Gerald, if you're looking at this thread. isn't 5.10v too much ? I would not bother mentioning it, except I remember some discussion on that a while back. . . .
@Marcos Can you list the things you have tried ? There are several known problems with the BBB and wifi. Ranging from hdmi interfering with the signal strength, to an antenna that is too close to the board which gets interfered with by the boards ground plane. Robert has made wifi recommendations in the past, and all the ones I remember looking at were priced at around $15 usd or less. On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Marcos Scriven <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Wally > > I should have mentioned I tried that too, as it's mentioned in the readme > for the open source driver I tried: > https://github.com/pvaret/rtl8192cu-fixes/blame/master/README.md#L62 > > > On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 5:19:39 PM UTC+1, Wally Bkg wrote: >> >> This is from 2013, but the Edimax dongle seems to have reliability issues >> on the Raspberry Pi as well as the BBB. This looks to be an easy solution >> to try: >> >> http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=44171&p=220622#p220593 >> >> >> >> On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 11:00:20 AM UTC-5, Marcos Scriven wrote: >>> >>> Thanks again Robert - I'll try disabling HDMI and emmc. >>> >>> However, would this not have been mitigated by using the powered USB hub >>> (where the dongle was thus much further away)? >>> >>> Is there any way to tell what's actually happening without some >>> expensive diagnostic kit here, or is it just a case of trial and error? >>> >>> I'm also going to try the combination of >>> https://github.com/pvaret/rtl8192cu-fixes DKMS, with the 5V connector >>> on (as it didn't seem to make a difference with the powered hub) >>> >>> On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 4:51:07 PM UTC+1, RobertCNelson wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Marcos Scriven <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Robert >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the responses. I hope I didn't make it sound like I was >>>>> demanding a new version of Kamikaze from Elias! I understand the whole >>>>> reason for Kamikaze is that it 'just works' out of the box with the >>>>> Replicape - the conundrum for me is whether I try and start with your >>>>> image >>>>> with a newer kernel (in the hope it has better kernel support for my wifi >>>>> dongle), and repeat some of Elias's setup, or start with Kamikaze, and try >>>>> and get a dynamic module working (which might not even work, and be a >>>>> wasted effort if it works in a newer kernel). >>>>> >>>>> Thanks to the joys of Amazon Prime Now, have ordered a 5v multi >>>>> adapter, and unfortunately seeing the same behaviour. The voltage seems to >>>>> be pretty stable at 5.10v: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KMeNMJN8Zjs/V0MeYDK8_BI/AAAAAAABKuI/jMP4dFdl3uoe1mdpl1wDblhFLlGEwDD1QCLcB/s1600/IMG_1143.JPG> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I agree it 'smells like a power problem', but still getting the same >>>>> issue with a 5V adapter. >>>>> >>>> The other issue with that setup, the wifi antenna is really close to >>>> the HDMI interface.. >>>> >>>> From: /boot/uEnv.txt >>>> >>>> Either disable both the hdmi & emmc via: >>>> >>>> dtb=am335x-boneblack-overlay.dtb >>>> >>>> Or just disable the hdmi via: >>>> >>>> dtb=am335x-boneblack-emmc-overlay.dtb >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Robert Nelson >>>> https://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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/9d0ef660-c830-40db-901d-3a5b5ece39f8%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/9d0ef660-c830-40db-901d-3a5b5ece39f8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALHSORoh1xQd9yzy4%2BB7GGzTSvGsXhRPUj7jhJoU0ZWYxM00SQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
