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R7800 reboots when Pinebook Pro uses the Wifi in AP mode
Hi, I recently got a PineBook Pro (aka PBP, from pine64.org) and I have now the issue that each time the PBP uses the Wifi a bit more heavily, the R7800 chokes and reboots. I am ready to admit t...
Kitsap wrote:One option would be to consider the Voxel firmware for your R7800s. Be sure and review the Readme file linked in the banner.
https://www.voxel-firmware.com/Downloads/Voxel/html/index.html
I didn't know about the Voxel firmware, but I was considering OpenWrt if everything else breaks. What would be the advantages/disadvantages of both, if we arrive to this stage? From what I could find, Voxel, like the stock firmware, is also based on OpenWrt.
The nearest to a comparison I could find is https://www.snbforums.com/threads/voxel-firmware.50141/post-587447 and it's already more than 3 years old, so possibly/probably outdated.
Voxels WEB GUI is mostly same or similar to NG stock FW. He makes some GUI changes and mostly cosmetic.
Voxels mostly keeps the backend FW packages more up to date with in the FW and also as more support for some features that NG doesn't support.
I think other draw backs would be that features like Amor and Circle may not work at all with his FW loaded. Not sure if Nighthawk app will either.
I did load his FW on my R7800 a few years back. With the additional WEB GUI diagnostic plug-in that was supported back then, was really nice. Seem to run well though I didn't test it out for a long time. Just wanted to see if I could get it loaded on and with the plug-in that was brought up. I have data at home that I still have somewhere's regarding that.
Think in long term, Voxels would be the better option, if your system is not in warranty and this is what you want to keep for a while longer, give it a try. You can always come back to NG stock.
could always toss voxel's on one of them and see if the problem replicates using 3rd party firmware.
OK, let me try this (might take a while) and see if it helps, or if at least I can get more information about the issue.
Hi, so I found at last the time to burn Voxel's firmware and it didn't change anything to my problem, exactly the same behavior once my PineBook Pro starts to use the Wifi, reboot without notice of warning...
Does this new firmware have secret powers for debugging?
