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    Pi3 Wifi not showing Interface

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    • FatalXCepti0nF
      FatalXCepti0n
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      I have a Rpi3, and I installed RetroPie about 3 weeks ago from the prebuilt image- the image I downloaded listed the Pi3 as one of the supported devices. I just went to connect to the Wifi network at home, and the RetroPie showed a wifi network with a blank ESSID, and said it could not connect. I ran sudo iwconfig and no wireless interfaces are listed. Do I need to install a driver to get this working, or do I need an update of some sort? Thanks!

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        pablo @FatalXCepti0n
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        @FatalXCepti0n

        Have you applied an overclock to your SD card?

        Using dtoverlay=sdhost,overclock_50=100 will disable your WiFi.

        Replace this with dtoverlay=sdtweak,overclock_50=100and your WiFi will come back to life.

        Alternatively, if your home network is on a channel greater than 11 you will need to enter your raspi-config (sudo raspi-config) and change your WiFi region to something like GB where these additional channels are supported.

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