Hey! I have made my Raspberry pi 3 model b into a airplay receiver, but I am experiencing some problems concerning the wireless connections that causes the sound to drop.
I have theory that installing a USB wireless antenna like the TP-Link TL-WN722N will solve my problem, because I will achieve a better wireless connection.
My questions is then:
1. Is it possible to install the TP-Link TL-WN722N and get it to work with RPI?
2. Will it help me achieve a better wireless connection and therefore stop the problems with dropouts?
All the best
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Re: Raspberry pi 3 external antenna
To make sure the problem is WiFi, try it with a wired network connection first.
If that solves the problem then the TP-Link USB WiFi interface with external antenna may help assuming there are working drivers for it.
If that solves the problem then the TP-Link USB WiFi interface with external antenna may help assuming there are working drivers for it.
Re: Raspberry pi 3 external antenna
Go with the external USB for Wifi and Bluetooth. The built in antenna is not that great, along with Transmitting power. There is a schematic out there that shows where the antenna is. It is on the front of the board, that is opposite of the USB ports.Skinboy1999 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2017 6:17 pmHey! I have made my Raspberry pi 3 model b into a airplay receiver, but I am experiencing some problems concerning the wireless connections that causes the sound to drop.
I have theory that installing a USB wireless antenna like the TP-Link TL-WN722N will solve my problem, because I will achieve a better wireless connection.
My questions is then:
1. Is it possible to install the TP-Link TL-WN722N and get it to work with RPI?
2. Will it help me achieve a better wireless connection and therefore stop the problems with dropouts?
All the best
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Re: Raspberry pi 3 external antenna
Thx for the replays! I just have one question before I go out and buy the antenna. Do I have to buy a new power supply? I already have a audiobox 22 VSL connected to the RPI that uses +5VDC and 500mA and with the antenna, my RPI might not run smoothly. I'm I wrong or do I have to buy a new transformer?
The best Erik
The best Erik
Re: Raspberry pi 3 external antenna
I setup a PulseAudio network sink on Pi. It's something like Airplay.
According to their manual: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Softwa ... r/Network/
Note all methods described here stream raw PCM audio over the network. This can use pretty much network bandwidth (around 1.4 Mb/s for CD-quality sound). If you get choppy sound, try setting a lower sample rate for the network stream. Furthermore, even while many WiFi connections can sustain such bitrates, often the jitter in packet latency makes transmitting low-latency audio over a wireless link infeasible in practice.
According to their manual: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Softwa ... r/Network/
Note all methods described here stream raw PCM audio over the network. This can use pretty much network bandwidth (around 1.4 Mb/s for CD-quality sound). If you get choppy sound, try setting a lower sample rate for the network stream. Furthermore, even while many WiFi connections can sustain such bitrates, often the jitter in packet latency makes transmitting low-latency audio over a wireless link infeasible in practice.