Raspberry Pi 3B+ Wi-Fi help

bourneendboy
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Raspberry Pi 3B+ Wi-Fi help Jun 15, 2020 7:29:45 GMT

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Post by bourneendboy on Jun 15, 2020 7:29:45 GMT

Just need a bit of advice regarding Wi-Fi.

I have a RP and an Allo Boss v1.2 in a Allo aluminium case, all was working perfectly until I moved it upstairs and now have intermittent connection issues - sometimes Volumio will connect, more often than not it won't.

I can't get an ethernet cable to it, so was thinking about adding a Wi-Fi dongle to help improve things.

Is this likely to help?

Can anyone recommend one?

Is it easy to set up?

Cheers for any help

Allo Boss Player / NJC Audio Reference Headphone Amp / Sennheiser HD600

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Raspberry Pi 3B+ Wi-Fi help Jun 15, 2020 7:56:04 GMT

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Post by MartinT on Jun 15, 2020 7:56:04 GMT

The RPi 3 doesn't have fantastic Wi-Fi reception and putting it in an aluminium case isn't going to help.

Either put it in a plastic case or get a dongle, but be sure to amend the config for the external wi-fi and turn the internal one off.

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bourneendboy Rank: Trio Posts: 105	Raspberry Pi 3B+ Wi-Fi help Jun 15, 2020 8:31:03 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bourneendboy on Jun 15, 2020 8:31:03 GMT Thanks Martin. Is it easy to reconfigure for a dongle?
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MartinT Administrator Posts: 54,799	Raspberry Pi 3B+ Wi-Fi help Jun 15, 2020 9:04:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MartinT on Jun 15, 2020 9:04:09 GMT It's easy but you will need PuTTY or another SSH terminal to modify the config parameters. You'll have to look them up depending on which dongle you buy.
	TP-Link MR-600 router > Uptone EtherREGEN reclocker > Sonore Signature Rendu SE streamer > Coherent modded Gustard U18 DDC > Gustard X26 Pro DAC > Belles SA-100 power amp > Usher Dancer Be-20 speakers. 2 x AfterDark master clocks. PS Audio P3 & P12 regenerators. 2 x Uptone JS-2 & Coherent QP-2 LPSUs.

bourneendboy Rank: Trio Posts: 105	Raspberry Pi 3B+ Wi-Fi help Jun 15, 2020 9:05:42 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bourneendboy on Jun 15, 2020 9:05:42 GMT Thanks Martin!
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Post by bourneendboy on Jun 15, 2020 7:29:45 GMT

Post by MartinT on Jun 15, 2020 7:56:04 GMT

Post by bourneendboy on Jun 15, 2020 8:31:03 GMT

Post by MartinT on Jun 15, 2020 9:04:09 GMT

Post by bourneendboy on Jun 15, 2020 9:05:42 GMT