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Unable to connect to WIFI networks with names that include characters like colon and ...? #1142

Open ngwese opened 4 years ago

ngwese commented 4 years ago

Based on DM's with a lines user who was unable to connect norns to an Apple AirPort Extreme base station we discovered that if the network SSID has a spaces in it they will not show up in the menu system.

This could be a bug in wifi.lua or problematic behavior in NetworkManager (less likely).

Stuff to test:

nathanchau commented 4 years ago

not sure if this anecdote is helpful, but just got a norns, and I had no problem connecting to my network which has a space in the ssid

ngwese commented 4 years ago

Thanks for the additional data point. It might be the ' character in the name which Apple uses by default that is the source of the problem.

xmacex commented 3 years ago

Works for me too, my wifi name is How do names even work?.

ngwese commented 3 years ago

Given that we have confirmation that spaces are not a problem and my inability to repro I’m going to close this out.

okyeron commented 3 years ago

I know this is closed, but wanted to add an anecdote...

Fates user was having problems getting their network IP to show up on device. Also would not show Status. Maiden would throw an error - no such connection profile for the wifi network name

nmtui showed the network as connected, etc. but still not showing status and ip on device. Lots of back and forth trying over ethernet, etc.

Turns out the WiFi network name had a colon : in it and that was causing the issue.

Removed the colon from the wifi network name and it solved the issue.

ngwese commented 3 years ago

Good to know. I have no doubt that there are a bunch of character that could break the nmcli output parsing which is going on. Will have to take another pass.

zking90 commented 3 years ago

By Wifi network name you mean the SSID?

On Mar 19, 2021, at 12:39 AM, Steven Noreyko @.***> wrote:

 I know this is closed, but wanted to add an anecdote...

Fates user was having problems getting their network IP to show up on device. Also would not show Status. Maiden would throw an error - no such connection profile for the wifi network name

nmtui showed the network as connected, etc. but still not showing status and ip on device. Lots of back and forth trying over ethernet, etc.

Turns out the WiFi network name had a colon : in it and that was causing the issue.

Removed the colon from the wifi network name and it solved the issue.

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okyeron commented 3 years ago

By Wifi network name you mean the SSID?

Apologies - yes, The SSID is what I meant by wifi network name

ngwese commented 2 years ago

An additional data point which confirms this is still a problem: https://llllllll.co/t/solved-no-wifi-save-scripts-flash-update/56172