Wifi unstable with Arch Linux

Discussion in 'UDOO QUAD' started by Pedro Ferreira, Feb 28, 2016.

  1. Pedro Ferreira

    Pedro Ferreira New Member

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    I'm testing the UDOO Quad with Arch Linux, I noticed that the wifi connection is unstable, I have a ssh session to the wifi port and from time to time it freezes and eventually disconnects.

    Code:
    $ uname -a
    Linux udoo-quad 4.4.2-2-rt7-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Fri Feb 26 00:58:50 UTC 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux
    
    Is the wifi working correctly in other linux distributions?
    Is there a better driver for the Mediatek RT5370 chipset? The current driver I'm using (rt2800usb) is not very stable...

    I already updated the firmware from the Mediatek web site:
    Code:
    ]$ dmesg|grep ieee80211
    [  9.860881] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 5390, rev 0502 detected
    [  9.903726] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rf: Info - RF chipset 5370 detected
    [  9.931831] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
    [  10.134052] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin'
    [  10.188885] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 0.33
    
     
  2. Andrea Rovai

    Andrea Rovai Well-Known Member

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  3. Pedro Ferreira

    Pedro Ferreira New Member

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    Ok thanks.
    I see that the official distro is based on Ubuntu. I'll take a look at the image you have on your site to check whats the wifi firmware version and if there's a new driver for it.
     
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