Can't connect to wifi Raspberry Pi 3A+

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@adam_zzz

Sorry, I should have asked this before  

Could you ask wpa_cli to scan for access points and show the results. The scanning computer doesn't have to be connected; it just has to have a WiFi interface. In the case of a moOde player, that interface is wlan0.

In the following transcript, I used the interactive wpa_cli commands scan and scan_results. There will be a brief pause between when the scan starts and when results are ready.

Code:

pi@m825p3bp:~ $ wpa_cli -iwlan0
wpa_cli v2.9
Copyright (c) 2004-2019, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors

This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
See README for more details.



Interactive mode

> scan
OK
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
> scan_results
bssid / frequency / signal level / flags / ssid
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx    5220    -33    [WPA2-PSK-CCMP][WPS][ESS]    <my AP SSID>
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx    2437    -25    [WPA2-PSK-CCMP][ESS]    m825p3a
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx    2437    -31    [WPA2-PSK-CCMP][WPS][ESS]    <my AP SSID>
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx    2437    -47    [WPA2-PSK-CCMP][WPS][ESS][P2P]    DIRECT-1C-HP ENVY 7640 series
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx    5785    -84    [ESS]    xfinitywifi
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx    5220    -33    [WPA2-PSK-CCMP][ESS]    
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx    5220    -33    [WPA2-EAP-CCMP][ESS]    XFINITY
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx    5220    -33    [WPA2-EAP-CCMP][ESS]    
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx    5220    -33    [ESS]    xfinitywifi
> quit

We see my dual-band router/AP offering WPA2-PSK-CCMP which we knew; also WPS (WiFI protected setup) and ESS (extended service set), neither of which is relevant here. The wpa_cli status output from a connected moOde player I posted earlier is consistent with this.

We see another moOde player running in AP mode (SSID=m825p3a) also offering WPA2-PSK-CCMP.

We see my HP printer offering P2P (peer-to-peer, aka direct) service as well.

Then there's some neighbor apparently running an enterprise-level WPA2-EAP-CCMP (woot!).

So what is your WPA2/WPA3 mixed-mode router/AP offering? I think I can guess at this point but knowing is better.

Regards,
Kent