[arm-allstar] problem connecting to WiFi

[Doug Langley]

I got things all figured out. Thanks for those commands.
Yesterday was just a bad PiDay.
I got all 3 nodes back online.


On 1/6/2023 11:03 PM, Dave via ARM-allstar wrote:
> Doug, The command you're asking about is as root:
>
> If you're using SSH,  iwlist scan wlan0
> if you're at the console,  iwlist scan wlan0  |  less
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> But, I recommend that you restart from scratch.  Hard reset
> the router. That will put it back to factory specs.
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> Somewhere on all routers is the factory default wifi SSID and password.
>
> Once you reset the router back to factory you can use item 7 in the Allstar
> admin page to setup wifi in the node.
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> But, I always do this:   as root:   nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant_custom-wlan0.conf
>
> In that file you'll type this and case is very important:
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> network{
>          
>          ssid="the ssid name"
>          psk="the password"
>   }
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> then type control x  then type  y and then enter, that saves the file.
>
> Once you get the wifi going log into the router admin page using the web
> browser method and change the default login credentials and anything
> else you want to make yours including the wifi SSID and Passwd.
>
> Good luck,   Dave, KL7M
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> ----- On Jan 6, 2023, at 10:34 AM, ARM Allstar arm-allstar at hamvoip.org wrote:
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> Is there a script, or command, that can be run to view any WiFi output
> when establishing a WiFi connection?
> I just replaced an old asus router with a ubiquiti router and all 3 of
> my Pi 3b pluses won't connect anymore.
> I left the WiFi SSID and password the same to avoid this problem, but it
> didn't seem to help.
> I tried configuring the AP to
>    only use 2.4 or 5 g, and that didn't work.
> I connected the pi via ethernet and ran through the wifi setup under
> menu option 7.
> I'm all out of ideas, and I'm hoping there is some way to manually
> initiate the WiFi connection and hopefully  get some useful information
> to track down the problem.
>
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