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Its definitely onboard (doesnt mean it doesnt go through usb like a lot of other boards do for some of its onboard hardware). Seems my pcDuino3b is form factor of the pcDuino3, but with the gigabit speeds of the Nano. I had to use the nano to get networking to work.

Doesnt exist for the Nano.

No problem. I understand. This is though the onboard wifi I am talking about. I have no third party hardware connected to this board besides a keyboard and monitor.

im confused. what do you not maintain? I thought you supported the pcDuino3 Nano

That is correct. Here are the results you asked for: /var/log/armhwinfo.log has been uploaded to http://sprunge.us/QeQh

No difference unfortunately and something I had already tried. Doesnt appear to be loaded according to lsmod though: root@8track:/lib/firmware# lsmod Module Size Used by evdev 12164 1 sun4i_codec 11391 3 input_leds 2676 0 ir_lirc_codec 5048 0 snd_soc_core 131126 1 sun4i_codec lirc_dev 7589 1 ir_lirc_codec snd_pcm_dmaengine 3455 1 snd_soc_core snd_pcm 77587 2 snd_pcm_dmaengine,snd_soc_core sun4i_ts 3990 0 snd_timer 19698 1 snd_pcm snd 47943 3 snd_timer,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm nvmem_sunxi_sid 2159 0 soundcore 922 1 snd nvmem_core 9078 1 nvmem_sunxi_sid sunxi_cir 3735 0 sun4i_ss 16066 0 cpufreq_dt 3432 0 thermal_sys 59134 2 sun4i_ts,cpufreq_dt uio_pdrv_genirq 3164 0 uio 8000 1 uio_pdrv_genirq bonding 105334 0 fuse 83932 1 realtek 2775 0 root@8track:/lib/firmware# root@8track:/lib/firmware# root@8track:/lib/firmware# cd /lib/firmware/rtl rtl_bt/ rtl_nic/ rtlwifi/ root@8track:/lib/firmware# cd /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/ root@8track:/lib/firmware/rtlwifi# ls rtl8188efw.bin rtl8192cfwU_B.bin rtl8192cufw_B.bin rtl8192defw.bin rtl8192eu_nic.bin rtl8712u.bin rtl8723aufw_B_NoBT.bin rtl8723bu_nic.bin rtl8723fw.bin rtl8188eufw.bin rtl8192cfwU.bin rtl8192cufw.bin rtl8192eefw.bin rtl8192eu_wowlan.bin rtl8723aufw_A.bin rtl8723befw.bin rtl8723bu_wowlan.bin rtl8821aefw.bin rtl8192cfw.bin rtl8192cufw_A.bin rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin rtl8192eu_ap_wowlan.bin rtl8192sefw.bin rtl8723aufw_B.bin rtl8723bu_ap_wowlan.bin rtl8723fw_B.bin rtl8821aefw_wowlan.bin root@8track:/lib/firmware/rtlwifi#

Seems when I upgrade my pcDuino3 Nano (pcDuino3b to be specific) from the Mainline server 4.7.3 using apt-get to the newest of everything, wifi is no longer seen. I have tried following the kernel upgrade guide as listed here: https://www.armbian.com/pcduino3nano/, but that doesn't seem to solve it. The device isn't even seen anymore. I did at one point get an error in dimes about ‘/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin' being missing, which was odd because i don't think thats wifi, but replacing that with one i found on the rpi boards didnt help either. Ive been working on this issue for hours. Everything seems to work great as long as i don't upgrade, but I don't really want my armbian devices to be exposed like that. Thanks, Mark

What kind of speeds do you think i can get out of the sata connection on such boards? Do you think the cheap $1 sata/power adapters that are made for the banana pi will work with it? i think i read that they might be inverted, but supposedly the cables work for the cubieboards too.

Thinking about buying a couple pcDuino3 Nano Lite's for $15 each and installing armbian on a SD and then connecting an external usb powered 2.5" HD to it. Think the USB port could even handle that? The pcDuino would just be powered by a 2A adapter. Want to see if I can try creating a glusterfs cluster with two of these.