[mythtv-users] Raspberry Pi 3 WiFi

[Joseph Fry]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 2:31 PM Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

Not sure if you were responding to me, or the thread in general.

My suggestion was to pick up a cheap ethernet to wireless bridge, and
connect the PI to it using ethernet.

Basically, using the bridge as you would a wireless dongle... no real
advantage over a usb wireless adapter except perhaps driver support, usb
bus speeds (though I think the ethernet port shares the usb bus?), no power
draw on the pi, and you can place the bridge in a better location for
signal or aesthetic reasons.
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