Raspberry pii 3 / 4 WiFi dongle recommendation

Engineerpeter · October 24, 2020 at 12:24 PM

Hi, am struggling with my network so am looking for recommendations for a WiFi dongle that will work on both pii versions 3 & 4 on libre elec.

Can anyone suggest something please?

Thanks

DonBurch888 · October 24, 2020 at 11:53 PM

Sorry, can you give more information on your problem...

Is the built-in RasPi Wi-Fi not working ?

Or are you wanting 2 different Wf-Fi networks ? I did this - used the built-in as a Wi-Fi client for while at home, and added a dongle to work as a WAP for when at remote site.

Have you got a Wi-Fi dongle which is not working reliably ? I have had this with an air mouse and discovered that USB3 generates RF interference in the 2.4GHz Wi-Fi range. Try moving the dongle physically away from the RasPi by using a USB extension cable.

AmalekZZ · October 25, 2020 at 1:58 PM

Hi,

i want to use a Realtek 8812BU Wifi dongle with two big antennas at my Raspi4 and Rock64. (for better reception)

Is it posible to integrate a driver for the rtl8812bu chipset?

GitHub - fastoe/RTL8812BU_for_Raspbian: Realtek 8812BU Driver for Raspberry Pi

bambi-is-evil · December 2, 2020 at 11:45 PM

Hello, I'm struggling with Wifi for my Raspberry Pi 4 on LE. I'd like to upgrade with an USB stick that can perform Wifi 5(AC). Could anyone give me a suggestion of a stick that would work?

**Klojum** · December 2, 2020 at 11:55 PM Official Post

With only 1 antenna on the USB stick, I doubt that you will get proper Wifi 5 speeds.

No matter what the manufacturers advertise.

bambi-is-evil · December 3, 2020 at 10:52 AM

At least it would be helpfull which sticks or chipsets are supported. The performance is based on the given infrastructure and the build of the sticks. You can buy many sticks with 2 antennas, but I don't know if they work.