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Why a Wifi USB Dongle is recommended with Raspberry PI 3 B

martinselva
martinselva over 10 years ago

I am planning to buy Raspberry PI 3, as per the config it has built-in Wifi so why does a Wifi USB dongle is recommended?

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    0 jkutzsch over 10 years ago

    Out of curiosity, where did you read that recommendation?

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  • clem57
    0 clem57 over 10 years ago

    Where did you see that? That does not compute!

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    0 martinselva over 10 years ago in reply to jkutzsch

    A kit on Amazon. Thanks! Martins & John for the reply. I'll go ahead and buy my Raspberry PI today.

     

    Cheers

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    0 jkutzsch over 10 years ago in reply to martinselva

    That makes sense.  I think when they first came out people were having issues getting things working and they may have relied on the tried and trued external adapters due to driver issues.  But now there is enough support and information out there you should be good to go!

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    0 e14 Contributor over 10 years ago

    What is the tried and true method now?   I have the Pi3 and for the most part the built-in Wifi works.  But sometimes I have to plug an external unit in.

    And today - it doesn't work at all.  I have to resort to eth0 instead of wlan0.

    Not good.

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