You might try an extension cable on the USB dongle or standoffs. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#WIFI_Adapters
Gerald On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Bruce Skelly <[email protected]> wrote: > Ever since I received my BBB A5A, I've had trouble getting WiFi to work. > Or rather I should say work consistently. > > I am using an external power source rated at 5V, 1A through the barrel > jack. I've also tried using a 5V 2.4A power source through the mini USB > jack. I've tried Angstrom, and am currently running Debian 7.8 > > The behavior is that the board boots well, and from dmesg I see the > following messages. > > [ 11.690302] rtl8192cu 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface > > [ 11.690327] rtl8192cu 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id > > [ 11.729916] rtl8192cu: Chip version 0x10 > > [ 12.339530] rtl8192cu: MAC address: 00:13:ef:71:14:7f > > [ 12.339561] rtl8192cu: Board Type 0 > > [ 12.339681] rtlwifi: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1 > > [ 12.342293] rtl8192cu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin > > [ 12.342701] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu > > [ 12.391585] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc' > > [ 12.393155] rtlwifi: wireless switch is on > > [ 17.866425] rtl8192cu: MAC auto ON okay! > > [ 17.946662] rtl8192cu: Tx queue select: 0x05 > > Everything runs perfectly for any where from a couple of hours to a day or > so, then it locks up. Light on the WiFi USB dongle stops blinking, and all > the lights on the BBB are static. > > > Has anyone had anything like this happen? Is this a known problem? I've > tried several different USB WiFi dongles. I have multiple Raspberry Pi > running, and I haven't had this problem with them. > > > Does anyone have any suggestions on what to try? > > > Thanks. > > > Bruce > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Gerald [email protected] http://beagleboard.org/ -- 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/d/optout.
