Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)

2021-09-01 Thread P Nelson
POMdev wrote: > > > (For testing, which sounds advanced, if you want to retain or expand the > script's logging capability, you could disable the script's > RestartNetwork() function by adding "return" as the first line.) For me, no testing that I would call advanced. I wanted to turn off

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)

2021-09-01 Thread te36
POMdev wrote: > Briefly: WiFi-6 and mesh are disrupting (incompatible with) the radio's > WiFi chip firmware. For a history of the investigation into this issue, > start 'here' > (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?111663-Community-Build-Radio-Firmware=988206=1#post988206) > and keep

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)

2021-09-01 Thread POMdev
te36 wrote: > This looks like a possible life saver for my radios, thanks a lot for > this. But i would like to better understand what is really going on: > - What is the root cause for the problem, e.g.: why do the radios loose > wifi ? and not reconnect... Briefly: WiFi=6 and mesh are

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)

2021-09-01 Thread POMdev
P Nelson wrote: > Is there a way to to turn off wlanpoke? I want to turn it off for some > testing. Removing the rcS.local file and rebooting will restore your radio to nearly its original state. You can still manually launch the script. Besides that, depending on what you want to do, there

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)

2021-09-01 Thread te36
This looks like a possible life saver for my radios, thanks a lot for this. But i would like to better understand what is really going on: - What is the root cause for the problem, e.g.: why do the radios loose wifi ? and not reconnect. I can not even force the radio to reconnect with the menu

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio no longer powers on

2021-09-01 Thread isolli
And... we have a winner! You were right to challenge my guess, that the power button was somehow to blame. This was not the behavior you'd expect from a "soft-press" button. The charger was indeed faulty. Luckily, I had another 18V charger lying around, and that did the trick. Cherry on the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio no longer powers on

2021-09-01 Thread Redrum
@Ian - The fact that you can hold the power button down and all is well, makes no sense to me. The switch appears to be momentary, not maintain. So after thinking about it, I thought of something unlikely, but maybe possible. The power supplies tend to fail over time, but also, with the booms

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio no longer powers on

2021-09-01 Thread agbagb
isolli wrote: > Thanks for all the replies! Time for an update. > > I removed the battery. It changed nothing to the problem I described. > The battery might be dead, but the problem seems to be with the power > button. > > I am in the same situation as bstrulo: I recently took the radio out