Hello,
I have Volumio 3 running on a Rasberry Pi 3 connected to a wifi booster. It loses connection every night and will not reconnect. The only way I can get it working again is by rebooting the booster.
Other devices continue to use the booster without any problems. The booster doesn’t go into standby.
I have two other Volumio similar setups connected to the main wireless router and they work fine.
I cannot see any other post that is similar to this.
Can anyone help please?
P.S. In every other way Volumio is superb. Hats off to the developers.
Hi @TamedShrew. These are more possible workarounds rather than proper solutions.
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With my Linksys wifi booster, I can automate an on/off time - maybe you could do the same with yours and set it to just before you normally first listen to Volumio.
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Set up an auto restart on your Pi. This method requires you to use SSH and access the command line.
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/systemd-reboot.timerAdd these lines (change to your preferred time)
[Unit]
Description=Reboot daily at 4am
[Timer]
OnCalendar=--* 04:00:00
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
Save the file and then activate using the command
sudo systemctl enable /etc/systemd/system/systemd-reboot.timer
Thanks very much @SimonE for the quick suggestions.
I’ll give them a go after work this evening.
Setting the wifi booster to power down over night looks to have done the job. I can access Volumio this morning. It also cuts down the electric bill a bit.
I never needed to try the 2nd suggestion.
Thanks very much @SimonE for taking the time to put up those suggestions.