How to connect with wifi ?

[miffy_bf]

Hi,

To be clear you are working with the official WiFi board, correct?

Are you running a desktop like Mate? That is the easiest way to to configure it.

If not then did you follow my instructions exactly? Where does it show unmanaged?

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[jl_678]

Can you provide the output of sudo ifconfig?

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[miffy_bf]

Here is the ifconfig:

Code:

debian@pine64pro:~$ sudo ifconfig [sudo] password for debian: eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 36:c9:e3:f1:b8:05            inet addr:192.168.0.112  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::34c9:e3ff:fef1:b805/64 Scope:Link          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          RX packets:2064 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:960 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000          RX bytes:2675638 (2.5 MiB)  TX bytes:87294 (85.2 KiB)          Interrupt:114 lo        Link encap:Local Loopback            inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1          RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0          RX bytes:240 (240.0 B)  TX bytes:240 (240.0 B) rename4   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 34:c3:d2:6d:4b:68            inet addr:192.168.1.111  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::36c3:d2ff:fe6d:4b68/64 Scope:Link          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          RX packets:404 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:105 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000          RX bytes:88215 (86.1 KiB)  TX bytes:16487 (16.1 KiB)

Here is the iwconfig:

Code:

debian@pine64pro:~$ sudo iwconfig eth0      no wireless extensions. rename4   IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"Propagation-Guest-2.4GHz"  Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: F8:1A:67:2E:F7:D9            Bit Rate:150 Mb/s   Sensitivity:0/0            Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off          Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-****-****   Security mode:open          Power Management:off          Link Quality=99/100  Signal level=-68 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0 sit0      no wireless extensions. lo        no wireless extensions. wlan1     unassociated  Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated            Sensitivity:0/0            Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off          Encryption key:off          Power Management:off          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

and here is my interfaces:

Code:

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) # Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d: #source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d # Primary Ethernet auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp # Disable Secondary Wireless Lan (8723bs Has Two Interfaces) iface wlan1 inet manual #wlan0 #auto wlan0 #iface wlan0 inet dhcp #wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf #iface pine64 inet dhcp #rename4/wlan0 auto rename4 iface rename4 inet dhcp wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf iface pine64 inet dhcp

Also my wpa_supplicant.conf:

Code:

network={ ssid="Propagation-Guest-2.4GHz" psk="1234567890" proto=WPA RSN key_mgmt=WPA-PSK pairwise=CCMP TKIP group=CCMP auth_alg=OPEN id_str="pine64" }

[jl_678]

Okay so I am comparing your files and mine and all are pretty much the same.  The one difference is your wpa_supplicant.conf.  The differences do not seem significant though.  Perhaps try matching mine exactly?  Here is mine:

Code:

network={       ssid="MyNetworkName"       psk="MyNetworkPasscode"       proto=RSN       key_mgmt=WPA-PSK       pairwise=CCMP       group=CCMP       auth_alg=OPEN       priority=9       id_str="pine64" }

[JamesHarris]

There is a simple fix for wlan0 showing up as rename4. Just delete, or rather move /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to somewhere else. That will trigger /lib/udev/write_net_rules to execute again. When I did that I found it only made one entry for wlan0, if left wlan1 and eth0 alone. After that systemd-udevd should just use wlan0.

I would also suggest adding 

Code:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev update_config=1

to the top of your /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. After that and a quick reboot everything worked as expected. It seems systemd starts wpa_supplicant and that can cause some strangeness. If you are getting wpa_supplicant errors check /var/log/deamon.log

[miffy_bf]

There is a simple fix for wlan0 showing up as rename4. Just delete, or rather move /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to somewhere else. That will trigger /lib/udev/write_net_rules to execute again. When I did that I found it only made one entry for wlan0, if left wlan1 and eth0 alone. After that systemd-udevd should just use wlan0.

I would also suggest adding 

Code:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev update_config=1

to the top of your /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. After that and a quick reboot everything worked as expected. It seems systemd starts wpa_supplicant and that can cause some strangeness. If you are getting wpa_supplicant errors check /var/log/deamon.log

[miffy_bf]

I switched to Debian XFCE image, and now the WiFi is working

[jl_678]

There is a simple fix for wlan0 showing up as rename4. Just delete, or rather move /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to somewhere else. That will trigger /lib/udev/write_net_rules to execute again. When I did that I found it only made one entry for wlan0, if left wlan1 and eth0 alone. After that systemd-udevd should just use wlan0.

I would also suggest adding 

Code:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev update_config=1

to the top of your /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. After that and a quick reboot everything worked as expected. It seems systemd starts wpa_supplicant and that can cause some strangeness. If you are getting wpa_supplicant errors check /var/log/deamon.log

The rename thing has been annoying me and so I decided to do this. It worked perfectly and now my WiFi connection is listed as wlan0 as expected.

Thank you!

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