The WiFi onboard the raspberry pi is bad really bad, pi4 or pi5 (got both) it is just not good enough.
I’m sitting only a couple of meters from my mesh router and no matter on 2.4 or 5 ghz it keeps disconnecting now and then.
Recently build into the Pironman5 and it is even worse now as to be expected.
To let you know, I do not have any WiFi issues with other devices at all even on 3 to 4 times the distance I’m using the pi now.
I searched and searched and one of the tips I found was to switch of power management of the network connection but it doesn’t help a bit.
So now I’m looking into a usb wifi dongle with antenna.
Are there any brands/models confirmed working on the Raspberry pi you can recommend me ?
Just to let you know I got it in and the installation was actually not that hard at all either. Before starting I made sure the onboard wifi and bt were disabled.
Trick of course is that to install the drivers you need to have internet connection LOL. I had a long utp cable laying around so in the end it was a breeze and the connection is solid and full force now.
Kudo’s and thanks for the tip
I had my Pironman 5 in my office and my phone was getting good wifi speeds. The Pi in my case was getting almost zero and disconnected constantly. I have a Google Nest Extender in my office and I checked it out and for some reason it was offline and not in the mesh, I rebooted that and now my Pi in the case gets a good download speed.
Phone 200/40
Pironman5 80/40
The case is definitely shielding signal I think. I wish I had a baseline from the Pi caseless but alas.
