pi 3 wifi query

It's a separate chip, so they will operate independently. It's up to you (or the software you choose) how to configure them.

Theo

Very clear, thanks. It's beginning to look a viable alternative to the atom box that's chuntering away 24/7 warming the room.

Anyone seriously running freebsd on the pi3? I did try building some of the ports on my old model B.... but it was a bit like watching anti-climb paint drying :-}

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Do the pre-built images work?

I'm told that it'll need new firmware from the Pi github and a replacement kernel that knows about the Cortex A53's cache - I'm not sure if there is a prebuilt one as yet.

Theo

Thanks for the replies.

I thought the new one was backwards compatible with the old hardware - sounds like that's not true for the kernel then.

From a quick trial there seemed to be a paucity of prebuilt packages; building even a small one from the port was ssllooww. I was intending to use freebsd on my old pi to make a small web server; in the event, I switched to raspbian. I can't do that for my main home -server.

Maybe I'll hold off for now :-{

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So potentially cheaper than an AP and more flexible too.

Ethernet and WiFi together can be quite useful for extending networks.

Cheers

Dave R

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On 03/03/2016 22:29, David wrote: []

Yes, but couldn't you do that with an RPi 2 as well? Mind you, I never tried, it was always one or the other....

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It can be done on the 2B. I've seen a software hack that supposedly works.

USB and 100mbps ethernet. Runs openwrt and works just peachy. In fact I'm running a more uptodate kernel on it than my Pi/Jessie setup.

Link or it didn't happen :-)

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USB->Ethernet adapter that included the p&p.

4mb Flash 32mb ram 350Mhz MIPS CPU USB2 device controller 100MB ethernet 2 gpio controllable Leds a few more gpio pins available (need to solder) Uart pins (needs 3.3V level shift and need to solder) 150mbps 802.11n Wifi (The wifi signal is much stronger than any of the USB wifi dongles I have on my Pi)

Open-wrt has this device as a MIPS profile, so you get the Open-wrt build system from their git repo. Select this profile (MIPS, A5-V11) and type make and wait a bit. Out pops a couple of image files you can pass to the existing router software to upgrade it to Open-wrt.

Don't get me wrong, the Pi (all flavours) are wonderful. They fact it has encouraged young and old to have a play and make things using the Pi is priceless. But you can get dedicated hardware for buttons from China. The MIPS chip and the Wifi chip in these things is effectively obsolete so the chips are cheap. Cheap as chips!

For slower devices perhaps, but the Pi3 only has 100Mbit Ethernet and Wireless-B/G/N neither of which it* is capable of saturating.

*At least for the Pi2, I haven't fully evaluated my Pi3 yet, but I'd be surprised if the USB hosted networking was significantly faster than on the previous model.

I wouldn't consider deploying anything other than gigabit Ethernet and Wireless-AC these days, the difference is staggering, particularly if you are punting stuff around between machines and a NAS, rather than just accessing your broadband.

---druck

I don't get your point. The Ethernet goes through a USB connection on the pi card. I doubt you would see much of a difference if the 100 Mbps were bumped up to 1 Gbps. The USB will be a bottleneck not much faster than the 100 Mbps.

What is Wireless-AC btw?

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Rick

Which is why I'm saying I wouldn't use a Pi as a network bridge.

Very much faster wireless in the less crowded (but shorter range) 5GHz band.

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How short is "shorter" range? Most wi-fi routers only range 30 feet or so in reality. Heck, a friend has one that her niece can't pickup on the next floor some 15 feet away with her iphone. Are we talking having to be on the same table?

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Rick

Odd! my wireless adapters work for over 100' in unobstructed areas. Now inside a steel reinforced building is another story.

Depends on the obstructions, mostly. 2.4 penetrates walls (way) more easily.

What does "unobstructed" mean? You mean outdoors with no wall, no trees, *nothing*?

I've tested my wi-fi router by walking outside where the signal has to pass through a glass door and it only goes some 30 feet. Walls block signals more, floors a *lot* more.

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Rick

wire meshed render and foil backed plasterboard kill it stone dead.

Long Live CAT 5!!!

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