[arm-allstar] unstable WiFi connection on new rPi model 3 B node

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Comments that may help: I never needed to use a static ip address on home network. Pi hardware forces address via mac. I always turn off cat, via menu, if using wifi. This way if wifi drops, it does go to cat. You can look at your wifi signals. Picked least used ch used and change router setting to a better channel. Lots of wifi from neighbors. 
-------- Original message --------From: "Jim Kinter Jr. via ARM-allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> Date: 10/3/23  9:47 AM  (GMT-06:00) To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>, Don Backstrom - AA7AU via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> Cc: "Jim Kinter Jr." <Jim at k5ktf.com> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] unstable WiFi connection on new rPi model 3 B node I have a Pi3 mounted out in my laundry room, that I am running a power monitoring system on (has a custom hat board that takes input from 14 current transformers snapped onto the wires in my circuit breaker panel, displays Grafana graphs), and the last 2 weeks I have been fighting the same thing, wifi connects for a bit after boot, then drops never to reconnect until a I go power cycle the thing (I know thats bad, but dont want to drag a monitor/kbd to the laundry room each time/no switch close enough to plug in a network cable).Its irritating enough I am considering how to run a CAT6 to it from my network rack through the attic... (everything else on the estate is cabled)It was fine for months, then when I noticed it had somehow got a DHCP server turned on, I reconfig'd to use NMCLI vs DNSMasq (the monitoring system guy config'd the image), and thats when it started happening. .My Allstar node is cabled, 5 feet from the rack, so not seeing it there.73JimAt 09:58 AM 10/2/2023, Patrick Perdue via ARM-allstar wrote:>Greetings:>>I've had a Raspberry Pi running HamVoIP for years. The other day, I >did a fresh install. Due to my own stupid fault, the MicroSD card >died, and the backup image went missing.>>Anyway, this node had previously been very stable. Now, with the >same hardware other than a new MicroSD card and a new image of >HamVoIP, the WiFi drops anywhere from about 3 to 10 minutes after >the node boots and never comes back online.>>The old image was running a 4.19 kernel. This one is ... whatever >the latest image is. 5.4.something.>>The AP is a Ubiquiti U6 Lite. Signal strength is about -56 dBm when it works.>>I have a Raspberry Pi 3 model A Plus a few feet away from that one >on the same network that happily maintains connectivity forever.>>Just wondering if anyone has seen this kind of thing. Maybe time for >an external device to bridge Ethernet to WiFi, a new Pi, or both?>>73>>N2DYI>>_______________________________________________>>ARM-allstar mailing list>ARM-allstar at hamvoip.org>http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar>>Visit the BBB and RPi2/3/4 web page - http://hamvoip.org_______________________________________________ARM-allstar mailing listARM-allstar at hamvoip.orghttp://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstarVisit the BBB and RPi2/3/4 web page - http://hamvoip.org