On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Marvin Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > I posted, or thought I posted a problem this morning with my WiFi adapter > not working when plugged directly into my BeagleBone Black but working fine > when plugged in through an unpowered hub. It is running Ubuntu 13.04 > (GNU/Linux 3.8.13-bone28 armv7l. > > OK - more on this story. I just discovered it doesn't have to be a hub but > an USB extension cable also lets it work. This particular cable is 10' long. > I don't see how it could be a power issue. If anything a 10' extension cable > would supply even less power to the adapter. It's almost as if the BBB > itself is soaking up the signal from this little miniature WiFi adapter. > > Any ideas? One might suspect it's just intermittent. But after lots of > testing, I can say it's rock solid plugged into either an extension cable or > an unpowered hub. On the other hand, it only works about 5% of the time > plugged in directly.
Just use a short extension, this issue seems to crop up with el-cheapo wifi usb devices on this list from time to time.. Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
