11-14-2019, 02:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-14-2019, 02:22 PM by TheOldPresbyope.)
@imazed
I'm having trouble understanding your problem. In your first post in this thread you included two screen captures. The two screens show two *different* SSIDs, "Barney" and "EXT-Barney". What's up with that?
You haven't said what happens when you use the SSID SCAN function. It should return the SSIDs of all APs within range which are not hiding their SSIDs. You have to click on the little down arrow to see the list after the scan is complete. Whether the list includes 5GHz APs as well as 2.4GHz APs depends on the WiFi adapter you're using. By way of example, in my house I get a list of 13 SSIDs, including two access points---one low band and one high band---I have running off my Internet router, another moOde player running in AP mode, and 10 APs in neighbors' houses. I then just select a suitable SSID from the list.
Your second screen capture shows the player apparently connected to access point "EXT-Barney" with IP=192.168.1.12 assigned via DHCP and with excellent signal quality/level. Perfect. Why isn't this the answer?
As an aside, the Linux utility wpa_passphrase merely outputs the pre-shared key (PSK) computed for the SSID and passphrase you provide it. When executed from the command line, its output should agree with the like content of the file /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. Asking you to do this is just a sanity check; it doesn't configure anything. [added in post-edit: don't ever post your specific result without obscuring the passphrase and PSK. The whole point of wpa is to create a secret known only to your WiFi client and AP.]
Referring to @philrandal's question, please include both make and model of the dongle (which we assume means a USB-WiFi adapter). Also, what model RPi are you using?
Regards,
Kent
I'm having trouble understanding your problem. In your first post in this thread you included two screen captures. The two screens show two *different* SSIDs, "Barney" and "EXT-Barney". What's up with that?
You haven't said what happens when you use the SSID SCAN function. It should return the SSIDs of all APs within range which are not hiding their SSIDs. You have to click on the little down arrow to see the list after the scan is complete. Whether the list includes 5GHz APs as well as 2.4GHz APs depends on the WiFi adapter you're using. By way of example, in my house I get a list of 13 SSIDs, including two access points---one low band and one high band---I have running off my Internet router, another moOde player running in AP mode, and 10 APs in neighbors' houses. I then just select a suitable SSID from the list.
Your second screen capture shows the player apparently connected to access point "EXT-Barney" with IP=192.168.1.12 assigned via DHCP and with excellent signal quality/level. Perfect. Why isn't this the answer?
As an aside, the Linux utility wpa_passphrase merely outputs the pre-shared key (PSK) computed for the SSID and passphrase you provide it. When executed from the command line, its output should agree with the like content of the file /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. Asking you to do this is just a sanity check; it doesn't configure anything. [added in post-edit: don't ever post your specific result without obscuring the passphrase and PSK. The whole point of wpa is to create a secret known only to your WiFi client and AP.]
Referring to @philrandal's question, please include both make and model of the dongle (which we assume means a USB-WiFi adapter). Also, what model RPi are you using?
Regards,
Kent
