Subj : Re: My question isn't about the fault, its about how to find it.
To   : The Natural Philosopher
From : Chris Elvidge
Date : Sat Sep 14 2024 16:38:15

On 14/09/2024 at 15:37, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 14/09/2024 11:33, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 14/09/2024 08:12, Pancho wrote:
>
>
>> Prolly easier to get an HDMI and USB adapter and pop a monitor and
>> keyboard on it.
>> I spent hours yesterday googling for PI ZERO 2 W WIFI DISCONNECTS and
>> everybody has the same problem. Must be 1000 posts out there. It seems
>> that the 2W is basically a piece of shit. People try SD cards that
>> work perfectly in the Zero W, but don't work in the 2W.
>>
>> I tried every methodology suggested, and its still doing it.
>>
>> I am tempted to buy the old version, two  of which have been
>> faultlessly connected to the same wifi point for several years....
>>
>> Unfortunately I soldered a header block to this one so I can't return
>> it. Bin job probably.
>>
>>
> Well another day of configgling
>
> Tried to make it talk to a different wifi point. Bricked it. Reinstalled
> OS lite and started setting up. (again!)
>
> The Pi ZERO 2W apparently uses a different wifi chip - SYMANTEC
> SYN43436, not the old BROADCOMM BCM43438

Where did you get this info?
On mine module cfg80211 is loaded by brcmfmac (broadcom?).

Model       : Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Rev 1.0
Revision    : 902120
Raspberry Pi OS (bookworm, full); kernel  6.6.47+rpt-rpi-v8

No problems with wifi over the last few weeks.
Wavlink M30HG4.V5030.191116

Now bluetooth, there's a whole nother story!!

>
> There is scuttlebutt that this doesn't play nice with some older wifi
> points, hence using a different one
>
> Well, we will see.
>



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Chris Elvidge, England
I AM NOT AUTHORIZED TO FIRE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS

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