Wifi Not Connecting

retropaul · 31 Dec 2017, 06:31

@mitu hmm... What's interesting is that I have a router with 2 different wifi's running off of it. There is the 2.4GHz with an ssid of "BugsBunny" and a 5GHz with an ssid of "RoadRunner". I was trying to connect to BugsBunny (as it has a larger range) so that should be fine. Right?

mitu · 31 Dec 2017, 06:35

@retropaul Looks ok, I have a similar setup (2 SSID - 2.4Ghz and 5 Ghz), albeit using a RPI 3 instead of a PI 0W. How does your wikifile.txt look like ?

retropaul · 31 Dec 2017, 06:41

@mitu wikifile.txt? I don't have that file.

mitu · 31 Dec 2017, 06:42

@retropaul said in Wifi Not Connecting:

wikifile.txt? I don't have that file.

Sorry, I meant wifikeyfile.txt.

retropaul · 31 Dec 2017, 06:46

@mitu ahh gotcha. I have just the basic stuff in there.
ssid="BugsBunny"
psk="*********"

mitu · 31 Dec 2017, 06:51

@retropaul Looks ok, I was thinking you've put @ instead of " in your file. Without looking into system logs it's hard to say why it's not working - but without a keyboard that's not going to work.

retropaul · 31 Dec 2017, 06:53

@mitu in the last try I did, I used the @ symbol instead of ", but it still didn't work. Is there any way to import the log info onto my computer?

mitu · 31 Dec 2017, 06:57

@retropaul If you have a Linux computer available, then you could try opening the PI system partition and read it, but in this case you could also try to configure the Wifi connection directly by editing the /etc/network/interfaces(as in https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Wifi/#wpawpa2)

retropaul · 31 Dec 2017, 07:00

@mitu said in Wifi Not Connecting:

@retropaul If you have a Linux computer available, then you could try opening the PI system partition and read it, but in this case you could also try to configure the Wifi connection directly by editing the /etc/network/interfaces(as in https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Wifi/#wpawpa2)

How would I go about getting there? I'm kinda a noob.

mitu · 31 Dec 2017, 07:08

@retropaul said in Wifi Not Connecting:

How would I go about getting there? I'm kinda a noob.

If you don't have a Linux system available, then I wouldn't bother - easiest way would be to get a keyboard.

The easiest way to experiment with Linux IMHO is to get an Ubuntu [1] or Fedora [2] Live image, write it to an USB stick and boot off of it, this way you'll be running a Linux system that could read your SD card properly - i.e. read the Linux partition of the RPI.

[1] - https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows
[2] - https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/download/

retropaul · 31 Dec 2017, 07:15

@mitu ok, I'll work on that in the morning. Thanks for the help!

retropaul · 2 Jan 2018, 06:25

@mitu I've worked on the stuff some and determined that I will probably screw up my computer before I get anything working. I just remembered that I forgot to tell you something. The router I'm using is WPA2-PSK(AES). Wasn't sure if that was important or not but thought it might be something.

mitu · 2 Jan 2018, 06:34

@retropaul That's fine, the PI should work with this type of WPA. You might check if you have any other security related settings on the router - like MAC filtering - that might prevent the connection.

retropaul · 2 Jan 2018, 16:06

@mitu I checked and there didn't seem to be any extra security stuff. The raspberry Pi is in almost the corner of my house so I was wondering if maybe it's antenna isn't strong enough. Although, the pi picks up the wifi in the connect to wifi GUI.

retropaul · 1 Feb 2018, 20:43

@mitu Just to clarify, SSID is the name of your wifi, correct?