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    Wi-Fi on Pi3

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      tjans
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      No idea why I said disable. My bad. It was suggested that I do the apt-get update because the early drivers that were used are "rubbish."

      Anyway, I'll check my power adapter. I'm just Using a micro usb cable plugged into a generic usb power brick. I also got a wifi adapter from a friend to test out.

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        tjans
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        Seemily you geniuses were right :) I borrowed a friend's adapter (only 2.1) and it powered it just fine, and the apt-get upgrade is flying, and it's connecting to wireless (at least at work). I did buy my own adapter that will arrive tomorrow, so the real test will be whether it works at my house, but I have a good feeling about it. I'll report back, but I think this is good news!

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          tjans
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          Well I might have lied. I bought a Cana kit power thing made for pi3 and it didnt fix the problem when I tried it at home. Seems like it must be my router or something that it can't connect at home.

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            Twitch0815
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            You just got to keep eliminating issues.
            Swap the router,
            Reset the router you have and reconfigure it.
            Maybe disable security temporarily and see if it connects without security as a baseline.

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              tjans
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              Precisely, looks like it doesn't like my router. I swapped my nice netgear with DD-WRT on it for a budget belkin and for whatever reason it worked just fine. That's a freakin' bummer as I liked my netgear.

              Thanks for all the help, everyone!

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                Meneer Jansen @tjans
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                @tjans said:

                Precisely, looks like it doesn't like my router. I swapped my nice netgear with DD-WRT on it for a budget belkin and for whatever reason it worked just fine. That's a freakin' bummer as I liked my netgear.

                Thanks for all the help, everyone!

                Thank you for starting the topic, I learned a lot from it. Do you have an Android phone w/ the app 'WiFi Analyser' on it? Try to measure the strength of your WiFi (real time, take a walk through your house!) and how many neighbors' signals are "in your house". Might give some insight.

                Avid Linux user.

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                  tjans
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                    tjans @Meneer Jansen
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                    @Meneer-Jansen no problem.

                    I have an iPhone. Switching to android after my contract is up. I have an app for my PC I could use that does the same thing.

                    Ps. If Jansen is your last name, we share the same. :)

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                      tjans @tjans
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                      Frustrating. Now it does t work with my new router. It almost has to be interference since it worked fine on my work's wifi network.

                      I don't have problems on any other device. I'm stumped.

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                        Meneer Jansen @tjans
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                        @tjans said:

                        @Meneer-Jansen no problem.

                        I have an iPhone. Switching to android after my contract is up. I have an app for my PC I could use that does the same thing.

                        Ps. If Jansen is your last name, we share the same. :)

                        Maybe the exact same same app has a version for iPhone too...

                        P.S. Jansen is a nick name. I am Dutch though... :-)

                        Avid Linux user.

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