On 19/03/18 08:42, Peter wrote:
> On 18-Mar-18 10:12 PM, RobH wrote:
>> On 18/03/18 20:03, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> On 18/03/18 20:00, RobH wrote:
>>>> On 18/03/18 19:25, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>> On 18/03/18 16:24, RobH wrote:
>>>>>> On 18/03/18 14:42, Alister wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 12:50:49 +0000, RobH wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have RuneAudio on a raspberry P13 with a wifi dongle, so that
>>>>>>>> I can
>>>>>>>> control what to play using the RuneAudio app on my tablet.It has
>>>>>>>> worked
>>>>>>>> pretty well for a couple of months now. but these last few days my
>>>>>>>> tablet cannot connect to the Pi3 via the wifi dongle.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The wifi signal here is pretty good as I get something like 48db
>>>>>>>> in a
>>>>>>>> downstairs room, and the signal on the tablet is excellent.
>>>>>>>> My question is, does the said dongle give up the ghost after a
>>>>>>>> certain
>>>>>>>> time or what else could it be.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is there a better wifi dongle than the 'official one'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> what is wrong with the built in wifi of the Pi3?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well when the Pi3 is next to my laptop in wireless mode, it cannot
>>>>>> connect to the Pi3. So I guess something is not quiet right.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Is the pi2 running host services to allow that?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pi3 you mean, no I have no idea what host services it is running as
>>>> RuneAudio is an image which is burned onto a 4gb micro sd card, and
>>>> that is all that is on it.
>>>
>>> wifi is not peer to peer. Yu have effective masters and clients. If
>>> you dont have master software running on the pi nothing will 'connect
>>> to it'
>>>
>>> What you need to install or of it is intsalled I do not know.
>>>
>>>
>> Sorry, I don't know what you mean!
>> All I know is that it used to work ok but now it doesn't.
>>
>>
> I think there is some confusion.
>
> Your tablet does not talk directly to the Pi over wifi, so putting the
> two devices closer together will not help.
>
> The tablet connects over wifi to your router.  The Pi connects over wifi
> to your router.  The application (RuneAudio) then uses a network
> protocol (TCP/IP) over the wifi network to communicate between the Pi
> and the tablet, through the router.
>
> None of which actually fixes your problem.
>
> You say you can connect the Pi to the router using a cable.  If you do
> that, can you use the tablet to check the RuneAudio configuration, check
> the Pi wifi is still set up for the correct SSID etc?  This may help you
> debug whether you have a problem with the wifi dongle.
>
> Peter

Thanks, and I see what you meant now about the distance between the Pi
and the tablet.

The Pi wifi is set to the correct SSID, and the wifi signal is pretty
good throughout the house as I have a powered wifi adapter attached to
the landing ceiling.
When I open RuneAudio on the tablet, it can connect to the Pi as long as
the Pi is connected by cable.
That means I am now going to run a cable downstairs from my router, to
the Pi. This is because the speaker I use has to be connected to the Pi
by a phono lead, and if it isn't then there is no sound on the speaker,
even tho' RuneAudio is actually playing a track etc.

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