WiFi setup - maybe something I'm overlooking?
Nov 21, 2015 16:06:23 GMT -7
Post by k7ng on Nov 21, 2015 16:06:23 GMT -7
After several months of not quite making the standard G4KLX image to do what I think it should (or what I want at least), I downloaded the v1.20a image w/ DStar Commander yesterday.
I am running a Raspberry Pi 2b and the GMSK board from Moencomm, the same as the DutchStar board. The install and setup went perfectly as long as I was connected by Ethernet cable. I have not succeeded in getting the WiFi to work, whereas the KLX image works OK in that regard.
I could not get the Pi to connect on WiFi using any setup method. In fact, I could not find my network SSID when trying to use the scan to start setup, and nothing has worked since. It's like the wifi adapter is disabled. I have the Edimax USB dongle and a X300 board with its own Wifi chip, and neither one works with the v1.20a image. I go back to the KLX image and the Wifi still works with that.
I am a fairly literal kind of guy and I follow directions assiduously so I am at a loss what may be amiss. I noted a thread on this forum from last year which did say that 'special characters' may not be used in the SSID of the router; mine does have a hyphen but no piece of hardware has ever had any difficulty in finding or configuring to work on my network - and that one post is the first time I heard about a hyphen possibly being disallowed.
Anyway, I am thinking that if possibly the Wifi is disabled, I either forgot something or overlooked something but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is.
Any help, anyone?
Thanks,
Dave K7NG
I am running a Raspberry Pi 2b and the GMSK board from Moencomm, the same as the DutchStar board. The install and setup went perfectly as long as I was connected by Ethernet cable. I have not succeeded in getting the WiFi to work, whereas the KLX image works OK in that regard.
I could not get the Pi to connect on WiFi using any setup method. In fact, I could not find my network SSID when trying to use the scan to start setup, and nothing has worked since. It's like the wifi adapter is disabled. I have the Edimax USB dongle and a X300 board with its own Wifi chip, and neither one works with the v1.20a image. I go back to the KLX image and the Wifi still works with that.
I am a fairly literal kind of guy and I follow directions assiduously so I am at a loss what may be amiss. I noted a thread on this forum from last year which did say that 'special characters' may not be used in the SSID of the router; mine does have a hyphen but no piece of hardware has ever had any difficulty in finding or configuring to work on my network - and that one post is the first time I heard about a hyphen possibly being disallowed.
Anyway, I am thinking that if possibly the Wifi is disabled, I either forgot something or overlooked something but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is.
Any help, anyone?
Thanks,
Dave K7NG
