Cannot connect hotspot to network

[Dennis Voorhees]

I have a pi 0 2w with version 1.9.4 and I'm trying to connect to a spectrum SV series router. I have enabled the 2.4 ghz section of the router, and I can get to the wifi setup screen. I put in my router ssid and password, but it doesn't give me a 192.x.x. xxx location on the Digipi screen. It restarts and shows me the 10.0.0.5 connection. The DigiPi hot spot shows on the available networks and a scan of the router and no shows no DIGIPI Ip address. Getting frustrated. I have two of these and can't get either to connect and I've reburned the software a couple times each. What's next?  

[MI7DJT]

Hi Dennis,

I've no idea if you've tried this but try setting your router channel number below Channel 10 if possible.  Lots of devices struggle with channels above 10 in my experience.

Worth a shot though.

Good luck,

Eamon - MI7DJT

On Mon, 22 Sept 2025 at 23:30, Dennis Voorhees <denny.v...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a pi 0 2w with version 1.9.4 and I'm trying to connect to a spectrum SV series router. I have enabled the 2.4 ghz section of the router, and I can get to the wifi setup screen. I put in my router ssid and password, but it doesn't give me a 192.x.x. xxx location on the Digipi screen. It restarts and shows me the 10.0.0.5 connection. The DigiPi hot spot shows on the available networks and a scan of the router and no shows no DIGIPI Ip address. Getting frustrated. I have two of these and can't get either to connect and I've reburned the software a couple times each. What's next?  

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[Dennis Blanchard]

I found this fixed my V1.4 WiFi problem:

iI you're handy, you can edit /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/hotspot.nmconnection
and get rid of the two lines in bold below.

( The two lines are:
pairwise=ccmp
proto=rsn

)

On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM Dennis Voorhees <denny.v...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a pi 0 2w with version 1.9.4 and I'm trying to connect to a spectrum SV series router. I have enabled the 2.4 ghz section of the router, and I can get to the wifi setup screen. I put in my router ssid and password, but it doesn't give me a 192.x.x. xxx location on the Digipi screen. It restarts and shows me the 10.0.0.5 connection. The DigiPi hot spot shows on the available networks and a scan of the router and no shows no DIGIPI Ip address. Getting frustrated. I have two of these and can't get either to connect and I've reburned the software a couple times each. What's next?  

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[MI7DJT]

Well done Dennis..  I'd never have thought of that.

Have fun,

Eamon - MI7DJT

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[Dennis Voorhees]

So I've run out of things to try. I even downloaded 1.9.2 and tried that. It did ask me for the password for connecting to the Digipi, something that version 1.4 isn't doing. but still the same results. I've tried another browser. I've turned on the 2.4g. I cannot get a socket connection to the network. It still shows. 10.0.0.5, and the Digipi is still available as a connection. Just a bit ago while working on something else, I stumbled onto adding a WPA supplicant file and specifying my wifi id and password

to the root file. Would this work with this? I'm quite frustrated and I am about ready to shelve this project. 

Denny AD3O 

On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM Dennis Voorhees <denny.v...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a pi 0 2w with version 1.9.4 and I'm trying to connect to a spectrum SV series router. I have enabled the 2.4 ghz section of the router, and I can get to the wifi setup screen. I put in my router ssid and password, but it doesn't give me a 192.x.x. xxx location on the Digipi screen. It restarts and shows me the 10.0.0.5 connection. The DigiPi hot spot shows on the available networks and a scan of the router and no shows no DIGIPI Ip address. Getting frustrated. I have two of these and can't get either to connect and I've reburned the software a couple times each. What's next?  

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[Craig]

Hi Dennis,

If your wifi ssid/password has special punctuation, it can fail to connect to
your home wifi.  if it shows 10.0.0.5, it didn't connect.

You can directly edit your ssid password by clicking Shell, login:pi, password:raspberry,

sudo remount
sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/wlan0.nmconnection

DigiPi doesn't do anything fancy when it comes to networking, it just pokes your ssid/password
into that file (poorly if you have punctuation/spaces, etc, that's something I need to fix).

-craig
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[Dennis Voorhees]

I have tried going back to version 1.9.2 No joy.

I tried another Browser. I tried switching my Router to 2.4 g.

 I tried a pi 3b+. 

When I see the Digi pi in the wifi list It connects without using the password. In version 1.9.2 it asked for it. It still will not connect to the router and give me a 192.x.x.xxx connection.

 I have reburned the program and configured  at least 6 times with the same results. 

I looked into editing the /etc file, but cannot find it in the file list of the program. 

Moving on for now. If you can think of anything else I could try or point me to the /etc file. 

I reckon I'm done for now. 

Denny AD3O

[Craig]

so, to be sure, you click Wifi, enter SSID and password, and it doesn't come up
on your home network (with the standard 192.x address).

This is typically a problem if there are spaces or #!%$ punctuation marks in your password (cartoon pun intended).
If this is the case, the file you can edit by hand is

sudo remount
sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/wlan0.nmconnection

That's the official Raspberry Pi configuration for wifi, and DigiPi/web just pokes
your ssid/password in there.  If that file is correct, then it's between the Raspberry Pi
Foundation and your Router.

5G isn't supported on most Pi's.

Reburning isn't going to help in this case.

An original Zero/2B/3B (over 10 years old) might have problems, depending on your router.


that's my data dump anyhow,
-craig
KM6LYW

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[Michael Scantlen]

Perhaps test by creating a hotspot on your cell phone to see if your pi can connect to that ssid?

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