Raspberry PI 3: cannot connect wifi to my router.

[Spydermag68]

I just got a PI 3 this week and have been trying to set it up.

It came with noobs so I just ran that.

Then I went to the terminal and did an apt-get update and upgrade using the Jr-45 connection.

I then rebooted the PI

I then sudo wilist wlan0 scan

That worked.

I then edited the wpa_supplicant.conf

Network={
ssid="my ssid"
Psk="my password"
}

Rebooted the PI.

I still cannot connect with wifi.

Thanks in advance!

 

[sn8ke]

Maybe some other defaults got overwritten when you used the ethernet before the wireless. That also happens if you connect via HDMI or composite first and requires editing some defaults.

The Pi3 is a lot more "plug-n-play", you generally don't need to configure anything. On all of mine everything worked and connected right out of the box including Bluetooth.

In the NOOBS GUI that you get when you boot the SD card, there is an option to connect to a wireless network right out of the box even before you install an OS. Maybe your Pi came with an old version of NOOBs? The current release is 1.9.2 from about a month ago. Since it's a brand new setup I suggest to format your SD card using the recommended tool, and then download and install the current one from www.raspberrypi.org, and boot from that. That will be the easier way to get it going while avoiding headaches of editing configs.

 

[Spydermag68]

Thanks I will try that.

I claim the lurker, sn8ke. It is not every day you get a post fron some one on this fourm that has been here since 2004 with less than 100 post.

 

[sn8ke]

Thanks I will try that.

I claim the lurker, sn8ke. It is not every day you get a post fron some one on this fourm that has been here since 2004 with less than 100 post.

Hahaha, indeed. I've been busy!
I love RasPi devices, I just upgraded 2 of mine to Pi3 as well. Amazing how far they've come.
Hope that sorts it out your issue though. The only issue I've had with connectivity is finding a compatible 3.5mm TRRS composite that worked right. www.atomsindustries.com makes a good one if you need it. Outdated sure, but handy for a small portable LCD TV.

 

[Spydermag68]

Since I had NOOBS pre-installed on my sad card I just reinstalled the the OS.

As soon as I did that I entered my router information and I was able to connect with the wifi.

Thanks!

 

[pegasis]

I have been having issues connecting wifi for my raspberry 2
same issues as described above.

If I update to the latest version of raspberrian, why should not this fix the issue?
I am unfamiliar with noobs?

how does a fresh write to SD work, instead of an update to the OS?

 

[sn8ke]

You can try to just update Raspbian, sure. NOOBS can install Raspbian or a different OS and provides a GUI based install, that's all. I suggested he use NOOBS since it was a brand new device and he was using the SD card that came with it, which was likely an outdated version.

It's also just an easier method to restart from scratch when there's an issue, instead of scanning and editing loads of confs to find and fix an issue. That's part of the beauty of the Pi, you can just wipe and reload. Or use several SD cards with different software/settings etc. I suggest to image your SD card once everything is working right, and making backups once in a while so you can just revert back if something goes wrong.

 

[Spydermag68]

When I did my reinstall with NOOBS, there was a place where I was able to input the router ssid and password before the install. This fixed the problem I was having.