Image for Raspberry PI 3 Repetier server 0.80.1 cannot connect to WLAN
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I have 2 routers and not able to connect to both with image 0.80.1. When I am setting up WLAN in Global Settings I am not prompted to enter router password and Repeteir server disconnects. I saw similar post for SSID with spaces for 0.80.0 version, but I do not have spaces in SSID. One router has dash in the name another just characters and numbers.
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I'm running .80.3 image on raspberry pi 3. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
1) turn on Rasberry PI3 (of course the latest image i used from repetier site).
2) connect via phone then go to global config
3) select WLAN
4) select my SSID
5) However, I don't have any chance to enter the SSID password, then my phone loses connection to repetier server.
After awhile, repetier AP comes back online and I can connect to rasberry PI3 via built-in AP.
Please let me know what I am doing wrong.
(you need to know how to use ssh, know how to get the wired IP for your rasberry Pi3 and default username and password to get into Rasberry Pi3 via ssh [hint: pi/raspberry])
you can check the wlan0 power management setting by typing:
sudo iwconfig wlan0
and you can temporarily disable it by:
sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off (I think this will reset once you reboot).
Well, I solved it by the following:
1. update (is this needed? not sure but update never hurts, IMHO).
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo rpi-update
sudo reboot
2. make sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off permanent by:
sudo touch /etc/network/if-up.d/wlan0
sudo chmod +x /etc/network/if-up.d/wlan0
sudo nano /etc/network/if-up.d/wlan0
type the following:
#!/bin/sh
/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 power off
then save by hitting <contro>+x, "y" <enter>, then reboot
sudo reboot
after reboot, login via ssh and type sudo iwconfig wlan0, some where should say Power Management: off
Hope this helps some people.
I would recommend it not delete the last saved network and password. Maybe wait a few minutes and try again?
I think I semi-permanently fixed it by renaming the manageWifiAccess file and then hardwiring the SSID and key into the /etc/network/interface file.
Other (seem) bug: on lcd, when click on connect, "connecting" message is on window and no more operation are possible, but only by web.
I'll wait for new version.
I'm using Raspberry pi 3B. Download Repetier-Server-Image_0_86_2_v8.iso and write it in 32GB microSD.
First, can connect with 10.10.10.1, and select SSID and set password.
Save and try connect, but can't connect.
Next time, can connect to 10.10.10.1, but after few seconds, disconnect. Try again, same.
I rewrite microSD many times, but always same results.
Before write password, connect using putty and login. Search around /usr/local/Repetier-Setup/etc and found .conf files, and try to over write my SSID and password, but can't connect.
Doubt my hardware, but using same pi and microSD, octopi can connect very easily, no confuse. (Ofcourse need to write SSID and password into text file before boot octopi, but no confuse.)
Can I write directly into some configuration file in repetier-server?
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf is correct file? (Maybe no, because I already try but not work)
Please help me!
You can create /boot/repetier-network.xml which should like this, just with correct data:
On next reboot this will be used by server to connect to wifi.
If you use some special channels like 12/13 whcih are only available in some reagons, you need to configure linux with the right region, or it will not connect to these channels. You can define region in the web frontend or using raspi-config.
Thank you!
It's work perfect!
Hi
I created the xml file for the wifi but when I turn on my pi with ethernet cable it doesnt show as connected devices on my ip scanner.
Im trying to configure my touchscreen and so far since I bought the software Ive been unable to do anything with it yet.
It's extremely frustrating.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Mario
You can look here https://www.repetier-server.com/knowledgebase/wlan-configuration-on-sd-card/ on how to define connection on sd card directly.
If it does not work it gets complicated. You need to connect using ethernet cable and login using ssh. Then you can try to analyse why linux does not connect. /var/log/syslog will contain the messages from the wifi system.
You can also do
sudo -i
cd /var/lib/Repetier-Setup/bin
./manageWifiAccess connectPW "SSID router" "password"
which is what the server calls to establish connection. Maybe better to first stop server so it does not interfere
sudo service RepetierServer stop
iwconfig
will show wlan status and ip if i worked.
Which pi version do you use?
Can you please tell us that is supposed to go inside the "address4" tag ? I have trouble when I turn off DHCP on my router to make it work. TY
address4 is just an additional ipv4 address x.y.z.w which gets added to what you would get from DHCP. Don't forget to set gateway and dns4 or routing will not work without DHCP - with DHCP only additional IP is needed if you want it. Or tell DHCP to bind ip to mac address.