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    Pi3 will not connect over wifi after switching to channel 13 (terrible pi3 integrated wifi support)

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    • webodan
      webodan @Pepe last edited by webodan

      @Pepe No. Still no wifi on the Pi whatsoever. The only thing I could try is reinstall Recalbox all over again but it will be a major pain to manually copy over everything I had. Still the same Recalbox 4.0.0, wifi in channel 11, 2.4ghz, rechecked that the password and the SSID were properly inputted and (just in case) that I didn't have anything blocking the SSID in the router's settings. Everything is fine and dandy and even my s**tty conceptronic USB wifi dongle I use in a livingroom PC works perfectly. I tested every single device I had lying in my home that could run on WiFi and I have no problems at all. Just the d**n Recalbox won't connect. Something indeed went horribly wrong on the wifi support since I can't even go back to my previous settings without some hours of reinstalling chores in the middle. @Substring

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      • Pepe
        Pepe @webodan last edited by

        @webodan Using channel below 12, i think u could try this:
        https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Manual-IP-settings-(EN)

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        • webodan
          webodan @Pepe last edited by

          @Pepe in those commands should i use eth0 or wlan0?

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          • Pepe
            Pepe @webodan last edited by

            @webodan Eth0 for wired connection, wlan0 for wifi.

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            • webodan
              webodan @Pepe last edited by

              @Pepe Thank you for your help.

              I followed the settings explained, but I only edited wlan0 with a static ip (as i don't plan to use ethernet). Same wifi configuration error.

              If i can't get any more help I'm gonna try restoring a backup, as I have an img file of the SD card before it somehow crapped out just by changing the wifi channel and changing it back.

              In recalbox.log all I see is that it starts wifi and then wifi times out.

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              • Substring
                Substring @Pepe last edited by

                @Pepe if ti doesn't connect, setting a fixed IP won't help 😉

                the thing is that i don't remember at all the manual commands to test wifi ... wpa-supplicant is not really "user friendly"

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                • Pepe
                  Pepe @Substring last edited by

                  @Substring I have recommended following the manual ip management instructions since in version 4.0 with the previous connection manager there is a dhcp management problem in wifi in certain cases / configurations, which at its time I could solve in my case by setting ip fixed. The symptom was the same as mentioned here, does not connect via wifi. There are many causes that can give that result and this is one of them. It is not very clear what happens to the user, at least to me is not clear with what he is commenting and trying things always provides information. I keep in mind what happened and I will not recommend further tests to users, the intention was to help not to disturb. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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                  • Substring
                    Substring @Pepe last edited by

                    @Pepe it's worth trying your solution anyway 🙂

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                    • Pepe
                      Pepe @Substring last edited by

                      @Substring okie dokie, ten four, copied, message received 😢

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                      • webodan
                        webodan last edited by

                        I restored a backup and the wifi came back, it had the same settings as my previously faulty install had. Weird.

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