[mythtv-users] Raspberry Pi 3 WiFi

Greg Oliver oliver.greg at gmail.com
Tue Sep 27 18:30:56 UTC 2016


On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:

> You could always use a wireless to Ethernet bridge... for under $20 at
> amazon you can grab a "TP-Link TL-WA701ND 150Mbps Wireless Lite N Access
> Point, with 1x 3dBi Antenna"... for a few dollars more they make faster
> ones.   Not much more expensive than a usb adapter, but it does mean
> another wallwart.  Probably cheaper and more reliable than powerline (I
> hate powerline, so I am biased).
>
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 3:59 PM Jon Heizer <jheizer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Douglas Sargent <dbsargent at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > make it simple, use powerline. TP makes some cheap units
>>>
>>> Yes, use powerline unless you have xDSL for your internet, or there are
>>> any neighbours within 1/4 mile, or you use a radio or TV.
>>>
>>> Yes that's sarcasm. PLT is just so wrong on for so many reasons - mainly
>>> that by design it turns your house wiring into a transmitter sprays huge
>>> amounts of interference over a wide area and a wide frequency range. The
>>> only way they get allowed as legal is to deliberately test them in a mode
>>> that's barely one step up from "switched off".
>>>
>>> http://www.ban-plt.org.uk
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I built a digital picture frame out of a pi3 and all I can say after a
>> few nights research is some people have issues with it being slow, dropped
>> packets, crazy ping times, etc, and others it is fine.  I couldn't even
>> pull a 3-5MB picture to it every 20 seconds without it falling behind.
>> People say its built in antenna is tiny and horrible and to just use an
>> external dongle anyway.  In my case I ended up dynamically resizing the
>> pictures before pulling them over the network.  Sad that it was required,
>> but it was my work around.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>
Having used the new Pi3 with built-in wifi, all I can tell you is that
unless you are next to your router, you need to solder an antenna onto the
main board.  If you are uneasy with that, then I recommend getting a USB
wifi adapter.  I still cannot believe Pi put a board out without a damn
external antenna connector, but for $35 you cannot really complain where
they cut corners :).  With a soldered on antenna, they perform *much*
better.
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