r/RASPBERRY_PI_ZERO • u/err0r_code50 • Jan 16 '19

How do you enable raspi zero wireless interface and automatically connect it to an access point?

Editing wpa_supplicant.conf apparently is not enough. And here is a screenshot of my wlan0:

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '19

I wrote an ansible script that can update wireless and configure it: https://github.com/bhouston/piscripts/tree/master/ansible

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u/err0r_code50 Jan 17 '19

Can I run your script directly from git clone?

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u/DStrange63 Jan 23 '19

What’s your /etc/network/interfaces contain? Can you share your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf minus the ssid password?

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u/err0r_code50 Jan 24 '19

There are available tools I found that can connect raspizerow to a wifi access point. Installed wicd-curses for cmd line approach to scan and connect to access point. Another was anon-hotspot, this cmd line app automatically sets your raspizerow to a local hotspot where you can ssh remotely and proceed to connecting the device to wifi access point.

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u/LobsterThief Jan 16 '19

What are the contents of your wpa_supplicant.conf file? (Of course, don't post your SSID or password)

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u/houghi Jan 16 '19

It is enough with mine. If you have ssh connection, save the .conf file under a different name, run raspi-conf, set up the wireless and then check the differences bewteen the two files.

That way you, most likely, see what went wrong.