08-19-2021, 03:40 AM
(08-18-2021, 04:14 PM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: I feel it appropriate to point out that there are alternatives.
For example, one can useI've done each in the past when circumstances dictated. Horses for courses, as my British friends would say.
- a USB-WiFi adapter, perhaps even with an external antenna. RaspiOS devs do a reasonable job keeping up with the drivers for latest-and-greatest adapters (but can only do so if the adapter vendor cares enough about the non-MSWindows market to cooperate).
- a WiFi bridge (I re-purpose router/access points for this using DD-WRT or such 'cuz I prefer open-source software).
I've also done both, including using open source firmware for repurposed routers (DD-WRT, OpenWrt, and AsusWrt-Merlin) pressed into service as bridges. If you absolutely can't get hardwired Ethernet to a moOde server, there are definitely hardware solutions that outperform the antenna-limited WiFi on the Pi computers.
Of the two, I prefer the external router-as-bridge approach as it uses the standard Pi Ethernet interface, which is fully tested, debugged, supported, etc. The USB adapters seem to fall into the realm of "great-if-it-works-for-you-but-not-guaranteed."
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