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jcintronlaw In complete...
I downloaded the recent image ... wrote it to micro sd, edited the wpa supplicant using notepad. added
network={ ssid="My-WiFi-network-name"
psk="My-WiFi-password"
}
substituting the wifi name and password....... and saved the changes. Still can not see the hifiberry on the wifi nor on the roon...
now what?
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HiFiBerry team Check if your /etc/network/interfaces references the correct file.
Best regards,
Daniel -
jcintronlaw What does it have to reffer to?
I am not a programmer, just a handy user.
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jcintronlaw I am sorry to say that its not working.
Let me summarize what is going on:
1. Downloaded the image file roon-1.2.1.img
2. Wrote it to the sd card using Win 32 Disk Imager.
3. The resulting image on the sd card is the one shown first.
4.
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jcintronlaw Notice that wpa_supplicant is the first on the file list.
4. opened wpa_supplicant and it looked like this.
Icountry=GBctr1_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supp1icant GROUP=netdevupdate_config=15. The file was modified to this... ( network name and password were subatituted for the real ones which work with the Roonbridge image distributed by Roon) .... the saved.
country=GBctr1_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supp1icant GROUP=netdevupdate_config=1
network={ ssid="My-WiFi-network-name"
psk="My-WiFi-password"}
6. The modified sd card was inserted on the PI3 with the cad+ pro dac, and booted.
7. I was not able to connect via wifi.... only ethernet, then the PI3 Hifiberry OS would shou on Roon core as a zone.
8. Removed the sd card and opened it again on the PC.... the file list on the sd card looks like this, after booting, but no wifi connection still possible.
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jcintronlaw 9. Note, there is no wpa_supplicant any ore on the sd card file list........
why? what to do?
also, the files copied to the sd card as downloaded do not contain the /etc/network/interfaces I was told to verify.
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HiFiBerry team Hi,
can you login to the system and run the command
cat /etc/network/interfaces
Best regards,
Daniel -
jcintronlaw How can I log inyo the system? You mean ssh into the Pi? Which user and password?
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Daniel Reyes I can verify i have done the same as above and 1.2.1 does not work with WIFI, version 1.2 doesn't work either. The only version i can get working is 1.0.6.
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HiFiBerry team You can use user "pi", password "hifiberry".
Best regards,
Daniel -
Daniel Reyes I managed to get WIFI working after using the login above on 1.2.1.
Seems like the /boot/wpa_supplicant.conf gets deleted when it boots. A copy of the file is placed in /etc/wpa_supplicant/ though.
So if i change /etc/network/interfaces to use the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf path instead of /boot/wpa_supplicant.conf it works.
Just had to do a sudo ifup wlan0 then it works.
Below is the wpa_supplicant.conf that works for me:
country=GB
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
ssid="XXXXXXX"
psk="YYYYYYY"
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jcintronlaw Regards Daniel.
I am attempting to log into the hifiberry to do the changes as you did, but I can not ssh using putty.
When I try to login using putty and the PI3 nertwork ip I get a message "Network error: Connexion refusse"
How did you get to the login to access the hifiberry?
Thanks.
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Daniel Reyes @jcintronlaw I connected a keyboard/monitor to it, but looks like you can also create an empty file named "ssh" on the boot partition then boot the pi, then ssh is enabled. Just tried that and it works on 1.2.1.
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jcintronlaw Àh ... it did not occur to me to hook up directly....
I will try it.
Thanks for your prompt response.
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jcintronlaw One last thing do you use internal wifi of the PI or a dongle?
I use a dongle
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jcintronlaw tried what you suggested, but, no go.
I will write it to the micro sd again and re try. just in case there in an error....
I have read about similar wifi problems for a while ... which is not present in the Roonbridge image at Roon.
I have a question. why is this not on the install tool? and now that it seems as a known issues, why is it up to the users to tacke it?
I do not mean to be rude, but, it seems it should be that way..
thanks.
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HiFiBerry team Hi,
we're working on a new installer. However, this is a lot of work and it needs time. In general most users use wired Ethernet as it usually provides a much better experience. WLAN problems are in general hard to debug and we're still working on improving the image. However as a very small company we can't do everything at the same time. Therefore some things take time.
Best regards,
Daniel -
jcintronlaw I get what you are saying.
Maybe an alternative for the intermediate time wold be to publish some tutorial on how to setup the wifi on he blog. ( I also believe that blog post should be dated, as the are apparently published without date on the text).
I have read here and on Roon as a answer to just edit the wpa_supplicant. But, for an interested music lover user, not a computer aficionado, that general instruction is not enough to proceed.
What I mean, for a user who is not a proficient programmer, but a basic linux code puncher, explaining how to do the stuff with command lines to copy and paste can help a lot. I ask questions and look for more stuff on the web, but not everyone is as inquisitive.
As to the use of ethernet, it is true that it is better than wifi, but to have true multiroom use, or even network access to a core device on ROON in existing buildings, it is not possible to use ethernet.
Thanks for the prompt responses and support.
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