• Wifi error log for Bookworm?

    From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to All on Fri Oct 25 03:02:41 2024
    My Pi5 running bookworm has developed flaky WiFi behavior about
    24 hours after the latest upgrade.

    Where should I look for error messages? Nothing shows up on the
    screen during negotiation, it appears that the Pi negotiates
    for a minute or two and then gives up. Two red X's appear in
    the Wifi entry in the top-right menu bar and that's it.

    The only visible hint is that even if the connection is specified
    at 2.4 GHz a wavemon window is left showing what appears to be a
    5 GHz attempt. My access point doesn't support 5 GHz, making the
    attempt, if it is one, appear to be a mistake.


    The access point works with other devices, so I don't think it's
    the problem.

    Thanks for reading and any suggestions!

    bob prohaska

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Fri Oct 25 09:26:27 2024
    On 25/10/2024 04:02, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    My Pi5 running bookworm has developed flaky WiFi behavior about
    24 hours after the latest upgrade.

    Where should I look for error messages? Nothing shows up on the
    screen during negotiation, it appears that the Pi negotiates
    for a minute or two and then gives up. Two red X's appear in
    the Wifi entry in the top-right menu bar and that's it.

    The only visible hint is that even if the connection is specified
    at 2.4 GHz a wavemon window is left showing what appears to be a
    5 GHz attempt. My access point doesn't support 5 GHz, making the
    attempt, if it is one, appear to be a mistake.


    The access point works with other devices, so I don't think it's
    the problem.

    Thanks for reading and any suggestions!

    bob prohaska

    All I can say is that my PiZero running bookworm became stable with
    wifi after a more powerful PSU was fitted to it.



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  • From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to The Natural Philosopher on Fri Oct 25 16:11:17 2024
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 25/10/2024 04:02, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

    The access point works with other devices, so I don't think it's
    the problem.

    Thanks for reading and any suggestions!

    bob prohaska

    All I can say is that my PiZero running bookworm became stable with
    wifi after a more powerful PSU was fitted to it.


    It turns out that moving the Pi5 within three feet the access point
    restores normal WiFi operation. Signal quality reported by wavemon
    went from 90% to 100% and the WiFi connected automatically in parallel
    to a wired connection. However, neighbor's APs using the 2.4GHz band
    appear with 67-76% signal quality. If I were to move the Pi5 back to
    its original location, its signal strength at the AP would be much lower.

    It's difficult to improve the Pi5's antenna, but my AP has an
    SMA connector. Does anybody have experience with directional
    antennas?

    At the moment, the Pi5 is showing 5.05 volts at the GPIO header.
    I think that's slightly lower than I saw previously when the Pi5
    was in the troublesome location. The PSU doesn't seem the prime suspect.

    Thanks for reading, and any suggestions.

    bob prohaska

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  • From Chris Townley@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Fri Oct 25 19:38:30 2024
    On 25/10/2024 17:11, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 25/10/2024 04:02, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

    The access point works with other devices, so I don't think it's
    the problem.

    Thanks for reading and any suggestions!

    bob prohaska

    All I can say is that my PiZero running bookworm became stable with
    wifi after a more powerful PSU was fitted to it.


    It turns out that moving the Pi5 within three feet the access point
    restores normal WiFi operation. Signal quality reported by wavemon
    went from 90% to 100% and the WiFi connected automatically in parallel
    to a wired connection. However, neighbor's APs using the 2.4GHz band
    appear with 67-76% signal quality. If I were to move the Pi5 back to
    its original location, its signal strength at the AP would be much lower.

    It's difficult to improve the Pi5's antenna, but my AP has an
    SMA connector. Does anybody have experience with directional
    antennas?

    At the moment, the Pi5 is showing 5.05 volts at the GPIO header.
    I think that's slightly lower than I saw previously when the Pi5
    was in the troublesome location. The PSU doesn't seem the prime suspect.

    Thanks for reading, and any suggestions.

    bob prohaska


    Can you not use ethernet cable?

    --
    Chris

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  • From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to Chris Townley on Fri Oct 25 23:43:58 2024
    Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
    On 25/10/2024 17:11, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 25/10/2024 04:02, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

    The access point works with other devices, so I don't think it's
    the problem.

    Thanks for reading and any suggestions!

    bob prohaska

    All I can say is that my PiZero running bookworm became stable with
    wifi after a more powerful PSU was fitted to it.


    It turns out that moving the Pi5 within three feet the access point
    restores normal WiFi operation. Signal quality reported by wavemon
    went from 90% to 100% and the WiFi connected automatically in parallel
    to a wired connection. However, neighbor's APs using the 2.4GHz band
    appear with 67-76% signal quality. If I were to move the Pi5 back to
    its original location, its signal strength at the AP would be much lower.

    It's difficult to improve the Pi5's antenna, but my AP has an
    SMA connector. Does anybody have experience with directional
    antennas?

    At the moment, the Pi5 is showing 5.05 volts at the GPIO header.
    I think that's slightly lower than I saw previously when the Pi5
    was in the troublesome location. The PSU doesn't seem the prime suspect.

    Thanks for reading, and any suggestions.

    bob prohaska


    Can you not use ethernet cable?

    Not conveniently. The AP is at the back of the house, the Pi5 is used
    near the front. A neatly-routed cable will be close to 50 feet long,
    with lots of zigs and zags through three rooms.
    Physically, it's possible but not desirable.

    If a directional antenna is practical that would be much better.

    Thanks for writing,

    bob prohaska

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to All on Sat Oct 26 05:44:52 2024
    On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:11:17 -0000 (UTC), bp wrote:

    Does anybody have experience with directional antennas?

    Back in the early days when broadband Internet was still exotic and
    expensive and wi-fi was new, people experimented with using it for longer
    range point-to-point connections. I remember reports that empty Pringles potato-chip cans were a remarkably cost-effective way of achieving the necessary directionality.

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  • From Chris Schram@3:770/3 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Sat Oct 26 07:52:30 2024
    On Sat, 26 Oct 2024 05:44:52 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:11:17 -0000 (UTC), bp wrote:

    Does anybody have experience with directional antennas?

    Back in the early days when broadband Internet was still exotic and
    expensive and wi-fi was new, people experimented with using it for
    longer range point-to-point connections. I remember reports that empty Pringles potato-chip cans were a remarkably cost-effective way of
    achieving the necessary directionality.

    Memories, memories. Back in the day all I could get was dialup Internet service. My neighbor however had one of them new-fangled satellite
    connections (quite shitty by today's standards). He rigged up a cantenna
    so that I could "borrow" his WiFi. I was allowed to use it in the middle
    of the night. Otherwise I'd override his allocated bandwidth.

    I do now wish to relive that time in Internet history.

    --
    chrispam1@me.com is an infrequently monitored address. Email may get lost. Networking: What happens when, for as long as a moment, billions of
    things simultaneously fail to go wrong. -- Dan Farkas, 3/3/2007

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  • From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Sat Oct 26 16:04:29 2024
    Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:11:17 -0000 (UTC), bp wrote:

    Does anybody have experience with directional antennas?

    Back in the early days when broadband Internet was still exotic and
    expensive and wi-fi was new, people experimented with using it for longer range point-to-point connections. I remember reports that empty Pringles potato-chip cans were a remarkably cost-effective way of achieving the necessary directionality.

    As I understand it, the Pringles "cantenna" was intended to be maximally directional. If I understand my problem correctly the need is to "shadow"
    my access point from the neighbors more than to direct transmit power
    to my clients (signal level at the client location is ~90% per wavemon,
    80% gave good connectivity until recently).

    There seem to be a few complaints about wifi behavior on the Forums,
    since my problems appeared out of the blue after an upgrade it's possible
    that software is involved also.

    Something very similar happened after a bookworm upgrade a few months ago. After some hair-pulling and a few more upgrades it simply went away.

    As an aside, now wavemon seems to crash on its own, reporting:

    │Waiting for scan data ...free(): double free detected in tcache 2 │
    │ Aborted

    That seems clearly to be a software issue, though whether in wavemon or somewhere else isn't clear to me.

    Thanks for writing,

    bob prohaska

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  • From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to The Natural Philosopher on Sat Oct 26 17:09:45 2024
    The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 26/10/2024 17:04, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    f I understand my problem correctly the need is to "shadow"
    my access point from the neighbors more than to direct transmit power
    to my clients (signal level at the client location is ~90% per wavemon,
    80% gave good connectivity until recently).

    Moving transmitted frequency can help a lot



    My AP is using 2417 MHz ch 2, none of the nearby Aps are using it. The
    second strongest is using 2437 MHz ch 6. That's with the Pi5 within
    three feet of my AP. At the moment Wifi won't connect at all, though
    both my cellphone and a second computer farther away connect successfully.

    Another puzzle is that wavemon reports 5825 MHz ch 165 after the connect process fails. The targeted access point uses only 2417, so it's as if
    an unprompted search has started. Meanwhile my cellphone has no trouble connecting to the AP, near or far.

    There are 15 APs within range, most reporting ESS including mine. Anybody
    know what ESS signifies?

    Thanks for writing,

    bob prohaska

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Sat Oct 26 17:42:32 2024
    On 26/10/2024 17:04, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    f I understand my problem correctly the need is to "shadow"
    my access point from the neighbors more than to direct transmit power
    to my clients (signal level at the client location is ~90% per wavemon,
    80% gave good connectivity until recently).

    Moving transmitted frequency can help a lot

    --
    "I guess a rattlesnake ain't risponsible fer bein' a rattlesnake, but ah
    puts mah heel on um jess the same if'n I catches him around mah chillun".

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  • From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to All on Sat Oct 26 20:31:48 2024
    bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    [snipped]
    Just to add to the confusion, a few minutes ago the wifi started to work.
    The client is still about three feet from the access point.

    The signal level is -33 dBm, the strongest interferer is at -60 dBm,
    roughly the same situation as earlier when the wifi wouldn't connect.

    A quick test of the voltage at the GPIO pins reads 5.05 volts, a few
    millivolts lower than seen when wifi didn't work. No software updates
    have become available. Basically no controllable changes between not
    working and working.

    Thanks for reading!

    bob prohaska

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to Steven Hirsch on Sun Oct 27 11:13:12 2024
    On 26/10/2024 23:38, Steven Hirsch wrote:
    On 10/24/24 23:02, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    My Pi5 running bookworm has developed flaky WiFi behavior about
    24 hours after the latest upgrade.

    Where should I look for error messages? Nothing shows up on the
    screen during negotiation, it appears that the Pi negotiates
    for a minute or two and then gives up. Two red X's appear in
    the Wifi entry in the top-right menu bar and that's it.

    The only visible hint is that even if the connection is specified
    at 2.4 GHz a wavemon window is left showing what appears to be a
    5 GHz attempt. My access point doesn't support 5 GHz, making the
    attempt, if it is one, appear to be a mistake.


    The access point works with other devices, so I don't think it's
    the problem.

    Thanks for reading and any suggestions!

    This sounds very familiar.  I fought the same pitched battle here with
    Wifi and Pi5 under Bookworm.  Finally discovered that HDMI output
    interferes with the 2.4 GHz band.  Try running headless over ssh and see
    if that's any better?  Made an improvement here for 2.4 GHz, but did not help 5 GHz connectivity.


    I have read this elsewhere. All my Pis run headless

    I finally ended up replacing an 8 year old Wifi router and that fixed
    the 5 GHz band.  Something about the Pi5 Wifi implementation really does
    not like older routers.


    One other oddity that probably isn't germane is that my pi PICOS would
    not connect to an extreme 'edge of band' frequency which is UK legal
    until I removed the code that said 'use only UK legal frequencies'



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    people by telling poor people that "other" rich people are the reason
    they are poor.

    Peter Thompson

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  • From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to Steven Hirsch on Sun Oct 27 16:27:49 2024
    Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 10/24/24 23:02, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    My Pi5 running bookworm has developed flaky WiFi behavior about
    24 hours after the latest upgrade.

    Where should I look for error messages? Nothing shows up on the
    screen during negotiation, it appears that the Pi negotiates
    for a minute or two and then gives up. Two red X's appear in
    the Wifi entry in the top-right menu bar and that's it.

    The only visible hint is that even if the connection is specified
    at 2.4 GHz a wavemon window is left showing what appears to be a
    5 GHz attempt. My access point doesn't support 5 GHz, making the
    attempt, if it is one, appear to be a mistake.


    The access point works with other devices, so I don't think it's
    the problem.

    Thanks for reading and any suggestions!

    This sounds very familiar. I fought the same pitched battle here with Wifi and Pi5 under Bookworm. Finally discovered that HDMI output interferes with the 2.4 GHz band. Try running headless over ssh and see if that's any better?
    Made an improvement here for 2.4 GHz, but did not help 5 GHz connectivity.

    I finally ended up replacing an 8 year old Wifi router and that fixed the 5 GHz band. Something about the Pi5 Wifi implementation really does not like older routers.


    What router are you using? Mine is indiputably old, D-Link DI-524, but it
    works with everything else now and worked with the Pi5 except for two major episodes, a couple months ago and again now. In the meantime it was fine..

    The idea that hdmi is the culprit can't be ruled out, but I'm skeptical it's the source of the trouble. This particular Pi5 has _always_ been used with
    hdmi operating. Wifi has been a problem only intermittently, usuall a day
    after an OS update. In the first instance, the problem simply went away
    after a subsequent update. In the present instance, the problem appeared
    a day after an update and persisted through yesterday, when I moved the
    Pi5 next to the router to check signal strength. Initially wifi worked,
    then it stopped working, failing silently and not able to re-connect.

    Last night wifi connected and remains up as I write this. After turning
    wifi off, it turned back on without trouble while hdmi was active, something that didn't happen yesterday. Wavemon presently reports -31dBm on the active connection and -58dBm for the strongest interferer. I'm using 2417MHz ch 2,
    the strongest interferer is 2437MHz ch 6, which has been consistent over time.

    Thanks for writing!

    bob prohaska

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  • From mm0fmf@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Sun Oct 27 19:37:01 2024
    On 27/10/2024 16:27, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    old, D-Link DI-524,

    You really need to get a router that was already considered obsolete by
    people like Marconi and move into the modern era.

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  • From druck@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Mon Oct 28 14:58:59 2024
    On 26/10/2024 18:09, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    My AP is using 2417 MHz ch 2, none of the nearby Aps are using it.

    On 2.4 GHz only use channels 1, 6 and 11, as the others overlap those
    and cause worse interference than sharing with a stronger signal on 1,6
    or 11.

    ---druck

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  • From druck@3:770/3 to All on Mon Oct 28 15:01:31 2024
    On 27/10/2024 19:37, mm0fmf wrote:
    On 27/10/2024 16:27, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    old, D-Link DI-524,

    You really need to get a router that was already considered obsolete by people like Marconi and move into the modern era.

    Aye, but it were good enough for my father, and his father before 'im.

    :)

    ---druck

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  • From druck@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Mon Oct 28 14:55:24 2024
    On 25/10/2024 04:02, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    My Pi5 running bookworm has developed flaky WiFi behavior about
    24 hours after the latest upgrade.

    Where should I look for error messages?

    /var/log/syslog if the system was setup with rsyslog as Gawd intended.

    If using the spawn of Satan systemd's journald, then:-

    journalctl -g wlan0

    Of course if you've set silly names for network interfaces, it will be something other than wlan0.

    ---druck

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  • From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to druck on Mon Oct 28 16:28:35 2024
    druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:
    On 26/10/2024 18:09, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    My AP is using 2417 MHz ch 2, none of the nearby Aps are using it.

    On 2.4 GHz only use channels 1, 6 and 11, as the others overlap those
    and cause worse interference than sharing with a stronger signal on 1,6
    or 11.

    Perhps you've hit the nail on the thumb 8-)

    Channel 1 is used at 2412 MHz, channel 2 is used by me, channel 6 is
    used at 2437 MHz (5 signals) and channel 11 is used at 2462 (3 signals).

    The channel 11 signal appears to be about 10 dBm down and the weakest
    of all the interferers at my AP. The situation will deteriorate
    if I move the client back to its working location but still might be an improvement over the status quo.

    I'll try channel 11 and see what happens.

    Thank you very much!

    bob prohaska

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  • From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Mon Oct 28 17:07:30 2024
    bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

    I'll try channel 11 and see what happens.

    Attempting to set channel 11 b/g appeared to work but resulted
    in password rejection, repeatedly asking for the password which
    is known to work on other hosts and on this host previously.

    For some reason it's difficult to get rid of old connection presets,
    making it a little unclear if changes I'm trying to save actually
    work as intended.

    In the meantime a large batch of updates became available. I'll
    install those and reboot.

    Thanks for reading!

    bob prohaska

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  • From mm0fmf@3:770/3 to druck on Mon Oct 28 17:32:53 2024
    On 28/10/2024 15:01, druck wrote:
    On 27/10/2024 19:37, mm0fmf wrote:
    On 27/10/2024 16:27, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    old, D-Link DI-524,

    You really need to get a router that was already considered obsolete
    by people like Marconi and move into the modern era.

    Aye, but it were good enough for my father, and his father before 'im.

    :)

    ---druck

    ROTFL

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  • From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to none@invalid.com on Mon Oct 28 18:54:48 2024
    mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
    On 28/10/2024 15:01, druck wrote:
    On 27/10/2024 19:37, mm0fmf wrote:
    On 27/10/2024 16:27, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    old, D-Link DI-524,

    You really need to get a router that was already considered obsolete
    by people like Marconi and move into the modern era.

    Aye, but it were good enough for my father, and his father before 'im.

    :)

    ---druck

    ROTFL

    Not exactly 8-)

    I avoid throwing money at problems until I at least _think_
    I understand them.

    For the moment it's fairly clear I don't understand.

    The only hint so far is an error message from journalctl -g wlan0
    saying " association took too long ".

    At that point the Pi5 appears to start scanning 5 GHz access points,
    despite being told otherwise in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf .
    That looks to me like a software problem.

    There's on oldish thread that seems related here: https://github.com/raspberrypi/bookworm-feedback/issues/220

    Unfortunately, the thread ended months ago, without resolution.

    Thanks for reading,

    bob prohaska

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  • From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Mon Oct 28 21:03:50 2024
    bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
    On 28/10/2024 15:01, druck wrote:
    On 27/10/2024 19:37, mm0fmf wrote:
    On 27/10/2024 16:27, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    old, D-Link DI-524,

    You really need to get a router that was already considered obsolete
    by people like Marconi and move into the modern era.

    Aye, but it were good enough for my father, and his father before 'im.

    :)

    ---druck

    ROTFL

    Not exactly 8-)

    I avoid throwing money at problems until I at least _think_
    I understand them.

    For the moment it's fairly clear I don't understand.

    In one of the threads about wifi trouble somebody mentioned
    that turning off avahi-daemon seemed to help. Trying it with
    a usb-wifi dongle connected both interfaces came up. It appears
    avahi has something to do with Apple hardware, so I don't
    think it'll be missed

    Removing the usb-wifi dongle seemed to prevent the internal
    wifi from working at least the one time it was tried.

    Near as I can tell, the Pi5 searches for APs even when
    configured not to do so.

    I still don't understand, but there's a workaround.

    Thanks to all for reading and helping!

    bob prohaska

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  • From Chris Townley@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Mon Oct 28 21:51:37 2024
    On 28/10/2024 18:54, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:
    On 28/10/2024 15:01, druck wrote:
    On 27/10/2024 19:37, mm0fmf wrote:
    On 27/10/2024 16:27, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    old, D-Link DI-524,

    You really need to get a router that was already considered obsolete
    by people like Marconi and move into the modern era.

    Aye, but it were good enough for my father, and his father before 'im.

    :)

    ---druck

    ROTFL

    Not exactly 8-)

    I avoid throwing money at problems until I at least _think_
    I understand them.

    For the moment it's fairly clear I don't understand.

    The only hint so far is an error message from journalctl -g wlan0
    saying " association took too long ".

    At that point the Pi5 appears to start scanning 5 GHz access points,
    despite being told otherwise in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf . That looks to me like a software problem.

    There's on oldish thread that seems related here: https://github.com/raspberrypi/bookworm-feedback/issues/220

    Unfortunately, the thread ended months ago, without resolution.

    Thanks for reading,

    bob prohaska


    But a lot of technology does improve over time...

    --
    Chris

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Mon Oct 28 22:29:34 2024
    On 28/10/2024 18:54, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    At that point the Pi5 appears to start scanning 5 GHz access points,
    despite being told otherwise in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf . That looks to me like a software problem.

    You can use nmcli to restrict a given SSID to just 2.4
    --
    How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.

    Adolf Hitler

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Mon Oct 28 22:28:22 2024
    On 28/10/2024 17:07, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    For some reason it's difficult to get rid of old connection presets,
    making it a little unclear if changes I'm trying to save actually
    work as intended.
    try looking in :

    /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections

    You should be able to delete the appropriate unwanted wifi connection

    --
    Labour - a bunch of rich people convincing poor people to vote for rich
    people by telling poor people that "other" rich people are the reason
    they are poor.

    Peter Thompson

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  • From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to Chris Townley on Mon Oct 28 23:01:40 2024
    Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk> wrote:

    But a lot of technology does improve over time...

    But the first rule of troubleshooting is "check the last change made".

    Thanks for writing,

    bob prohaska

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to druck on Tue Oct 29 00:28:03 2024
    On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:55:24 +0000, druck wrote:

    Of course if you've set silly names for network interfaces

    “ip link show” shows you your network interface names.

    <https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/>

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to All on Tue Oct 29 00:32:45 2024
    On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:03:50 -0000 (UTC), bp wrote:

    It appears avahi has something to do with Apple hardware, so I don't
    think it'll be missed

    Avahi is the name of an open-source software suite that implements the “Zeroconf” protocol suite <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Avahi>. Zeroconf was created several decades ago by an Apple engineer named Stuart Cheshire, as a way to make TCP/IP behave more like the AppleTalk of yore,
    where you could just plug new machines into your LAN and turn them on, and
    they would Just Work™, with Zero Configuration™ (see what I did there?).

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to The Natural Philosopher on Tue Oct 29 00:33:51 2024
    On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 22:28:22 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    try looking in :

    /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections

    You should be able to delete the appropriate unwanted wifi connection

    They are all text files. You can even edit them, if you want.

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  • From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Tue Oct 29 01:42:40 2024
    Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:03:50 -0000 (UTC), bp wrote:

    It appears avahi has something to do with Apple hardware, so I don't
    think it'll be missed

    Avahi is the name of an open-source software suite that implements the “Zeroconf” protocol suite <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Avahi>. Zeroconf was created several decades ago by an Apple engineer named Stuart Cheshire, as a way to make TCP/IP behave more like the AppleTalk of yore, where you could just plug new machines into your LAN and turn them on, and they would Just Work™, with Zero Configuration™ (see what I did there?).

    All that remains is Stuart's smile? 8-)

    Perhaps I'm being unfair blaming avashi for my trouble, but wifi
    began working better the moment it was turned off. For now, wlan0
    still seems non-functional, but wlan1 (a very old Ralink usb-wifi
    dongle) picked up and held a connection.

    One puzzle is when to reboot after upgrades, which are presented
    at irregular and sometimes annyingly frequent intervals. I've thought
    that reboots are required only after a kernel replacement but have
    seen no clear guidance.

    Thanks for writing!

    bob prohaska

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to druck on Tue Oct 29 21:08:47 2024
    On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:28:40 +0000, druck wrote:

    Quite often my Linux Laptops which use Network Manager decide
    they would like to try WiFi networks other than the one I've chosen,
    that's easily fixed via the gui, but not what you want on headless
    systems.

    You could use nmcli to control it.

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  • From druck@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Tue Oct 29 20:28:40 2024
    On 28/10/2024 18:54, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    At that point the Pi5 appears to start scanning 5 GHz access points,
    despite being told otherwise in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf . That looks to me like a software problem.

    This is why I wasn't happy about Raspbian moving from dhcpcd to Network Manager. Quite often my Linux Laptops which use Network Manager decide
    they would like to try WiFi networks other than the one I've chosen,
    that's easily fixed via the gui, but not what you want on headless systems.

    You could try disabling the NetworkManager service, and reinstalling
    dhcpcd so the WiFi is only selected by the contents of the
    wpa_supplicant.conf file. It worked fine for everything before Bookworm.

    ---druck

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  • From Tauno Voipio@3:770/3 to druck on Wed Oct 30 10:20:32 2024
    On 29.10.2024 22.28, druck wrote:
    On 28/10/2024 18:54, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    At that point the Pi5 appears to start scanning 5 GHz access points,
    despite being told otherwise in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf .
    That looks to me like a software problem.

    This is why I wasn't happy about Raspbian moving from dhcpcd to Network Manager. Quite often my Linux Laptops which use Network Manager decide
    they would like to try WiFi networks other than the one I've chosen,
    that's easily fixed via the gui, but not what you want on headless systems.

    You could try disabling the NetworkManager service, and reinstalling
    dhcpcd so the WiFi is only selected by the contents of the wpa_supplicant.conf file. It worked fine for everything before Bookworm.

    ---druck


    dhcpcd is not needed: systemd-networkd contains a pretty good DHCP
    client when properly configured.

    Jettison NetworkManager, just stop and disable it, after creating the systemd-networkd configuration files.

    You need to create a .network file:

    <clip clip>

    # /etc/systemd/network/30-wired.network

    [Match]
    Name=eth0

    [Network]
    DHCP=ipv4

    [DHCP]
    ClientIdentifier=mac
    UseDNS=yes
    UseNTP=yes
    UseHostname=yes
    SendHostname=yes

    <clip clip>

    The [DHCP] section is optional, to give instructions to the DHCP
    server.

    The name in Name= must match the name which is set to the interface.
    Systemd tends to mutilate it with PCI bus address or MAC address, to
    help separate multiple Ethernets. It is possible to turn off the
    name change, e.g. for USB interfaces on Raspberry Pi by symlinking
    the file 73-usb-net-by-mac.link -> /dev/null

    The configuration files reside in /etc/systemd/network/

    --

    -TV

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  • From bp@www.zefox.net@3:770/3 to druck on Wed Oct 30 16:18:39 2024
    druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:
    On 28/10/2024 18:54, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    At that point the Pi5 appears to start scanning 5 GHz access points,
    despite being told otherwise in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf .
    That looks to me like a software problem.

    This is why I wasn't happy about Raspbian moving from dhcpcd to Network Manager. Quite often my Linux Laptops which use Network Manager decide
    they would like to try WiFi networks other than the one I've chosen,
    that's easily fixed via the gui, but not what you want on headless systems.


    Were the unwanted wifi explorations immediate and consistent, or more
    delayed and random? I ask because the recent wifi problems all happened somewhat (~1 day) after an upgrade where I didn't immediately reboot
    the Pi5 thinking it unnecessary. The system reports "updates available"
    at rather frequent intervals and I'm starting to wonder if it's wise
    to reboot after every update promptly.


    You could try disabling the NetworkManager service, and reinstalling
    dhcpcd so the WiFi is only selected by the contents of the wpa_supplicant.conf file. It worked fine for everything before Bookworm.


    It seems wiser to learn how to live with Bookworm sooner rather than later.
    Up to now RasPiOS has been trouble-free to the point that I know very little about it. Trying to second-guess the developers is likely to end badly,
    at least when I'm the one doing the guessing 8-)

    Thanks for writing,

    bob prohaska
    ---druck

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Wed Oct 30 18:27:07 2024
    On 30/10/2024 16:18, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    It seems wiser to learn how to live with Bookworm sooner rather than later. Up to now RasPiOS has been trouble-free to the point that I know very little about it. Trying to second-guess the developers is likely to end badly,
    at least when I'm the one doing the guessing 😎

    yeah. I learn long ago that in the end its easier to learn the new shit
    that at leats is sorta supported.

    So network manager it is.

    --
    “I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most
    obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which
    they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.”

    ― Leo Tolstoy

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  • From druck@3:770/3 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Wed Oct 30 21:24:11 2024
    On 29/10/2024 21:08, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
    On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:28:40 +0000, druck wrote:

    Quite often my Linux Laptops which use Network Manager decide
    they would like to try WiFi networks other than the one I've chosen,
    that's easily fixed via the gui, but not what you want on headless
    systems.

    You could use nmcli to control it.

    If you can log in to a headless system which isn't connecting to the Wifi.

    ---druck

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  • From druck@3:770/3 to Tauno Voipio on Wed Oct 30 21:26:30 2024
    On 30/10/2024 08:20, Tauno Voipio wrote:
    On 29.10.2024 22.28, druck wrote:
    You could try disabling the NetworkManager service, and reinstalling
    dhcpcd so the WiFi is only selected by the contents of the
    wpa_supplicant.conf file. It worked fine for everything before Bookworm.

    dhcpcd is not needed: systemd-networkd contains a pretty good DHCP
    client when properly configured.

    I have no desire to give any more control of my systems to the systemd
    virus.

    [snip]

    ---druck

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  • From druck@3:770/3 to bp@www.zefox.net on Wed Oct 30 21:35:34 2024
    On 30/10/2024 16:18, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:
    This is why I wasn't happy about Raspbian moving from dhcpcd to Network
    Manager. Quite often my Linux Laptops which use Network Manager decide
    they would like to try WiFi networks other than the one I've chosen,
    that's easily fixed via the gui, but not what you want on headless systems. >>

    Were the unwanted wifi explorations immediate and consistent,

    Seemingly random.

    You could try disabling the NetworkManager service, and reinstalling
    dhcpcd so the WiFi is only selected by the contents of the
    wpa_supplicant.conf file. It worked fine for everything before Bookworm.


    It seems wiser to learn how to live with Bookworm sooner rather than later. Up to now RasPiOS has been trouble-free to the point that I know very little about it. Trying to second-guess the developers is likely to end badly,
    at least when I'm the one doing the guessing 8-)

    The maturity of Raspbian's Bookworm is there yet. I had to jump to it
    for my new Pi 5 machines, and I've also got it on a Pi 4 for reference,
    but the older headless machines are staying on Bullseye until some of
    the problems have been ironed out.

    ---druck

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to druck on Wed Oct 30 23:59:51 2024
    On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:24:11 +0000, druck wrote:

    On 29/10/2024 21:08, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:28:40 +0000, druck wrote:

    Quite often my Linux Laptops which use Network Manager decide they
    would like to try WiFi networks other than the one I've chosen,
    that's easily fixed via the gui, but not what you want on headless
    systems.

    You could use nmcli to control it.

    If you can log in to a headless system which isn't connecting to the
    Wifi.

    A Raspberry Pi still has a built-in Ethernet interface, doesn’t it?

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to druck on Thu Oct 31 00:00:52 2024
    On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:26:30 +0000, druck wrote:

    On 30/10/2024 08:20, Tauno Voipio wrote:

    dhcpcd is not needed: systemd-networkd contains a pretty good DHCP
    client when properly configured.

    I have no desire to give any more control of my systems to the systemd
    virus.

    Give people a way out of their pain, some people prefer the pain.

    Why? Answers on a postcard, please.

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to druck on Thu Oct 31 09:46:55 2024
    On 30/10/2024 21:24, druck wrote:
    On 29/10/2024 21:08, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
    On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:28:40 +0000, druck wrote:

    Quite often my Linux Laptops which use Network Manager decide
    they would like to try WiFi networks other than the one I've chosen,
    that's easily fixed via the gui, but not what you want on headless
    systems.

    You could use nmcli to control it.

    If you can log in to a headless system which isn't connecting to the Wifi.

    Well at least all headless Pis will run a console session via some form
    of USB keyboard and HDMI screen. You wont need a mouse so one USB port
    is enough

    That what I have used when faced with loss of of connectivity.


    ---druck

    --
    "And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch".

    Gospel of St. Mathew 15:14

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to druck on Thu Oct 31 09:55:10 2024
    On 30/10/2024 21:35, druck wrote:
    On 30/10/2024 16:18, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
    druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:
    This is why I wasn't happy about Raspbian moving from dhcpcd to Network
    Manager. Quite often my Linux Laptops which use Network Manager decide
    they would like to try WiFi networks other than the one I've chosen,
    that's easily fixed via the gui, but not what you want on headless
    systems.


    Were the unwanted wifi explorations immediate and consistent,

    Seemingly random.

    You could try disabling the NetworkManager service, and reinstalling
    dhcpcd so the WiFi is only selected by the contents of the
    wpa_supplicant.conf file. It worked fine for everything before Bookworm. >>>

    It seems wiser to learn how to live with Bookworm sooner rather than
    later.
    Up to now RasPiOS has been trouble-free to the point that I know very
    little
    about it. Trying to second-guess the developers is likely to end badly,
    at least when I'm the one doing the guessing 8-)

    The maturity of Raspbian's Bookworm is there yet. I had to jump to it
    for my new Pi 5 machines, and I've also got it on a Pi 4 for reference,
    but the older headless machines are staying on Bullseye until some of
    the problems have been ironed out.

    I sympathise. The main problem is not that its different and the
    defaults may well have changed, its that the body of knowledge and
    online documentation has not caught up.

    Having finally plumbed the depths of network manager, it's not bad, and
    it does offer command line, Curses based and x-window based interfaces
    to it.

    Once you know how to mess with it, its quick work to try out various
    options and see what works.

    Its taken about 6 months but my slow progress on bookworm seems to have
    arrived at a stable headless setup on both pi 4B and Pi Zero Ws.

    I have one more issue on the 4B but its not interesting to talk about here.

    I will stick with bookworm and persevere to make it work. I am
    fortunately in no hurry.

    Eventually one has to know how to use systemd and network manager, and
    that is the price to pay for using a vanilla bookworm.


    --
    "And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch".

    Gospel of St. Mathew 15:14

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to The Natural Philosopher on Thu Oct 31 19:28:22 2024
    On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:46:55 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    Well at least all headless Pis will run a console session via some form
    of USB keyboard and HDMI screen.

    It should be possible to have an old-style serial console, too.

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  • From druck@3:770/3 to The Natural Philosopher on Thu Oct 31 21:54:40 2024
    On 31/10/2024 09:46, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 30/10/2024 21:24, druck wrote:
    On 29/10/2024 21:08, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
    On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:28:40 +0000, druck wrote:

    Quite often my Linux Laptops which use Network Manager decide
    they would like to try WiFi networks other than the one I've chosen,
    that's easily fixed via the gui, but not what you want on headless
    systems.

    You could use nmcli to control it.

    If you can log in to a headless system which isn't connecting to the
    Wifi.

    Well at least all headless Pis will run a console session via some form
    of USB keyboard and HDMI screen. You wont need a mouse so one USB port
    is enough

    That what I have used when faced with loss of of connectivity.

    Yes, I'm sure I could drag a monitor and keyboard up to the attic, or
    down to the shed. However, it's easier in most situations to bring the
    Pi back to the monitor and keyboard to sort it out.

    But the point is; with the previous DHCPCD/WPAsuplicant the selection of
    the WiFi network was immutable. With the hardware watchdog set to reboot
    on crashes, if you couldn't connect to the Pi it was more likely the AP
    wasn't working.

    However, when using Network Manager, it sometimes decides to try a
    different network, leaving a remote headless Pi stuffed. Whilst all my 'desktop/media' Pi's (connected to monitors and keyboards) are on
    Bookworm, all the headless ones are remaining on Bullseye for the time
    being.

    ---druck

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to druck on Fri Nov 1 00:02:00 2024
    On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:54:40 +0000, druck wrote:

    However, when using Network Manager, it sometimes decides to try a
    different network ...

    I think the answer is, only use Network Manager on personal mobile devices
    like laptops. Any kind of server-side machine should avoid it and stick to
    a fixed configuration instead.

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to druck on Fri Nov 1 00:00:44 2024
    On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:37:46 +0000, druck wrote:

    A Raspberry Pi still has a built-in Ethernet interface, doesn’t it?

    If it was in range of an Ethernet switch, I wouldn't be using WiFi!

    You don’t need a switch, at gigabit speeds and above you can just run a point-to-point cable.

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to druck on Fri Nov 1 10:24:08 2024
    On 31/10/2024 21:54, druck wrote:
    However, when using Network Manager, it sometimes decides to try a
    different network, leaving a remote headless Pi stuffed. Whilst all my 'desktop/media' Pi's (connected to monitors and keyboards) are on
    Bookworm, all the headless ones are remaining on Bullseye for the time
    being.

    I already told you the solution to that.

    There is a priority system in network manager.

    Otherwise it will connect to whatever it connected to last time, or
    sometimes not

    If you have more than one connection profile use:

    sudo nmcli c modify MYCONNECTIONNAME connection.autoconnect-priority 1

    Randomly created connections are default priority zero

    This is also an accessible parameter from the GUI widget if you have a
    GUI interface

    It will then at least try only that SSID *first*

    Or delete any alternative connection profiles.



    --
    "Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have
    forgotten your aim."

    George Santayana

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to The Natural Philosopher on Fri Nov 1 12:39:59 2024
    On 01/11/2024 10:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 31/10/2024 21:54, druck wrote:
    However, when using Network Manager, it sometimes decides to try a
    different network, leaving a remote headless Pi stuffed. Whilst all my
    'desktop/media' Pi's (connected to monitors and keyboards) are on
    Bookworm, all the headless ones are remaining on Bullseye for the time
    being.

    I already told you the solution to that.

    There is a priority system in network manager.

    Otherwise it will connect to whatever it connected to last time, or
    sometimes not

    If you have more than one connection profile use:

    sudo nmcli c modify MYCONNECTIONNAME   connection.autoconnect-priority 1

    Randomly created connections are default priority zero

    This is also an accessible parameter from the GUI widget if you have a
    GUI interface

    It will then at least try only that SSID *first*

    Or delete any alternative connection profiles.



    Oh, and you can confine it to also use only one frequency too.

    --
    “It is not the truth of Marxism that explains the willingness of intellectuals to believe it, but the power that it confers on
    intellectuals, in their attempts to control the world. And since...it is
    futile to reason someone out of a thing that he was not reasoned into,
    we can conclude that Marxism owes its remarkable power to survive every criticism to the fact that it is not a truth-directed but a
    power-directed system of thought.”
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  • From druck@3:770/3 to All on Fri Nov 1 12:50:01 2024
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  • From druck@3:770/3 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Fri Nov 1 12:58:21 2024
    On 31/10/2024 00:00, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
    On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:26:30 +0000, druck wrote:

    On 30/10/2024 08:20, Tauno Voipio wrote:

    dhcpcd is not needed: systemd-networkd contains a pretty good DHCP
    client when properly configured.

    I have no desire to give any more control of my systems to the systemd
    virus.

    Give people a way out of their pain, some people prefer the pain.

    Anything to do with systemd is enviably more pain.

    Why? Answers on a postcard, please.

    I'm not using systemd-postcardd either

    ---druck

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  • From druck@3:770/3 to The Natural Philosopher on Fri Nov 1 14:15:52 2024
    On 01/11/2024 13:47, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 12:50, druck wrote:

    Except it doesn't actually work all the time. I've set up all my Pi's
    which have both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi with a higher priority to the
    5GHz network which has a different SSID to the 2.4 GHz one. Most of
    the time they honour that but occasionally I find one has switched
    back to 2.4 GHz, and it's not because the 5GHz signal strength has
    dropped according to the logging.

    Then delete the 2,4 GHZ SSID...

    That's really not the point is it.

    ---druck

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to druck on Fri Nov 1 13:47:22 2024
    On 01/11/2024 12:50, druck wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 10:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 31/10/2024 21:54, druck wrote:
    However, when using Network Manager, it sometimes decides to try a
    different network, leaving a remote headless Pi stuffed. Whilst all
    my 'desktop/media' Pi's (connected to monitors and keyboards) are on
    Bookworm, all the headless ones are remaining on Bullseye for the
    time being.

    I already told you the solution to that.

    There is a priority system in network manager.

    Otherwise it will connect to whatever it connected to last time, or
    sometimes not

    If you have more than one connection profile use:

    sudo nmcli c modify MYCONNECTIONNAME   connection.autoconnect-priority 1 >>
    Randomly created connections are default priority zero

    This is also an accessible parameter from the GUI widget if you have a
    GUI interface

    It will then at least try only that SSID *first*

    Or delete any alternative connection profiles

    Except it doesn't actually work all the time. I've set up all my Pi's
    which have both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi with a higher priority to the
    5GHz network which has a different SSID to the 2.4 GHz one. Most of the
    time they honour that but occasionally I find one has switched back to
    2.4 GHz, and it's not because the 5GHz signal strength has dropped
    according to the logging.

    Then delete the 2,4 GHZ SSID...


    Network manager has not yet reached the required level of stability.

    ---druck

    --
    Of what good are dead warriors? … Warriors are those who desire battle
    more than peace. Those who seek battle despite peace. Those who thump
    their spears on the ground and talk of honor. Those who leap high the
    battle dance and dream of glory … The good of dead warriors, Mother, is
    that they are dead.
    Sheri S Tepper: The Awakeners.

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to druck on Fri Nov 1 15:16:18 2024
    On 01/11/2024 14:15, druck wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 13:47, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 12:50, druck wrote:

    Except it doesn't actually work all the time. I've set up all my Pi's
    which have both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi with a higher priority to the
    5GHz network which has a different SSID to the 2.4 GHz one. Most of
    the time they honour that but occasionally I find one has switched
    back to 2.4 GHz, and it's not because the 5GHz signal strength has
    dropped according to the logging.

    Then delete the 2,4 GHZ SSID...

    That's really not the point is it.

    ---druck

    It is. If you have an SSID registerd with the Pi that is 2.4GHZ its
    going to sometimes connect to it
    So remove it from the PI. It then wont know it exists.


    --
    "The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow witted
    man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest
    thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid
    before him."

    - Leo Tolstoy

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  • From Chris Elvidge@3:770/3 to The Natural Philosopher on Fri Nov 1 15:24:07 2024
    On 01/11/2024 at 15:16, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 14:15, druck wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 13:47, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 12:50, druck wrote:

    Except it doesn't actually work all the time. I've set up all my
    Pi's which have both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi with a higher priority
    to the 5GHz network which has a different SSID to the 2.4 GHz one.
    Most of the time they honour that but occasionally I find one has
    switched back to 2.4 GHz, and it's not because the 5GHz signal
    strength has dropped according to the logging.

    Then delete the 2,4 GHZ SSID...

    That's really not the point is it.

    ---druck

    It is. If you have an SSID registerd with the Pi that is 2.4GHZ its
    going to sometimes connect to it
    So remove it from the PI. It then wont know it exists.



    Well it will still know it exists; it just won't know the password for it.


    --
    Chris Elvidge, England
    MY HOMEWORK WAS NOT STOLEN BY A ONE-ARMED MAN

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to Chris Elvidge on Fri Nov 1 15:34:25 2024
    On 01/11/2024 15:24, Chris Elvidge wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 at 15:16, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 14:15, druck wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 13:47, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 12:50, druck wrote:

    Except it doesn't actually work all the time. I've set up all my
    Pi's which have both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi with a higher priority
    to the 5GHz network which has a different SSID to the 2.4 GHz one.
    Most of the time they honour that but occasionally I find one has
    switched back to 2.4 GHz, and it's not because the 5GHz signal
    strength has dropped according to the logging.

    Then delete the 2,4 GHZ SSID...

    That's really not the point is it.

    ---druck

    It is. If you have an SSID registerd with the Pi that is 2.4GHZ its
    going to sometimes connect to it
    So remove it from the PI. It then wont know it exists.



    Well it will still know it exists; it just won't know the password for it.

    Network manager doesn't attempt to connect to SSIDS it has not
    configuration data for.
    The code that scans and presents possible SSIDS to connect to is not
    normally invoked




    --
    “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”

    H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to druck on Fri Nov 1 21:00:01 2024
    On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 12:58:21 +0000, druck wrote:

    On 31/10/2024 00:00, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:26:30 +0000, druck wrote:

    On 30/10/2024 08:20, Tauno Voipio wrote:

    dhcpcd is not needed: systemd-networkd contains a pretty good DHCP
    client when properly configured.

    I have no desire to give any more control of my systems to the systemd
    virus.

    Give people a way out of their pain, some people prefer the pain.

    Anything to do with systemd is enviably more pain.

    People adopt it by choice, because it solves so many problems that have
    been bugging *nix systems for years, decades.

    Remember, it’s modular, so it’s not an all-or-nothing proposition: you can just adopt the core and whatever modules you think are useful, and ignore
    the rest.

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  • From druck@3:770/3 to The Natural Philosopher on Fri Nov 1 20:40:06 2024
    On 01/11/2024 15:16, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 14:15, druck wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 13:47, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 12:50, druck wrote:

    Except it doesn't actually work all the time. I've set up all my
    Pi's which have both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi with a higher priority
    to the 5GHz network which has a different SSID to the 2.4 GHz one.
    Most of the time they honour that but occasionally I find one has
    switched back to 2.4 GHz, and it's not because the 5GHz signal
    strength has dropped according to the logging.

    Then delete the 2,4 GHZ SSID...

    That's really not the point is it.

    It is. If you have an SSID registerd with the Pi that is 2.4GHZ its
    going to sometimes connect to it
    So remove it from the PI. It then wont know it exists.

    No it's not. You are recommending the use of Network Manager instead of DHCPCD/WPA_Supplicant for headless Pi's, when it has serious problems
    which I and others have detailed. Your response is to suggest an
    increasing number of workarounds, some of which reduce useful functionality.

    The reason the 2.4GHz SSID is configured is in case the Pi needs to be relocated to another part of the property where 5 GHz is too weak. This
    has never been a problem when using DHCPCD/WPA_Supplicant, so I'm not
    about to remove it in order to use a flaky Network Manager.

    The sensible solution is to use the correct tool for the job, rather
    than whatever happens to be installed by default by Raspbian. This is an advantage of Linux, instead of being stuck with whatever Microsoft
    mandates you should use in Windows.

    ---druck

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to druck on Sat Nov 2 11:10:30 2024
    On 01/11/2024 20:40, druck wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 15:16, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 14:15, druck wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 13:47, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 12:50, druck wrote:

    Except it doesn't actually work all the time. I've set up all my
    Pi's which have both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi with a higher priority
    to the 5GHz network which has a different SSID to the 2.4 GHz one.
    Most of the time they honour that but occasionally I find one has
    switched back to 2.4 GHz, and it's not because the 5GHz signal
    strength has dropped according to the logging.

    Then delete the 2,4 GHZ SSID...

    That's really not the point is it.

    It is. If you have an SSID registerd with the Pi that is 2.4GHZ its
    going to sometimes connect to it
    So remove it from the PI. It then wont know it exists.

    No it's not. You are recommending the use of Network Manager instead of DHCPCD/WPA_Supplicant for headless Pi's, when it has serious problems
    which I and others have detailed. Your response is to suggest an
    increasing number of workarounds, some of which reduce useful
    functionality.


    Well in fact the only problems I have had is in understanding how it works


    The reason the 2.4GHz SSID is configured is in case the Pi needs to be relocated to another part of the property where 5 GHz is too weak.

    You never said that.
    Sigh.

    This
    has never been a problem when using DHCPCD/WPA_Supplicant, so I'm not
    about to remove it in order to use a flaky Network Manager.

    The sensible solution is to use the correct tool for the job, rather
    than whatever happens to be installed by default by Raspbian. This is an advantage of Linux, instead of being stuck with whatever Microsoft
    mandates you should use in Windows.

    ---druck


    If you want to tread a lone path that is your privilege.
    Don't expect support from those who have chosen to understand the main road.



    --
    Climate Change: Socialism wearing a lab coat.

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  • From druck@3:770/3 to All on Mon Nov 4 10:57:19 2024
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  • From druck@3:770/3 to The Natural Philosopher on Mon Nov 4 10:58:55 2024
    On 02/11/2024 11:10, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 20:40, druck wrote:
    The sensible solution is to use the correct tool for the job, rather
    than whatever happens to be installed by default by Raspbian. This is
    an advantage of Linux, instead of being stuck with whatever Microsoft
    mandates you should use in Windows.

    ---druck


    If you want to tread a lone path that is your privilege.
    Don't expect support from those who have chosen to understand the main
    road.

    I hate to interrupt your argument, but I'm the one giving support not
    asking for it. Remind me what your motivation is again?

    ---druck

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:770/3 to druck on Mon Nov 4 12:49:07 2024
    On 04/11/2024 10:58, druck wrote:
    On 02/11/2024 11:10, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 01/11/2024 20:40, druck wrote:
    The sensible solution is to use the correct tool for the job, rather
    than whatever happens to be installed by default by Raspbian. This is
    an advantage of Linux, instead of being stuck with whatever Microsoft
    mandates you should use in Windows.

    ---druck


    If you want to tread a lone path that is your privilege.
    Don't expect support from those who have chosen to understand the main
    road.

    I hate to interrupt your argument, but I'm the one giving support not
    asking for it. Remind me what your motivation is again?

    I'll help if i can, but if my knowledge base doesn't include some
    unusual self installed configuration, , I simply cant.

    ---druck


    --
    “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”

    H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy

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