EDIT: I hate to have to admit this, but I completely forgot that the nanopi m4 v2 needs external antennas for its wifi to operate properly. (I bought just before the coronavirus hit, and it was several weeks before I got back to setting up the board. First board I've had that needs that.)
Having terrible troubles getting a working wifi on various Armbian OSes on nanopi-m4v2.
I run off a cellphone hotspot. It seems it has to be an inch away to get a reliable first authentication, and any functional data rate after that.
The connection can drop if I move the phone to the other side of the desk, definitely if I put the phone a couple of feet out the door.
The laptop has no such problems, so its not the phone.
I compared the devices with `sudo iwlist wlan0 scan`
Laptop:
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=23/70 Signal level=-87 dBm
Nanopi M4: bionic (Linux nanopim4v2 4.4.213-rk339 #7 SMP Sat May 30 13:20:02 CEST 2020...)
Frequency=2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality:1/5 Signal level:-87 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
I tried the DietPi image for the device, but it couldn't even complete a firstrun login/config because it couldn't detect any wifi hardware. (Reported here).
Also, I note that some have had wifi troubles over at the Openmedia forums with this board, although presumably this is the first version.
Could a firmware/driver issue cause this? A bad batch of boards? Its not as if the whole internet is awash with complaints.
I don't have the technical skills to pursue this myself, (compiling, builds, swapping kernels, etc), but if it helps, I could try things at your instruction.
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EDIT: I hate to have to admit this, but I completely forgot that the nanopi m4 v2 needs external antennas for its wifi to operate properly. (I bought just before the coronavirus hit, and it was several weeks before I got back to setting up the board. First board I've had that needs that.)
Having terrible troubles getting a working wifi on various Armbian OSes on nanopi-m4v2.
Tried:
I run off a cellphone hotspot. It seems it has to be an inch away to get a reliable first authentication, and any functional data rate after that.
The connection can drop if I move the phone to the other side of the desk, definitely if I put the phone a couple of feet out the door.
The laptop has no such problems, so its not the phone.
I compared the devices with `sudo iwlist wlan0 scan`
Laptop:
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) Quality=23/70 Signal level=-87 dBmNanopi M4: bionic (Linux nanopim4v2 4.4.213-rk339 #7 SMP Sat May 30 13:20:02 CEST 2020...)
Frequency=2.462 GHz (Channel 11) Quality:1/5 Signal level:-87 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1I tried the DietPi image for the device, but it couldn't even complete a firstrun login/config because it couldn't detect any wifi hardware. (Reported here).
Also, I note that some have had wifi troubles over at the Openmedia forums with this board, although presumably this is the first version.
Could a firmware/driver issue cause this? A bad batch of boards? Its not as if the whole internet is awash with complaints.
I don't have the technical skills to pursue this myself, (compiling, builds, swapping kernels, etc), but if it helps, I could try things at your instruction.
Edited by bad_imghonesty, OP's error, solved
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