[RPi5] Wifi Remote Lag?

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    I just upgraded my raspberry pi3 to a pi5 and overall it's better, but I'm having an issue with my wifi remote lagging.
    It's not all the time; it seems to work perfectly when I first start up the system, which has me wondering if it's a overheating issue? I do have an active cooler installed, though I've only ever seen the fan going when I turn on the pi. I've also never seen the thermometer symbol pop up on the screen like it used to with my pi3, and there's been no playback issues, so there's no real reason to believe overheating is truly the issue...
    When it's lagging, I've tried switching over to a wired keyboard and that works perfectly, so it does seem to be the remote itself rather than the system. But the remote does still work perfectly fine with the old pi3 setup. I've also replaced the batteries and the issue persists.
    Is there some software setting that might impact this? I'm willing to replace the remote if need be, but I'm just not convinced that will solve the issue, so if there's a fix that doesn't involve spending more money, I'd love to hear it.
    Thanks everyone!

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    It's a 2.4GHz wireless (but not WiFi) device that pretends to be a keyboard then. It's most unusual to see issues with them as they are simply a keyboard device to the OS. Share the output of "lsusb -tv" and the URL from "pastekodi" please.

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    My mistake. I believe it was advertised that way, but obviously that's wrong, and I'm admittedly new to this.
    How do I access a command line to give those prompts in Libreelec? I'm assuming it'll be via SSH over my network, which I've enabled, but I unfortunately don't know where to begin actually accessing that.

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    I'm hitting a wall at just trying to get in via ssh. When it asks me for the password, it doesn't work. If I disable the password on the pi5, it says "permission denied". Obviously I'm doing something wrong. Any hints?
    C:\Users\rflin>ssh [email protected]
    [email protected]'s password:
    Permission denied, please try again.
    [email protected]'s password:
    Connection closed by 10.0.0.244 port 22

    C:\Users\rflin>ssh [email protected]
    [email protected]: Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).

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    Quote from chewitt

    It's a 2.4GHz wireless (but not WiFi) device that pretends to be a keyboard then. It's most unusual to see issues with them as they are simply a keyboard device to the OS. Share the output of "lsusb -tv" and the URL from "pastekodi" please.

    RaspberryPi5:~ # pastekodi

    https://paste.libreelec.tv/polished-glider.log

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    Quote from HiassofT

    Try to connect the dongle with a USB extension cable and place it about half a meter or a meter away fron the RPi and any USB3 devices and cables.

    so long,

    Hias

    Is the idea that there might be interference in the signal, or that it's too far from the remote? We're using it less than 10ft from the source, and it's all the same setup I've had on the RPi3, and when I plug the remote usb into the RPi3 it works perfectly. I'll buy the extension and try this if it makes sense to, but can you help clarify why that would be?

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    Quote from HiassofT

    It's a well-known interference issue between USB 3.0 and 2.4GHz wireless devices (Wifi, pretty much all RF remotes/keyboards/mice/...)

    https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/327216.pdf

    It's not RPi specific but affects all devices (PCs etc) with USB 3 . As your RPi3 only has USB 2.0 ports you won't see this issue with it.

    so long,

    Hias

    ahhh, that does make sense! (and super annoying).
    Okay, so I'm debating between getting the extension (and trying to hide it somehow) vs maybe using a bluetooth remote instead... would there be potential connectivity issues with bluetooth or do they tend to be relatively relaible?