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OK now. You heard me describe in my last post how my raspberry pis don’t hold a wifi connection persistently. This weekend, after a little googling, I believe I have found the answer to that problem. Well, technically, 2 answers. And I am not sure which one works, so I am using them both 😀
The first answer is to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file and add the line “wireless-power off” and then do a reboot. That should turn off wifi piower saving, which in turn should keep the wifi running.
The second answer is kind of like the first. Edit the /etc/rc.local file and add “/sbin/iw dev wlan0 set power_save off” and the save. This file will run *right before* you are able to login and tells the wlan0 (your wireless controller) to turn off any power saving, which, like the above, should keep your wifi connection alive and responding.
Lastly, reboot to make sure both fixes are in the system and working. If you don’t see me posting more on this annoying problem or more fixes then that means one or both of these have worked 😀