Wifi is virtually useless

  • Hey guys. Kinda new in here and kinda stay in the background to learn. I upgraded a pi3 to the most recent version and the wifi signal drops intermittently, the box sometimes doesn't recognize the wifi at all and the box is virtually useless. Should i be going back or is there a fix? Thanks in advance for your time and patience here.

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  • Are you saying that before "I upgraded a pi3 to the most recent version" that everything worked fine? If so then there might be an issue - if not then:

    As @lrusak mentioned, the RPI3 wifi is not the best in the world, it has a very SMALL antenna and thus location is critical.

    I bought a cheap £8 wifi (2.4/5Ghz) dongle from amazon and it worked out of the box and I've not had any issues