James Brauer replied to the topic 'USB3 / WIFI' in the forum. 4 years ago

I connected an Alfa AWUS051NH long range wifi USB adapter and got it running a lot better. I set the 'device' in the advanced network config to the new wan1: that shows up for both my wireless connection, and the astroberry server hotspot. Full disclosure: I'm still getting this setup, so I don't have that many hours running like this. But I ran all day learning hot to park, track, and goto with my new HEQ5, and used it last night without connection issues.

With USB3 devices my PI4 would sort of sometimes work, and sometimes I couldn't connect wifi, but could connect to the hotspot. With a ZWO ASI 224, ZWO 120 on USB3 and my focuser and Sharpcap on USB2, all on a USB3 powered hub, it quit connecting to either type of network sometimes. But if I pulled the USB hub, it worked fine. I think there are a multitude of contributors to radiated electrical noise getting fed into the wifi antenna, so I expect it would work for some folks. Anyway, that Alfa USB is a really good radio, and fixed it for me.

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