I run an RPi 4B/8G with external USB SSD drive; I do this because my uSD
cards were getting worn out after about a year of use; I've had no such
problems with my Samsung 870 EVO nor Samsung SSD T7.
I use the built-in GigE adaptor on the RPi 4B, because it's convenient as I
have wired ethernet most places. So I can't help with WiFi.
I have been running an RPi 3 from a Lexar 64B Thumb Drive since June 2019 -
no problem there, either.
-Mike
-Mike
On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 2:04 PM Thomas D. Dean <tomd...@wavecable.com>
wrote:
> On 4/20/24 13:16, Michael van Elst wrote:
> > tomd...@wavecable.com ("Thomas D. Dean") writes:
> >
> >> # wpa_cli status
> >> Selected interface 'bwfm0'
> >> 21:58:44.815: bssid=60:38:e0:db:a9:7a
> >> freq=0
> >> ssid=tddhome
> >> id=0
> >> mode=station
> >> pairwise_cipher=TKIP
> >> group_cipher=TKIP
> >> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> >> wpa_state=GROUP_HANDSHAKE
> >> ip_address=169.254.135.120
> >> address=e4:5f:01:da:eb:46
> >
> >> I don't understand where the inet 169.254.135.120 comes from. The router
> >> pool is 192.168.1.xxx.
> >
> > 169.254.x.x is a "link local" address. dhcpcd falls back to such an
> > address, if it doesn't get an answer from a dhcp server. Apparently
> > wpa_supplicant cannot connect to the network.
> >
> >> wpa_state=GROUP_HANDSHAKE
> >
> > says that it still tries to associate. When it's done this would
> > change to COMPLETED.
> >
>
> I have two RPi 4b's. One with NetBSD 10 on an SD card and the other with
> RPi OS on a USB flash drive. (I can not get NetBSD to boot from a flash
> drive)
>
> As far as I can tell the network configurations are the same for WIFI on
> both. I see comments on the web about NetBSD 10 problems with the bwfm
> device.
>
> I need WIFI. So, I go back to RPi OS.
>
> Thanks for all the replies.
>
> Tom Dean
>
