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Question for those with more experience - I’ve just purchased a Pi Zero 2 and I’ve been having real issues with the WiFi since I opened the box. Is it likely a

by aidos 3y ago

Question for those with more experience - I’ve just purchased a Pi Zero 2 and I’ve been having real issues with the WiFi since I opened the box. Is it likely a faulty device?

Thri4895o 3y ago
It should connect and stay connected for 1 hour or so. Network transfer speed should be at least 1MBps. It is quite possible unit is fine, but there is just interference at your place. Those small antennas are not good at dealing with it.
- aidos 3y ago
  Thanks. Will try moving to about to see how it goes.
- aidos 3y ago
  To follow up, I moved the device to be right near the access point and it worked ok. So now I need to figure out what I’m going to do when it’s in situ…
1oooqooq 3y ago
probably. bottom barrel price hardware components usually mean top quality component that failed QA and then went on a lower quality bin and then passed QA there. it's not a different design or anything. the car analogy would be all factories making only 4x4 cars and the cheap cars just being the 4x4 with the trans axle broken or something, resulting in two wheel drive (doesn't even care which two wheel because the cheap bin QA just test if the car moved). you probably got a chip with two trans axle broken and the chip limped with one wheel drive thru QA and they called it a day. thanks artificial Monopoly protections via bogus IP laws.