[SOLVED] Omega can't connect to WiFi

[Lazar Demin]

@Eoin-O'Dowd have you tried connecting to other wifi networks?

Also, can you check if your wifi network uses TKIP encryption for the password. There's some issues with this type of encryption: https://community.onion.io/topic/137/ssh-from-lan-not-working/3

[Eoin O'Dowd]

I have wpa2-psk on the router and have also setup a hotspot on my phone to test various types of encryption but it's almost as if it can't detect any network.

[Eoin O'Dowd]

Thanks for the post above i have changed to AES encryption and still have no connection discovery or manual connection!

[Eoin O'Dowd]

Sorry for the multiple post it's just sad that i cant get this to work, here is the output when trying to connecs to an open network:

[Lazar Demin]

@Eoin-O'Dowd can you try connecting to the open network with the following command:

wifisetup -ssid <ssid> -auth none -password ""

If that doesn't work, try:

wifisetup -ssid <ssid> -auth none -password "" -disablewwancheck

Let me know how it goes!

[Eoin O'Dowd]

Output:

[Boken Lin]

Hi @Eoin-O'Dowd, is there a chance that your router and phone hotspot are outputting 5GHz frequency? The Omega doesn't support WiFI AC yet. Also, are you able to access Omega's own WiFI AP? Let's first try to rule out the possibility that WiFi interface on the Omega might be broken.

[Eoin O'Dowd]

As far as i can see the wifi is broken, i can't see the AP on any of my devices it just simply has no means of connecting to the wifi, how do i get a refund/replacement?

[Eoin O'Dowd]

i just bought a relay shield + ethernet shield can you please send me a replacement onion with that aswell,?

[Boken Lin]

Hi @Eoin-O'Dowd, I figured out what the issue is. It seems that the ART partition on your Omega wasn't flashed properly. This partition contains the WiFi calibration data. However, to fix this you will need the Ethernet expansion. Would you like to wait for Ethernet expansion or would you like us to show you how to hack it with resistors and capacitors?

[Eoin O'Dowd]

please tell me how, i only have 10K resistors with me though!

[Eoin O'Dowd]

ah, it's ok i'll wait a few weeks for the ethernet shield thanks all the same.

[Boken Lin]

@Eoin-O'Dowd Ok.

[Nito Weber]

hi @Boken-Lin ! I finally had time to try out your suggestions.
so here's the output of /etc/config/wireless.

/etc/config/network delivers:

I hope it helps! I'm trying another network right now, to avoid problems with the network authentication. I only need the wifi-password now and no additional network-passwords etc

[Boken Lin]

Hi @Nito-Weber in /etc/config/wireless, can you change

config wifi-iface
	option device 'radio0'
	option network 'wlan'
	option mode 'Router'
	option encryption 'psk2'
	option ssid 'SitecomA3A738'
	option key '15066589'

to the following:

config wifi-iface
	option device 'radio0'
	option network 'wwan'
	option mode 'sta'
	option encryption 'psk2'
	option ssid 'SitecomA3A738'
	option key '15066589'

Save the file, and issue wifi command.

[Nito Weber]

That block is there twice:

i'll delete one of them.

[Hans-Dieter Stich]

Hi,

Had the same problem, the Omega didn't recognize my home network too.

Then I saw the Wi-Fi configuration with the option 'US' enabled. This option disables the channels 12 & 13, which are not allowed in the US (or only with power restrictions). They're allowed in Germany, where I live, and my router is using channel 13, so I changed the option to 'DE, and voila, the Omega immediately found my home Wi-Fi network and connected to it without any further problems.

HTH!

~ HD ~

[Nito Weber]

Thank you @Hans-Dieter-Stich ! I did the same as you did, but that was the output again... as always:

how can i enable radio0 ?

[Boken Lin]

Hi @Nito-Weber, can you run the following commands:

uci set wireless.radio0.disabled=0
uci commit
wifi

[Nito Weber]

@Boken-Lin i did it and that was the output:

i tryed ping google.com and it worked and now i can finally run oupgrade !!!! thank you so much @Boken-Lin , we made it!