BT Hub 4 authentication over wifi

kayjays3

I cannot connect to my BT hub via wifi, the wired connection works fine. I think the problem may well be with the password authentication. I've tried through Rune UI, wifi-menu and wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli and manually editing the wlan0 and wpa_supplicant.com files. In all cases the ssid is detected but no matter what I do it always fails to connect. Board is a Raspi B+, USB Wifi is Ralink RT5370, the wifi drivers and firmware all seem to load ok, Rune is latest version for B+. I have had it running with Raspbian but had to manually edit the config files for the ssid and password to work. I've tried every piece of advice I can find, reflashed the sd countless times and still no success. Before I abandon this altogether I thought I'd ask whether anyone else has seen this problem, better still has anyone fixed it.

Cheers

hondagx35

Hi kayjays3,

Rune is latest version for B+

Please make a fresh sd and try the Nightly-Builds

Frank

kayjays3

Thanks for the response. Reflashed the SD and updated as suggested, it has changed things a little but now I'm seeing similar problems to those others have reported.

Rebooted after the update, ethernet cable and usb wifi dongle both in, eth0 is connected. Network scan finds my SSID, select and enter password, hit connect, no connect and it then returns to the network scan. Refresh interfaces, no connect. Reboot, wlan0 not connected, refresh interfaces and it connects. I can then ping from the laptop running the UI. Shutdown, power off, remove ethernet, power on and no connection - router doesn't show a link. Shutdown and reconnect ethernet, UI shows eth0 and wlan0 both not connected although one clearly is, refresh interfaces and eth0 reports connected, wlan0 is not. After that reboots and restarts don't restore wlan0 connection.

So progress of sorts but no fix.

Cheers

hondagx35

Hi,

thank you for the report.

At the moment i have multiple devices (RP2, ODROID and Cubietruck) running and all work just fine.
The only device i only tested this months ago is the RP B+.

Give me some time to test this on a B+.

Frank

hondagx35

Hi,

i made some tests with Raspberry Pi B and B+.
Both work as expected.

My wifi dongle is:
Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]

What i have done is:
- downloaded latest image from here.
- copied it to my sd card
- connected all cables and usb devices
- booted the Pi
- figured out the IP address (router)
- connected to my device via ssh (putty on Windows7)
- executed the commands as supposed here.
- rebooted
- connected via browser to my device
- navigated to menu->network

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selected the wlan0

- after the scan has finished i clicked on the SSID i want connect to

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- entered all necessary data

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- saved the profile

after a few seconds the scan shows that i'm connected

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- connected via browser to my device (using the wlan0 IP)
- pulled the ethernet cable
- rebooted via menu->Turn off

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And my Pi comes up with wifi connection.
Then i plug in the ethernet cable my Pi activates eth0 and gets an IP.
I can do all this with DHCP or static IP.

BTW: what do you mean with "BT Hub 4 authentication over wifi"?

Frank