12-09-2019, 08:26 AM
(12-07-2019, 08:30 AM)richfm Wrote:I bought a usb wifi dongle which solved the problem with diminishing wifi reception at a distance. Reads 72 mb/s in every room! Although this solves the wifi problem, I'm still returning the PBP because I don\t want to take up a usb slot, have a sour taste from the lack of tech support, the incorrectly labeled keyboard, difficulty typing. and lack of support for my wireless printer. If Pine64 sales had agreed to replace my defective device with a working one, I probably would have agreed to the exchange. I'm copying the default OS to eMMC and shipping it back today.(12-06-2019, 09:09 AM)Wizzard Wrote: What is the purpose of selling?
Not just a weak signal. Here's the original post to pine64 support: "I tested the wifi reception on my 3 laptops, the PBP running ubuntu mate, an ASUS laptop running ubuntu mate, and a netbook running ubuntu mate. My house is 1 floor, 2 bedroom, wood frame house with plaster walls. I took each laptop from the room with the gateway to the opposite end of the house and noted the wifi signal strength. The ASUS laptop's signal was steady at 65 mb/s in every room. The Toshiba netbook was steady at 52 mb/s in every room. The PBP varied from 72 to 65 mb/s in the room with the gateway down to 6 mb/s in other rooms!" So effectively no wifi reception in rooms adjacent to the gateway.