@windg that did it! Back online. Now to figure out the culprit, which narrows it down to the dolphin bar, since that was the only thing different. Thanks so much!

@daviidx6tance Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Please provide more information as detailed in link.

@eziodread please read https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first and open a new topic with your issue and details of your setup. Thanks

@entozoon please don't. You can edit your first post and make it clear it's a Raspbian issue preferably leaving original text in place for reference) (please don't blank your post as it will mess the thread up). You can't delete the entire topic anyway.

@MDtar7 Im running out of ideas, but try enabling SMB 1.0 support on your PC.
Its in Control Panel, Programs and Features, Turn Windows Feature On or Off and select SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support. Restart your computer and try it again.
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@YFZdude

Yes I tried turning it on.

Really whatever I do makes no difference. I think it’s just something screwy in windows, I hate windows.

Scraping the way previously described worked perfectly, thank you as usual mitu.

@mitu many thanks. fixed

Stupid question but I don't see it asked here:

Did you enable/configure SSH in the Software Configuration Menu on the new install in the Pi?

Check the docs - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/SSH/.

I m sorry to say ,but you need to go through a fresh install of retropie. this happened with me and i tried all different kind of ways but at the end i had to take the trouble.
All the best.

@dandy_j Can you run sudo rfkill unblock all (from the terminal, after exiting Emulationstation) and see if you can detect the wifi networks afterwards.
Is your WiFi configured for 2.4 Ghz b/g or it's just 5Ghz ? The PI only has 2.4 Ghz capabilities.

@mitu +1 for you
That's the easiest solution indeed!
I always use this. It even works for annother RetroPie setup but not simultanous of course ;)

@rod419 said in Noob Dilemma: No IPV4 address/No SSIDs Showing up:

Also I can't seem to SSH from my PC, regardless of what IP I use.

Well, if there is no network configured it's not possible to use SSH to the PI, unless you have a wired connection. If you have one, then you first need to enable SSH, since it's disabled by default - use the raspi-config script (see here).

Remember that the PI 3 only connects over 2.4Ghz, so if your access point only works in 5Ghz, then you'll not see the SSID. This happened to me the other day. Maybe the external wireless adapter has 5Ghz support and that's why it's able to connect.

Here is a Wireless configuration guide for the PI - including command to scan for SSIDs and configure the wireless from command line.

All that I can suggest is to connect another device to the network port of the PC to see if the network connection is shared to that device correctly.
Then at least you know if the Pi or PC is to blame.

personally, when things like this take too long I give up, in this case I would just conenct the Pi directly to the router.

Common mistake :)

I just told my DHCP server to assign the same IP address to the Pi's MAC address.

It works perfectly, thanks a lot!

Anyone?