AP.

I am able to ping the Linksys, but I can’t ping the D-Link.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/3120/m/8559/l/91405-programming-your-radio-for-home-use

3

You’re trying to connect 2 routers to each other. You can either put the D-Link in Bridge mode to connect to the Linksys, or get rid of the Linksys and use the Classmate’s integrated Wi-Fi to connect straight to the D-Link.

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You have one too many routers now. The Linksys is no longer necessary.

  1. Disconnect the Linksys WRT160N
  2. Did you run the FRC Bridge Config Utility with a blank for the WPA key? Blank is easiest.
  3. Turn wireless on in your Classmate and set the wireless IP to 10.32.97.9, netmask 255.0.0.0 (or let the Driver Station do it for you)
    *]On the Classmate you will have to connect to the robot wireless network. It should show up as your team number: 3297