So the Wyse 3040 installs Volumio just fine… but I don’t think the drivers for the WiFi install right - every time I try to enable wireless networking, the WiFi restarts, then turns off. For my non-WiFi Wyse, this runs a treat. @jacobacci does this sound plausible to you? I tried to read through this thread, but basically it seems like only non-WiFi Wyse’s were being used…
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Sorry, I only ever use my Wyse 3040 with Ethernet. It is well possible that the necessary Wifi drivers are not included the latest Volumio x86 image.
You have obviously looked at the Volumio Forum.
x86 - Installing wifi drivers - Help and Support / Help - Volumio Community
X86 Hardware issues (WiFi, DAC, Disks, Boot etc.) - Help and Support / Help - Volumio Community
@gkkpch is the resident expert on Wyse 3040 on the Volumio forum. He should be able to give you a definitive answer.
There are a number of USB Wifi Adapter that work out of the box with Volumio
Thanks if you have any ideas @gkkpch - I’ve got the internal M.2 SDIO WiFi card which came with the Wyse 3040 (at least in one of my machines). Very much hoping not to have to get a dongle, though I’m sure that would work easily!
I’m using it on my NuC thin client these days previously it was Rock but Volumio supports its wireless card which makes it more flexible, also acts as an airplay, squeezebox or UPnP renderer for when Roon doesn’t work as no internet. I’m thinking of getting the full package to utilise chromecast and its usb input.
Sorry, I don’t read the Roon forum anymore nowadays, but someone made me aware of your question.
But I guess we resolved the issue yesterday in the Volumio community already, if not, we’ll continue there.
Cheers - Gé
@gkkpch Wow! Thanks again, and appreciate the help over there. What a cool project! Can’t believe I hadn’t played with it before. Has now (at least for now) replaced my variety of Ropieee’s + homebuilt Wyse x86 devices. WebUI + Hotspot functionality is great, lightweight so installs on my Wyse
Completely solves my “but I can’t listen to my local music when the internet is down” (to my satisfaction). Although the Wyse 3040 is way too underpowered to act as more than a bridge (it doesn’t have nearly enough disk space) so it can’t scan all my local library. So I now face the choice of where to put these - mostly because having a full library available is so damn nice / useful that I want my RPi’s everywhere. Luckily I have a few RPi3b+’s lying around, and they have plenty of juice for the job. Ah well, you’ve made my life better on the Wyse devices (which truly seem to be way more “Set it and forget it”) and I shouldn’t complain that they’re not powerful enough to get the most out of your software!
EDIT: just figured out that even my Wyse can access my music via my Plex server on my NAS. This is getting better and better. The “kickable” form factor I like, “set it and forget it” (it takes care of updates itself), and I can access local music when internet down via Plex even for super lightweight clients like the Wyse (and via Volumio native NAS access for my RPis).
Will say it took me a while to ensure I waited long enough to “let it do its thing” during network configuration (especially with the low-powered Wyse), but now that I’ve had it running a couple days, it seems quite stable. Cheers again!
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The Volumio option is killer - waaaay less stuffing around with a full linux os. Have updated both my 3040’s to it and scored a 5070 for $55 and installed it on that. Interestingly the wifi on the 5070 seems to work ok so far. Although the wifi is not working on the 3040’s I run ethernet to them and they “just work”.
Yep. I agree. So much easier.
My 3040’s have worked on WiFi, once, and then they stopped working on WiFi. Total ghost in the machine stuff. Now they live on ethernet. Also now running volumio on my Rpi4 based Pi2AES and my RPiZero’s that had been running Ropieee. I love Ropieee but simpler to have a single platform. Loses me plexamp, but gains me the ability to play my local library in a pinch when internet down. Very very neat.