Re: My question isn't about the fault, its about how to find it.

On 14/09/2024 11:33, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 14/09/2024 08:12, Pancho wrote:

Prolly easier to get an HDMI and USB adapter and pop a monitor and keyboard on it.
I spent hours yesterday googling for PI ZERO 2 W WIFI DISCONNECTS and everybody has the same problem. Must be 1000 posts out there. It seems that the 2W is basically a piece of shit. People try SD cards that work perfectly in the Zero W, but don't work in the 2W.
 I tried every methodology suggested, and its still doing it.
 I am tempted to buy the old version, two  of which have been faultlessly connected to the same wifi point for several years....
 Unfortunately I soldered a header block to this one so I can't return it. Bin job probably.
 

Well another day of configgling
Tried to make it talk to a different wifi point. Bricked it. Reinstalled OS lite and started setting up. (again!)
The Pi ZERO 2W apparently uses a different wifi chip - SYMANTEC SYN43436, not the old BROADCOMM BCM43438
There is scuttlebutt that this doesn't play nice with some older wifi points, hence using a different one
Well, we will see.
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