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    RetroPie 3.8.1 on Raspberry Pi 1 Model B Wifi Not Working

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    • muthucoolM
      muthucool
      last edited by

      The above did not work, but thank you, and no I'm not on a Mac, I use Windows 10.

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      • briankrossB
        briankross @muthucool
        last edited by

        @muthucool

        I was thinking it may be a known_hosts issue. I know how how to fix it on a Mac, but have read it can be tricky to fix on Windows. Perhaps test your Google-fu.

        On a Mac...

        I'm not sure if this is related, but I'm on a Mac and after re-imaging my rPi3 it will connect to a WiFi network but a FTP client or Terminal can't connect to the Pi.

        Here are the steps I use to resolve the issue.

        Back up then delete ~/.ssh/known_hosts from your Mac

        • Open Terminal
        cp ~/.ssh/known_hosts ~/.ssh/known_hosts.bak
        
        rm ~/.ssh/known_hosts
        
        exit
        
        • Reboot Mac
        • Connect via ip address in ftp client
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        • BuZzB
          BuZz administrators
          last edited by BuZz

          please post the output of these from the terminal (after configuring wifi and rebooting - ignoring the error when connecting)

          ifconfig
          iwconfig
          sudo iwlist scan
          

          and the contents of the file /var/log/daemon.log

          please use a site like pastebin.com for larger logs.

          To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          • muthucoolM
            muthucool
            last edited by

            Thanks, I'm doing that now.

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            • muthucoolM
              muthucool
              last edited by

              Sorry if this is a n00b question, but, the outputs of "ifconfig" and "sudo iwlist scan" are quite large, how to use pastebin.com to show them to you?

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              • briankrossB
                briankross @muthucool
                last edited by briankross

                @muthucool said in RetroPie 3.8.1 on Raspberry Pi 1 Model B Wifi Not Working:

                Sorry if this is a n00b question, but, the outputs of "ifconfig" and "sudo iwlist scan" are quite large, how to use pastebin.com to show them to you?

                1. Copy your code
                2. Go to http://pastebin.com/
                3. Paste the code
                4. Click "Create New Paste"
                5. Copy the resulting url from your browser
                6. Paste that url to a reply in this thread
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                • muthucoolM
                  muthucool
                  last edited by

                  I don't know what happened, but, after I viewed the logs and typed in the commands, the wifi worked! Thanks for all the help, you guys are awesome.

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                  • P
                    pimpmaul69
                    last edited by

                    this is the problem. same thing happens on the pi zero. you can try forever then finally get it. to make it work the first time, when you get into the wifi setup unplug everything except your keyboard and wifi adapter. this means unplug your controller as well.

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                    • muthucoolM
                      muthucool
                      last edited by

                      @pimpmaul69 Thank You, if the problem happens again, I will try that.

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                      • ParzivalP
                        Parzival
                        last edited by

                        Did you try connecting directly to the LAN network to see if the raspberry pi gets any internet access?

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