[mythtv-users] Raspberry Pi 3 WiFi

[Douglas Sargent]

the cool thing about your suggestion is that you can use Wifi AC freq.
Ubuntu has no support for USB dongles on AC. Granted the antenna on the
dongles is shitty, so your suggestion even makes better sense as you get
better antennas on it.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote:

> 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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