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   On 14/09/2024 at 15:37, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > On 14/09/2024 11:33, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> On 14/09/2024 08:12, Pancho wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> Prolly easier to get an HDMI and USB adapter and pop a monitor and   
   >> keyboard on it.   
   >> I spent hours yesterday googling for PI ZERO 2 W WIFI DISCONNECTS and   
   >> everybody has the same problem. Must be 1000 posts out there. It seems   
   >> that the 2W is basically a piece of shit. People try SD cards that   
   >> work perfectly in the Zero W, but don't work in the 2W.   
   >>   
   >> I tried every methodology suggested, and its still doing it.   
   >>   
   >> I am tempted to buy the old version, two  of which have been   
   >> faultlessly connected to the same wifi point for several years....   
   >>   
   >> Unfortunately I soldered a header block to this one so I can't return   
   >> it. Bin job probably.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > Well another day of configgling   
   >   
   > Tried to make it talk to a different wifi point. Bricked it. Reinstalled   
   > OS lite and started setting up. (again!)   
   >   
   > The Pi ZERO 2W apparently uses a different wifi chip - SYMANTEC   
   > SYN43436, not the old BROADCOMM BCM43438   
      
   Where did you get this info?   
   On mine module cfg80211 is loaded by brcmfmac (broadcom?).   
      
   Model       : Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Rev 1.0   
   Revision    : 902120   
   Raspberry Pi OS (bookworm, full); kernel  6.6.47+rpt-rpi-v8   
      
   No problems with wifi over the last few weeks.   
   Wavlink M30HG4.V5030.191116   
      
   Now bluetooth, there's a whole nother story!!   
      
   >   
   > There is scuttlebutt that this doesn't play nice with some older wifi   
   > points, hence using a different one   
   >   
   > Well, we will see.   
   >   
      
      
      
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   Chris Elvidge, England   
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