Subj : Re: Dual wifi connections in Bookworm To : Lawrence D'Oliveiro From : bp@www.zefox.net Date : Sun Nov 24 2024 20:58:42 Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 18:50:55 -0000 (UTC), bp wrote: > >> I've now got two wifi connections on my Pi5 running Bookworm. Following >> the latest update a day or two ago both come up automatically on reboot >> connecting to the same access point with the same frequency and channel. >> >> Using both interfaces together seems to result in much worse performance >> than either one alone, which I didn't expect at all. > > If they are on the same frequency/channel, it’s no surprise they’re > interfering with each other. Can you set them on different, non- > overlapping frequencies/channels? I wondered about that, but the initial settings were "automatic" and the connection software didn't try to put them on different channels. Presently the internal wifi remains "automatic" and the USB wifi is set to channel 5. At this point I'll be interested mostly in whether the setting is honored (tried it once before, still got channel 2). There's still something funny about the two channels when used separately. The internal wifi shows ~5 ms pings to the access point with no other traffic but seconds of delay when watching Youtube videos. The external wifi alone shows ~2 ms delays when idle and only about 4 ms when watching YouTube. The internal wifi bogs down very badly under load, in a way that is new compared the initial Bookworm installation. On the plus side, at least the internal wifi can connect now. For quite some time it didn't connect at all. I'm using the same hardware, only software updates have been applied. Thanks for writing, bob prohaska --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .