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2015-07-01, 14:27
(This post was last modified: 2015-07-01, 14:27 by bledd.)
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EW-7811UAC adaptor
Having an issue with this adaptor on OpenElec 5.0.8 (I can test a nightly to see if the issue still exists). When connecting to the 5ghz network, it connects fine, until you reboot.
After it boots up, I go into the connections screen and it says "State : Failed", if I tell it to connect again, it works.
I've tried setting the 'wait for network' option, but it still doesn't work. On the 2ghz network, it works flawlessly. Figured I'd post this thread as many others have the same issue with this adaptor.
I read somewhere about it being a driver issue and it being the vendors fault for not giving out the USB IDs for new products. Is this something I can extract and provide somewhere?
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2015-07-02, 04:05
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Yes you're using the rtl8812au driver. Try the two builds and see if there's any difference between them.
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Thanks, I will test these this evening.
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2015-07-03, 11:42
(This post was last modified: 2015-07-03, 11:46 by bledd.)
Annoyingly, it seemed to work near perfectly on a fresh install. On 5.0.8 from about 15 reboots, it only failed about 2 times on the 5ghz network.
I ran the latest test build and couldn't get it to fail.
As a test I then updated my current install (which is having the issues) to the builds that you suggested. I could not get 5ghz to come up after a reboot with the latest build or the special build.
I don't have many modifications or addons installed at all. IR GPIO and that's about it.
Is there a folder for network settings that I can clear out to reset network settings?
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The latest build has the same driver as 5.0.8 so I can only imagine this is a configuration issue. Try deleting/renaming .config, .cache and .kodi folders so that you have a "clean" install. Or grab a fresh SD card and test with that.
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If you rename those folders rather than delete them, you can restore them once you've completed your test.
Unfortunately beyond providing a build with updated drivers I'm not really able to help diagnose specific wireless problems.
I'm not entirely sure for wireless, but wired network settings are in .cache/connman - within this folder you'll find additional folders based on your MAC address containing your network settings.
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I bought the edimax EW-7811UTC which uses the same chipset and have got it working okay on the latest kodi 16 test build.
The problem I had was the connection kept dropping and then wouldn't connect. I tried kodi 15 first and then 16 as recommended by milhouse but with the same result. This is on 5Ghz wireless ac.
In my routers settings (asus rt-ac68u) there is an option to have it wireless N only on 5Ghz. With this set it works well so it is the wiress ac thats the problem. The only problem is you will only connect at 150Mhz but at least you can run on 5Ghz.
