Following issue with a formerly working USB dongle (see https://community.volumio.com/t/work-around-found-formerly-added-driver-realtek-8192eu-nok-in-3-198-wifi-issue-with-latest-update/53523), i purchased a BrosTrend AC650 / AC5L which was mentionned to work with different flavors of Raspbian.
Same thing happened
Works OK with 3.197 and kernel 5.4
Doesn’t work with 3.198 and kernel 5.10
The company’s installer didn’t work also because Volumio’s setup seems particular / non standard.
I used to read that updating Volumio with standard command (apt and so on) could break things. Maybe less so with Volumio 3 but i didn’t try.
Would it be possible to have a list of working chips/driver or even be able to purchase a compatible Wifi dongle from the store ?
Regards
This is a known issue, due to the external drivers not being available for kernel version > 5.10.73.
It is work-in-progress and should be solved with the next release.
Early 2022, i purchased one Asus USB AC51 wifi dongle.
Worked with my Raspberry Pi 3+ at the time
Still works with the latest volumio, 3.512
Amazon offers free return if it doesn t work
the only difference is the file to be written, instead of adding the two followings lines on config.txt, add them to userconfig.txt, so they will be maintained with OTA software updates
dtoverlay=disable-bt
dtoverlay=disable-wifi
If you’re going to edit the userconfig.txt file inserting the SD-card to a windows PC, please don’t use notepad, but install and use notepad++ to edit the file
Hi.
I had the same issue as my 2.4Ghz & 5Ghz networks had the same name. Volumio would choose the 2.4Ghz…
I renamed the 5GHz one with a specific name and gave Volumio the password only for the 5GHz one.
Speed was much improved. I posted a pic of the speed difference but can’t find it again.
If you have the same kind of setup, maybe look into it
If not… i don’t know
Regards
ps my problem with network is usuall congestion when others family members are on Youtube and Netflix…
Is there a solution to this yet? Im in desperate need of a decent SUB Wifi adaptor on my Pi for wifi use - the TPLink AC600 T2U Plus wont work with any build newer than 3.179
I can confirm that theTP-Link AC1300 Mini Wifi MU-MIMO USB 3.0-adapter driver is loading with V3.779. Which didn’t work before.
volumio@rpi4-argon:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0781:5583 SanDisk Corp. Ultra Fit
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2357:012d TP-Link
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
volumio@rpi4-argon:~$ lsusb -t
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 5000M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=usb-storage, 5000M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/1p, 480M
|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/4p, 480M
|__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Vendor Specific Class, Driver=rtw_8822bu, 480M
