[arm-allstar] WIFI won't stay connected

[Patrick Perdue]

Chris:

I had the same problem with an rPi 3 model B onboard WiFi. Rather than 
using a USB dongle, I decided to use a WiFi to Ethernet bridge instead. 
Works great, and the operating system has no idea it's on WiFi.

If you do want to disable the onboard WiFi and use a USB dongle, though, 
add the following line to your /boot/config.txt:

dtoverlay=disable-wifi

then reboot your Pi.
If the WiFi dongle is supported by the Linux kernel (pretty much 
everything is these days), then it is now the hardware interface for 
wlan0. If you were to leave the onboard WiFi enabled, then the new 
dongle would be wlan1.

HTH.
73
N2DYI

On 4/19/2024 12:23 PM, Chris Z via ARM-allstar wrote:
> Running a PI 3B+ with a fresh install.
> The previous install kept disconnecting from my WIFI so I thought I'd start
> over.
> Same problem.
> Iwconfig reports good signal on the connection, -49 to -60DB typical.
> Still every few minutes the system reboots because it lost connection.
> If I attach the ethernet cable it stays up.
> I considered trying a USB dongle but don't know how to force the on-board
> WIFI to turn off and use the dongle instead.
> I have one that should work since iwconfig shows a wlan1 if I plug it in.
> So, how can I stop the constant reboots?
> How can I switch the system to use the dongle?
> If all of that finally works is there a good way to make sure the ethernet
> port is off?
>
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