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   On 26/10/2024 23:38, Steven Hirsch wrote:   
   > On 10/24/24 23:02, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:   
   >> My Pi5 running bookworm has developed flaky WiFi behavior about   
   >> 24 hours after the latest upgrade.   
   >>   
   >> Where should I look for error messages? Nothing shows up on the   
   >> screen during negotiation, it appears that the Pi negotiates   
   >> for a minute or two and then gives up. Two red X's appear in   
   >> the Wifi entry in the top-right menu bar and that's it.   
   >>   
   >> The only visible hint is that even if the connection is specified   
   >> at 2.4 GHz a wavemon window is left showing what appears to be a   
   >> 5 GHz attempt. My access point doesn't support 5 GHz, making the   
   >> attempt, if it is one, appear to be a mistake.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> The access point works with other devices, so I don't think it's   
   >> the problem.   
   >>   
   >> Thanks for reading and any suggestions!   
   >   
   > This sounds very familiar.  I fought the same pitched battle here with   
   > Wifi and Pi5 under Bookworm.  Finally discovered that HDMI output   
   > interferes with the 2.4 GHz band.  Try running headless over ssh and see   
   > if that's any better?  Made an improvement here for 2.4 GHz, but did not   
   > help 5 GHz connectivity.   
   >   
      
   I have read this elsewhere. All my Pis run headless   
      
   > I finally ended up replacing an 8 year old Wifi router and that fixed   
   > the 5 GHz band.  Something about the Pi5 Wifi implementation really does   
   > not like older routers.   
   >   
   >   
   One other oddity that probably isn't germane is that my pi PICOS would   
   not connect to an extreme 'edge of band' frequency  which is UK legal   
   until I removed the code that said 'use only UK legal frequencies'   
      
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