Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] 5G Wifi dongle recommendations for Pi Zero

2020-08-01 Thread Toonie
Hi Paul, Many thanks for your comments. I had a look for the dongle you suggested. One thing I noticed, is that it doesn't feature the same kind of large external antenna that some others have, EG the one I had found. So will this offer a significant boost to wifi reception over the Pi Zero W's

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] 5G Wifi dongle recommendations for Pi Zero

2020-07-25 Thread paul-
The tough thing is that nobody tells you which chipset is in the device when you buy it. I use this one edimax ew-7811utc There are others, but I could not tell you the brand and model number, I could only give you driver names. piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Ho

[SlimDevices: Unix] 5G Wifi dongle recommendations for Pi Zero

2020-07-25 Thread Toonie
Hi, I have been a very satisfied user of PCP for a few years now, and have 5 Pi Zero Ws (w/ Justboom Amp pHAT). This set-up works really will, however I am starting to have wifi issues again. I have the wifi channel set manually on my router (Ch. 13 seems to work best for me). However the wifi u