[arm-allstar] WiFi RPI3BP problem

Fri Dec 7 09:09:24 EST 2018

Thanks Doug,

I think you guys are fantastic, do you ever sleep?  Wishing you all well
and all the best for the festive season.

Zvi

On Fri, 7 Dec 2018, 16:03 Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com wrote:

> Zvi,
>
>   Glad to hear you got it going.  This is why I recommend NOT using a
> static IP on the Pi but rather a reserved DHCP address on the router. It
> also makes it easier as everything is done in one place and for portable
> hotspot nodes you should always use DHCP. When you think of it just about
> everything we use today is DHCP and the only reason to use static on The
> Allstar Pi is for locking down port forwarding. Using DHCP and address
> reservation or static DHCP with port forwarding in the router this can be
> avoided.
>
> Also once you reserve an address in your router for the Pi it will stay
> the same no matter what software (OS) you use on that Pi. The DHCP address
> is determined by the MAC address but keep in mind that the Pi's wired and
> wireless have different MAC addresses and thus would be assigned different
> IP's.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 7:14 AM <zvi.serlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the advice, I have it working but discovered that if eth0 has
>> a
>> static ip
>> then wlan0 does not work . Switch eth0 to dhcp then wlan0
>> works ok. All ips are within the same subnet.
>>
>> Zvi
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Robert Forest via ARM-allstar"
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 5:39 PM
>> To: ARM Allstar
>> Cc: Robert Forest ; Doug Crompton
>> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] WiFi RPI3BP problem
>>
>> Just make sure that the it fits in with your IP scheme. If it has an IP
>> not
>> consistent with your other computers then it is not working.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 8:34 AM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Zvi,
>> >
>> > It you got an IP address (DHCP) on wan0 then the WIFI is working. The Pi
>> > has to communicate both ways with the router to get an IP address and
>> you
>> > have to setup WIFI to get this to happen. Are you disconnecting the
>> > Ethernet when you attempt this? You cannot have both connected! The
>> > network
>> > software gets very confused. Have you tried a different Pi? WIFI
>> > definitely
>> > works on the Pi3's with hamvoip as many including myself are using it.
>> >
>> >
>> > *73 Doug*
>> >
>> > *WA3DSP*
>> >
>> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 7:43 AM <zvi.serlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Doug,
>> > >
>> > > A complete fresh 1.5 download and installation produced the same
>> > > results.
>> > >
>> > > Ifconfig showing seperate ips and mac addresses for eth0 and wlan0 but
>> > > putty will not connect to ip:222 through wlan0.
>> > >
>> > > A quick test out with ping showed that the wlan0 did not appear to be
>> > > working
>> > > but was ok with the wired eth0. Beginning to look like a grade B item
>> > from
>> > > China
>> > > wrapped up in an RS components box.
>> > >
>> > > Regards
>> > >
>> > > Zvi
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar"
>> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 5:10 PM
>> > > To: ARM Allstar
>> > > Cc: Doug Crompton
>> > > Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] WiFi RPI3BP problem
>> > >
>> > > Zvi,
>> > >
>> > >   You did not say what image you were using for the Pi. Are you using
>> > V1.5
>> > > downloaded and updated from hamvoip.org? In that case you will use
>> the
>> > > menu
>> > > to setup WIFI for the Pi 3/3B+ and scan for SSID and enter passphrase.
>> > > There is nothing you need to load or setup for WIFI other than this.
>> > >
>> > > The Pi 2 has no built-in WIFI. Our WIFI support requires at least a
>> Pi 3
>> > > with internal WIFI. The Ethernet and the WIFI on the Pi 3 have
>> different
>> > > mac addresses so they will issue different IP addresses when using
>> DHCP.
>> > > The Pi 3B+ also has 5 GHz WIFI.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > *73 Doug*
>> > >
>> > > *WA3DSP*
>> > >
>> > > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 9:35 AM "zvi.serlin--- via ARM-allstar" <
>> > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Hi,
>> > > >
>> > > > A major problem with sea air and humidity lead to the demise of a
>> 10A
>> > > > power module (copper track dissolved) and
>> > > > failure of the USB ports on my RPI. Eventually the PSU was repaired
>> > and a
>> > > > RPI3BP (PI3 Mod B) arrived, I plugged in my original
>> > > > SD card and proceeded to check connections. Wired worked fine, wifi
>> > > > did
>> > > > not, so burned a new SD card and started again with
>> > > > the same results. My first assumption was that I had received a
>> faulty
>> > > RPI
>> > > > so I inserted an SD card for a KODI streamer and tried again.
>> > > > This time the wifi connection worked perfectly and I was able to
>> watch
>> > > > streamed video. So I know the wifi port works.
>> > > >
>> > > > Setting up the RPI again for Allstar ipconfig shows that wlan0 has
>> > picked
>> > > > up an ip address and scanning the router ports showed
>> > > > that the ip was there as well. In the meantime I am running allstar
>> on
>> > an
>> > > > older RPI32 which works fine. Any ideas as to the
>> > > > possible cause of the problem?
>> > > >
>> > > > Many thanks
>> > > >
>> > > > Zvi Serlin
>> > > > 4X1ZS
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