I'm having a issue with my Rfinder HCP-1 connecting to my home wi-fi. every time I select it from my available list windows does not allow to connect for some reason. not having any issues with any other devices, I can also see it on my IOS device but it does the same thing. I'm thinking it's a window's 10 or ISP/Router issue. Any ideas would greatly be appreciated. Thanks!!
wi-fi connection issues with Pi-star zero W
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lwvmobile
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Have you tried moving the Zero W closer to the wi-fi router, maybe free of any obstructing walls,etc? Could just be that the Zero W doesn't have an actual antenna, just a trace on the motherboard acting as an antenna.
I was told by another ham that these work great! Probably a decent solution to the "at home" hotspot issue. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AT4C3KQ
Regards,
-Frank C.
Regards,
-Frank C.
TRGNM
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Did it just start doing this or is this a new install? If you have another power supply you should try it. Some Raspberry Pi issues are caused by an incompatible, noisy or under-powered power supply. Good luck.
w2xq
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Perhaps the SD card has failed, in which case you'll need to make a fresh install of PiStar on a new SD card. A Class 10 32gb card (I am partial to SanDisk) would not trash about as much as on a smaller card.
My father and I were bangin' our heads trying to get his PiZero based hotspot working. This was after BUILDING two other working 3b+ hotspots.
What worked? Changing his network name. Turns out, either the PiStar image OR the Zero itself doesn't like some WiFi name/password characters. Once we changed his network name in a hail-mary attempt, the Zero based hs IMMEDIATELY connected and started talking!
I don't remember what specific characters it didn't like, but it definitely cleared the issue. We dropped some of the more special characters that other devices had no issue with.
What worked? Changing his network name. Turns out, either the PiStar image OR the Zero itself doesn't like some WiFi name/password characters. Once we changed his network name in a hail-mary attempt, the Zero based hs IMMEDIATELY connected and started talking!
I don't remember what specific characters it didn't like, but it definitely cleared the issue. We dropped some of the more special characters that other devices had no issue with.
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