<![CDATA[Omega2S failure to join WiFi from MacOS Mojave]]>Hello group! For the past several months, both of my MacOS Mojave (10.14.6) computers have failed to join my Omega 2Ss' access-point Wi-Fi networks. I have duplicated this problem with two Mac computers and two Omegas. It is not a single-instance failure. However, my iPhones and iPads have no trouble joining the Omegas' Wi-Fi AP networks. Additionally, my Macs had no trouble joining the Omega Wi-Fi AP networks several months ago (before I upgraded the MacOS machines to 10.14.6 Mojave.)

This makes me think that there is specifically an incompatibility between MacOS 10.14.6 and my current Omega Wi-Fi firmware, which is:

root@Omega-1979:~# uname -a
Linux Omega-1979 4.4.74 #0 Tue Jul 31 16:32:08 2018 mips GNU/Linux

The exact symptoms are:

  • my Macs can see the Omega Wi-Fi AP network
  • I select the Omega Wi-Fi AP network from the Mac Wi-Fi menu
  • The Mac presents a dialog asking to enter a WPA password
  • I enter the password (I'm sure I'm doing this correctly)
  • There is a ~30-second pause
  • The Mac presents an error dialog saying "Connection failed" with no further information.
  • There is an Apple Wi-Fi Diagnostics tool, which unfortunately requires me to join the Omega WI-Fi network to debug further, and so cannot help either.
  1. Has anybody else experienced this problem?
  2. Any suggestions for further debugging?

Tim

]]>http://community.onion.io/topic/3726/omega2s-failure-to-join-wifi-from-macos-mojaveRSS for NodeThu, 16 Apr 2026 04:43:43 GMTSun, 08 Sep 2019 18:09:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Omega2S failure to join WiFi from MacOS Mojave on Sun, 08 Sep 2019 18:09:23 GMT]]>Hello group! For the past several months, both of my MacOS Mojave (10.14.6) computers have failed to join my Omega 2Ss' access-point Wi-Fi networks. I have duplicated this problem with two Mac computers and two Omegas. It is not a single-instance failure. However, my iPhones and iPads have no trouble joining the Omegas' Wi-Fi AP networks. Additionally, my Macs had no trouble joining the Omega Wi-Fi AP networks several months ago (before I upgraded the MacOS machines to 10.14.6 Mojave.)

This makes me think that there is specifically an incompatibility between MacOS 10.14.6 and my current Omega Wi-Fi firmware, which is:

root@Omega-1979:~# uname -a
Linux Omega-1979 4.4.74 #0 Tue Jul 31 16:32:08 2018 mips GNU/Linux

The exact symptoms are:

  • my Macs can see the Omega Wi-Fi AP network
  • I select the Omega Wi-Fi AP network from the Mac Wi-Fi menu
  • The Mac presents a dialog asking to enter a WPA password
  • I enter the password (I'm sure I'm doing this correctly)
  • There is a ~30-second pause
  • The Mac presents an error dialog saying "Connection failed" with no further information.
  • There is an Apple Wi-Fi Diagnostics tool, which unfortunately requires me to join the Omega WI-Fi network to debug further, and so cannot help either.
  1. Has anybody else experienced this problem?
  2. Any suggestions for further debugging?

Tim

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/20139http://community.onion.io/post/20139Sun, 08 Sep 2019 18:09:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Omega2S failure to join WiFi from MacOS Mojave on Sun, 08 Sep 2019 18:29:09 GMT]]>Note: I just restored my Omega to factory defaults (by pressing and holding the reset button on the Dock). The Omega can successfully join my home Wi-Fi network, which is a 2.4 GHz Apple AirPort Extreme router. After it joined, I typed "oupgrade" to check for latest firmware. Result:

root@Omega-1979:~# oupgrade

Device Firmware Version: 0.2.2 b200
Checking latest version online...
url: https://api.onioniot.com/firmware/omega2p/stable
Repo Firmware Version: 0.2.2 b200
Comparing version numbers
Device firmware is up to date!

However, the problem described in my original post persists. My macOS 10.14.6 computers can see the Omega's Wi-Fi AP network (which has the default name, "Omega-1979" and password "12345678"), but they cannot join it.

So ... help!

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/20141http://community.onion.io/post/20141Sun, 08 Sep 2019 18:29:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Omega2S failure to join WiFi from MacOS Mojave on Sun, 08 Sep 2019 19:19:02 GMT]]>@Tim-DeBenedictis what happens if you have no encryption selected?

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/20142http://community.onion.io/post/20142Sun, 08 Sep 2019 19:19:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Omega2S failure to join WiFi from MacOS Mojave on Tue, 10 Sep 2019 01:21:58 GMT]]>I also use Mojave (latest release) and I have not had trouble connecting to Onion.

Perhaps, though, there is an issue in a driver for a specific WiFi device that was released in Mojave 10.14.6. What macs do you have?

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/20167http://community.onion.io/post/20167Tue, 10 Sep 2019 01:21:58 GMT