Lost WIFI Dongle after PI4 Upgrade to

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Hi Harry

I upgraded to version 2025.04 (2363). Afterwards I lost access the external WIFI dongle (Edimax EW-7811UTC). I then downloaded a new copy and re-flashed to the micro SD. Still, no access to the dongle. The onboard PI4 WIFI is accessible and functioning. Below is the generated log file.
Thanks.
John

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Hi Harry & John,

I am experiencing the same as John on the same endpoint, except my dongle is a WiFi 5 Realtek 802.11ac (USB 3.0). The Ropiee recognizes the dongle (as it always has) except now: I hit play on some music, it starts playing, and about 10 seconds later the dongle wi-fi connection cuts out.

I tested using the dongle on all Pi USB ports, with different DACs, as well connecting to a mesh network and a non-mesh network, all with the same result. This dongle has been working correctly for over a year until now.

My internal Pi wifi-is working fine.

If it matters, my core is Rock.

Thank you!

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just confirmed that my wifi dongle had been working as far back as, at least, early 2022ā€¦ so something definitely seems to have changed.

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Yes, of course. RoPieee evolves and gets updates.

External USB dongles are 99% of the time based on the Realtek chipset. Which has very crappy driver support, which means that it is a ā€˜hit and missā€™. That means that I cannot guarantee they work. Iā€™ve got myself a large set of dongles collected over the years, but if a specific dongle does not work after a kernel upgrade thereā€™s not much I can do.

Can you send me feedback? So make sure youā€™ve got the dongle configured, but also a connection over wire. And then send me feedback.

Thanks

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Of course - definitely understand things change and you canā€™t guarantee every dongle works :slight_smile:

By ā€œfeedbackā€ do you mean some kind of log? If so, how do I generate it? I looked for a log download/export function, but didnā€™t find anything.

Thanks again!

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Hi Harry

Below is a log from a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5. I have lost the ability to use this, it had been working for a few years. The log was generated while connected via ethernet. When I look to configure the Edimax dongle it does not appear, only the internal PI4 Wifi. I would use the internal however the performance is spotty when close to the other audio gear.

WIFI Dongle: Edimax EW-7811UTC ( I believe this uses the Realtek RTL8812AU chipset).

RoPieee 2025.05 (2453) [STABLE]

Thanks
John

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Hi John,

Digged up my ā€œdongle boxā€ and Iā€™ve got an Edimax AC600 myself. Itā€™s indeed no longer working - and indeed directly related to the upgrade to the new kernel.

Iā€™m going to fix this (you see: confidence :wink: ), so stay tuned.

Thanks

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