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I'm a little disappointed that (from a brief glance at the documents) it doesn't appear to support the 5 Ghz Wi-Fi band. I wonder if it's a power issue, or jus

by simmons 11y ago

I'm a little disappointed that (from a brief glance at the documents) it doesn't appear to support the 5 Ghz Wi-Fi band. I wonder if it's a power issue, or just limited space on the PCB. The 2.4 Ghz band gets kind of crowded in dense urban environments.

some-guy 11y ago
I have this problem too. 2.4Ghz in my house, no matter how good of a router we use, gets up to 10% packet loss on average.
newman314 11y ago
That's a bummer. Other than the Nest, the Pi is the only 2.4ghz device left in the house.
rbanffy 11y ago
Same here. I moved the AppleTV and the Roku to a wired connection and had to set up a second wireless network to be able to browse from the kitchen. Any time I fire up Wifi Analyzer on my tablet I see three dozen different networks. Making computers easy to use was, definitely, a huge mistake.
- IshKebab 11y ago
  Assuming that last sentence is a joke...
  - rbanffy 11y ago
    It's known that many a true word is spoken in jest.
keenerd 11y ago
Probably a cost saving measure. The entire board feels like it was put together to tick off a bunch of features. 64 bit quad core with bluetooth and wifi? Check. Meanwhile the clock is still a measly 1.2GHz, the wifi is only 2.4GHz, the ethernet is still 100Mb and the chipset is still broadcom. They are struggling to stay relevant. (Remember, it was only 1.5 years ago that their official word was "No RPi2 until 2017".) The Odroid C2 goes on sale in a few days for $40. It's got a 64 bit quad core CPU (just* like the Pine and RPi3) but clocked at 2GHz. And has real gigabit. And has twice as much ram. And can drive a 4k screen comfortably. (Video-out was the one place where the RPi has traditionally excelled.) * Okay, not entirely just like. It's an Amlogic chip instead of Broadcom or Allwinner. Amlogic is one of the few without blatant GPL abuse.

by simmons 11y ago

some-guy 11y ago

I have this problem too. 2.4Ghz in my house, no matter how good of a router we use, gets up to 10% packet loss on average.

newman314 11y ago

That's a bummer. Other than the Nest, the Pi is the only 2.4ghz device left in the house.

rbanffy 11y ago

Same here. I moved the AppleTV and the Roku to a wired connection and had to set up a second wireless network to be able to browse from the kitchen. Any time I fire up Wifi Analyzer on my tablet I see three dozen different networks. Making computers easy to use was, definitely, a huge mistake.

IshKebab 11y ago
Assuming that last sentence is a joke...
- rbanffy 11y ago
  It's known that many a true word is spoken in jest.

keenerd 11y ago

Probably a cost saving measure. The entire board feels like it was put together to tick off a bunch of features. 64 bit quad core with bluetooth and wifi? Check. Meanwhile the clock is still a measly 1.2GHz, the wifi is only 2.4GHz, the ethernet is still 100Mb and the chipset is still broadcom. They are struggling to stay relevant. (Remember, it was only 1.5 years ago that their official word was "No RPi2 until 2017".) The Odroid C2 goes on sale in a few days for $40. It's got a 64 bit quad core CPU (just* like the Pine and RPi3) but clocked at 2GHz. And has real gigabit. And has twice as much ram. And can drive a 4k screen comfortably. (Video-out was the one place where the RPi has traditionally excelled.) * Okay, not entirely just like. It's an Amlogic chip instead of Broadcom or Allwinner. Amlogic is one of the few without blatant GPL abuse.