Hi Tom, On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 11:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Arun, > > On 02/05/2016 09:16, Arun Khan wrote: >> >> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > [..snip..] > >> >> The situation is much worse now. "rescan" does not show any AP. >> >> I put in a cron entry to reboot the RasPi every 2 hours, it worked for >> a day or two. Today even a reboot would not restore the WiFi >> connection. I just shut the unit OFF! >> >> As mentioned in my OP, the USB WiFi dongle is "Realtek Semiconductor >> Corp. RTL8188CUS >> 802.11n WLAN Adapter" >> >> Any pointers where to start looking would be much appreciated. > > > All issues I have had like this before with my RasPis has *always* been > power related. I've had them work for months and then start getting network > issues until I can not connect to an AP anymore. Replace the PSU, and once a > USB/microUSB cable, and the Pi is working like a charm again. I must say > though that I have been using the cheapish PSUs from "east" and it seems > these fail over time. >
Visited the list today and saw a couple of responses to my question. Indeed, power supply was one of the issue. It was supposed to be a premium quality (came with the RasPi kit from Amazon). Nonethelsss, I got busy with other work and have not an opportunity to try out another PSU. Thanks for the heads up though. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ openwrt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users
