magtag can't connect to wifi from more than 20' away

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lwhitehorn
 
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magtag can't connect to wifi from more than 20' away

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I have a new (black mask) magtag that can't connect to a wifi AP if it's more than about 15-20' feet away. It connects fine if it's really, really, really close, but otherwise, nada. Every other device in the house, including other ESP32 devices, can connect to this AP.

Doesn't seem to be channel-related. Is there some configuration setting to get the ESP32 to connect from a normal distance?

Some forums have mentioned disabling wifi sleep, but I'm new to CircuitPython and don't know how to go about doing that.

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Re: magtag can't connect to wifi from more than 20' away

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Have you run the WiFi test that shows RSSI values? It might be helpful to how the signal strength chases with orientation at different distances from the access point.

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-mag ... et-connect

There is also a wifi.Radio.tx_power setting you can use to increase transmit power.

https://docs.circuitpython.org/en/lates ... o.tx_power
https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues/6559

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Re: magtag can't connect to wifi from more than 20' away

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Thanks. Still seems like a distance problem in the sense that once there's anything, e.g. wall between the MagTag and the AP, it can't connect.

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