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  • modaltbM Offline
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    modaltb
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    wrote on last edited by
    #2

    Hi @Francesco-Jacomel ,

    This is an example of our WPA supplicant used at the factory during setup:

    # Only WPA-PSK is used. Any valid cipher combination is accepted.
    ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
    update_config=1
    
    network={
    	ssid="Foo"
    	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
    	pairwise=TKIP CCMP
    	group=TKIP CCMP
    	psk="Bar"
    }
    wowlan_triggers=magic_pkt
    

    These got things connected on our network. I've not dug into the params myself though so 'use at own security risk' 😉

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      tom
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      wrote on last edited by
      #3

      @Francesco-Jacomel Are you rebooting your RB5 Flight after modifying the wpa_supplicant file?

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      • modaltbM modaltb

        Hi @Francesco-Jacomel ,

        This is an example of our WPA supplicant used at the factory during setup:

        # Only WPA-PSK is used. Any valid cipher combination is accepted.
        ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
        update_config=1
        
        network={
        	ssid="Foo"
        	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        	pairwise=TKIP CCMP
        	group=TKIP CCMP
        	psk="Bar"
        }
        wowlan_triggers=magic_pkt
        

        These got things connected on our network. I've not dug into the params myself though so 'use at own security risk' 😉

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        Francesco Jacomel
        Contributor
        wrote on last edited by
        #4

        @modaltb It's the pretty same as I have here. 😞 I've tried keeping the pairwise and group for some attempts but also didn't work.

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        • tomT tom

          @Francesco-Jacomel Are you rebooting your RB5 Flight after modifying the wpa_supplicant file?

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          Francesco Jacomel
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          wrote on last edited by
          #5

          @tom Yep, after any change on the file I'm rebooting.

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            wrote on last edited by
            #6

            @Francesco-Jacomel Are you able to connect to any WiFi network? i.e. your home / office network?

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            • tomT tom

              @Francesco-Jacomel Are you able to connect to any WiFi network? i.e. your home / office network?

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              Francesco Jacomel
              Contributor
              wrote on last edited by Francesco Jacomel
              #7

              @tom I've tried two different networks so far, one from my company so a firewall might be affecting the connection attempt through WPA, other using my iPhone Hotspot which is WPA2 so I'm unsure whether this might be an issue. I'm setting up a new one with no restrictions (no firewall, no wpa2).

              I'll update here accordingly.
              Thanks

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              • Francesco JacomelF Offline
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                Francesco Jacomel
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                wrote on last edited by
                #8

                I've set up a new network with very few restrictions and now it is connected to the network! Thank you very much for your support!

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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #9

                  @Francesco-Jacomel Great! Thanks for investigating that, our test network is fairly open security-wise so we hadn't run into that issue.

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                  • J Offline
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                    #10

                    Not to necro a thread, but if you're using WPA2 you need to supply a country code at the top of the wpa_supplicant such as

                    # Only WPA-PSK is used. Any valid cipher combination is accepted.
                    country=US
                    ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
                    update_config=1
                    
                    network={
                    	ssid="Foo"
                    	psk="Bar"
                    }
                    wowlan_triggers=magic_pkt
                    

                    I was having trouble connecting to our local internet until I did this.

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                    • J justinGE

                      Not to necro a thread, but if you're using WPA2 you need to supply a country code at the top of the wpa_supplicant such as

                      # Only WPA-PSK is used. Any valid cipher combination is accepted.
                      country=US
                      ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
                      update_config=1
                      
                      network={
                      	ssid="Foo"
                      	psk="Bar"
                      }
                      wowlan_triggers=magic_pkt
                      

                      I was having trouble connecting to our local internet until I did this.

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                      tom
                      admin
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #11

                      @justinGE This is good information, thanks for sharing!

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