[arm-allstar] RPi3 wireless.

[Larry]

Very good ... I have never tried to use the wifi other than on this 
node. I will load up a card with a different system and see if that 
changes anything.

Thanks Doug. Appreciate the help.

Larry - N7FM

On 04/28/2017 11:05 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
> Larry,
>
>   The response you are getting from the dhcpcd command is not good. Either
> your wifi is not working on that board or the DHCP server is not reachable.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 1:50 AM, "Larry via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> Doug,
>>
>> Tried the dhcpcd wlan0 command.
>> It Replies waiting for carrier
>> It then times out after about 30 sec or a bit longer.
>>
>> I have another wireless router that I can set up on its own LAN and do
>> more testing.
>> I will configure it as an open system until I get things working.
>> If that doesn't work I will try another mode of programming the wireless
>> just to see what happens.
>>
>> Nothing configured on this node just hooked it up and was playing with
>> everything to see how all the neat things you and David added to the v 1.5
>> work.
>> Figured I'd get familiar before I replace a couple acid machines with new
>> Pi3's.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestions and nice to know both modes will actually get
>> IP's when things are working.
>>
>> 73
>> Larry - N7FM
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 04/28/2017 10:11 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
>>
>>> Larry,
>>>
>>> Sorry you are having problems. It works for most everyone else but usually
>>> in the few times when there are problems it is on a cell connection and
>>> not
>>> on a home network. It does not matter where the DHCP server is as long as
>>> it is on your LAN and accessible and you only have one server configured.
>>>
>>> I would not recommend playing with other network packages as the one
>>> supplied does work. We just have to figure out why it is not in your case.
>>>
>>> One of the options in the setup is to view your wpa_supplicant file. Does
>>> that file look correct? It should show your selected SSID and passphrase
>>> as
>>> well as an encrypted key.
>>>
>>> Do you have anything else you can try connecting to wireless? A Phone
>>> hotspot etc.? The Pi and our code is IPv4. Are you getting any other
>>> messages on the HDMI connected terminal when you boot?
>>>
>>> I did have a situation where I could not connect to a wireless router no
>>> matter what I did while it would connect to others. I ended up replacing
>>> the router as it was old.
>>>
>>> The other thing you can try after it boots and it does not get an address
>>> is:
>>>
>>> dhcpcd wlan0
>>>
>>> and see what messages you get.
>>>
>>> Also you can have both wired and wireless connected for testing. It won't
>>> work correctly that way but if you look at   ifconfig   it should show
>>> both
>>> interfaces and they both should get an IP address from your router. Wired
>>> and wireless use different mac addresses.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *73 Doug*
>>>
>>> *WA3DSP*
>>>
>>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 12:27 AM, "Larry via arm-allstar" <
>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am unable to get my wireless network to work on the latest Arm 1.5
>>>> version. (I did the latest upgrade)
>>>>
>>>> I know I must be doing something wrong but haven't any idea what.
>>>> The new menu shows no errors when I configure the wireless but I can
>>>> never
>>>> obtain an IP from the wireless access point. Wired Internet works
>>>> perfect.
>>>>
>>>> I do have somewhat of a different set up. I am using a wireless router
>>>> configured as just an access point and it does not do DHCP.
>>>> DHCP addresses are provided by the main router for all wired and wireless
>>>> devices.
>>>> I have numerous other wireless devices all auto connecting that work
>>>> fine.
>>>>
>>>> I tried setting the access point's wireless security to Open, WEP,
>>>> WPA-PSK
>>>> and matched the settings on the Pi3. Rebooted and get nothing.
>>>> Do see a message pop on the screen when using a monitor/keyboard about it
>>>> not having a IPv6 connection. My system is set only for IPv4.
>>>> Don't know if that might be something I need to look at.
>>>> Tried #7 menu everyway I can think of. Wireless detects my SSID and has
>>>> 40/70 signal strength. just doesn't obtain an IP
>>>> IP readback gives 127.0.0.1 whenever it boots without wired Internet
>>>> hooked up.
>>>>
>>>> What (non menu) wireless program is used to configure the wireless device
>>>> on the Arm PI3?
>>>>
>>>> I did have a friends Pi3 IRLP node that had wired connect issues. I was
>>>> told to download and use wcid to do network configure for both
>>>> wired/wireless for the IRLP Pi3 node.
>>>> Did that and afterwards it all worked perfect while it was at my
>>>> location.
>>>> Didn't know if doing that would break anything on the Arm 1.5 version as
>>>> the IRLP unit was a debian Jessie node.
>>>>
>>>> I am assuming this Pi3 wireless works for everyone else and its just me
>>>> having trouble?
>>>>
>>>> So asking for pointers.
>>>>
>>>> Larry - N7FM
>>>>
>>>>
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