wifi not connected

[matew00]

Hello, I am running firmware version 0.1.5. Model GK-200MP2B and I cannot get wifi working. The wifi configuration is saved , but wifi strength is 0%. Any suggestions please?

[Nistp]

I'm having the same issue with 0.16. Everything works with an Ethernet cable, but the WiFi doesn't connect.

[roleoroleo]

How did you configure wifi settings? Through the app or from my webui? Are you able to read the AP list from the webui? Opening this combo ?

[Nistp]

@roleoroleo I did it from the Web UI. I was able to read and select the AP list from there and when I entered the password and clicked on save it told me it saved. I later checked wpa_supplicant.conf and that wasn't updated - not sure if that's where the WiFi credentials get stored in.

[matew00]

Hi roleo,

same here basically. version 0.1.5. Model GK-200MP2B

Opening combo/drop down list. I pick SSID and PSK, save it. In webGUI, it remains saved. When checking wpa_supplicant.conf, it does not get saved.

[root@sonoff-31dd]# cat /mnt/mtd/ipc/cfg/wpa_supplicant.conf

20160318 ,New Interface From SmartLink Elian

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant update_config=1 network={ ssid="0" psk="12345678" }

[matew00]

Hi Roleo,

update - tried to amend /mnt/mtd/ipc/cfg/wpa_supplicant.conf with the same ssid and psk a put into GUI. The result is still the same. No action to connect. Output from ifconfig:

ra0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 30:4A:26:BC:31:DD UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:4 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:2500 (2.4 KiB) TX bytes:576 (576.0 B)

[darkxst]

You can try run wpa_supplicant manually to find the problem wpa_supplicant -Dwext -d -ira0 -c/mnt/mtd/ipc/cfg/wpa_supplicant.conf

You can probably also use wpa_cli to configure wifi (in case there is some error in your wpa_Supplicant.conf file)

[Nistp]

And what should I do if I deleted the file by accident, not realizing it was a read-only system? Re-upload the firmware or download the new version? Hahaha! Because I tried what @matew00 did as well, but manually editing the wpa_supplicant.conf didn't help me either.

[darkxst]

Recreate wpa_supplicant.conf, with the following 2 lines

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
update_config=1

Kill wpa_supplicant if its running, then run

wpa_supplicant -Dwext -B -ira0 -c/mnt/mtd/ipc/cfg/wpa_supplicant.conf -P /var/pid_wpa_s

Then follow these instructions for wpa_cli https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/wpa_supplicant#Connecting_with_wpa_cli

I've not tested this, but that should recreate a valid wpa_supplicant.conf for you.

[roleoroleo]

When you save wifi options from webui, the settings are stored to the sqlite db. You need a reboot to see them in the wpa_supplicant.

@darkxst Is it the same for your new model? Are username and password saved to the db?

[darkxst]

They are set both in the db and wpa_supplicant.conf. I've never tried setup via son-hack though, so no idea if just the db setting is sufficient to get it working, but wpa_supplicant.conf is used at runtime to connect to wifi

[matew00]

Hi Roleoroleo,

sure, I have always done a reboot after updating wifi settings from webgui, however it was never saved to wpa_supplicant.

[roleoroleo]

Could you check the content of the db and the wpa_supplicant.conf after a reboot? Does it match what you put in the webui?

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[blazejp83]

I started to have the exact same issues once I decided I want the camera to connect to a different WIFI. After long time, and different yi-hack versions, my GK-200MP2B was connected to a single WiFi, perhaps even connected from Yi app, can't remember. Yesterday, I wanted to change the WiFi. Camera couldn't connect. I see constantly something like this:

I can change to a different Wi-Fi, enter password again, and again the same message (not connected). I've upgraded to 1.7 - same issue. I have also deleted everything from the card and extracted 1.7 from scratch, same issue. Any ideas?

[roleoroleo]

Are you connected with the ethernet cable? When both wifi and eth are connected, the label shows "not connected".