Wifi-connect command --portal-passphrase not work

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Hi, i stall direcly on raspbian lite correctly. I’ve problem with this command (not work -p, and not connect to AP after insert correct password ):
sudo wifi-connect -a 600 -i wlan0 -s balenaDash -p balenaDash

When insert password not connect to AP.

  • This command Work correctly without set a password (i connect successfully to AP):
    sudo wifi-connect -a 600 -i wlan0 -s balenaDash

This is my distro:
Linux raspberrypi 4.19.75-v7+ #1270 SMP Tue Sep 24 18:45:11 BST 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux

Successfull install all component

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Checking this one

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Hi,

I will pass your question to our wifi-connect maintainer. In the meantime, you can also specific password via environment variable, can you please try to set PORTAL_PASSPHRASE and see if it works?

More details can be found here https://github.com/balena-io/wifi-connect/blob/master/docs/command-line-arguments.md

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On raspbian lite, I set variable PORTAL_SSID in system.
With echo $PORTAL_SSID i see the variable value, but when i run the base command, the default value “wifi connect” not change.

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Thanks for reporting those two issues. Last time those were working all well. I will check to see whether something has changed in the latest Raspbian Lite release and let you know.

Thanks,
Zahari

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Thanks so much. Can you add a guide if it works? example of command setting, end set variable in system ?

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Hi, I did not experience any issues. This is what I did:

  1. Flashed an SD card with latest Raspbian Lite (September 2019)
  2. Powered it up and connected to it with ssh
  3. Run the WiFi Connect installer - bash <(curl -L https://github.com/balena-io/wifi-connect/raw/master/scripts/raspbian-install.sh)
  4. Launched WiFi Connect with the command you provided: sudo wifi-connect -a 600 -i wlan0 -s balenaDash -p balenaDash

I am able to successfully connect to the balenaDash access point and use WiFi connect to establish a connection to my router.

I used a RPi 3 B+ device. What happens when you repeat the exact same steps? Also what is the RPi model you are testing this on?

Thanks,
Zahari

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I use the same steps, but i update and upgrade all. The RPI version is the same, but i’ve run the follow command with sudo:

bash <(curl -L https://github.com/balena-io/wifi-connect/raw/master/scripts/raspbian-install.sh)

I run with sudo because the installation of networkmanager and the disable service dhcpd not work without sudo.

I retry the installation and upgrade you

Thanks in advance

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There is not need to run it with sudo as the install script itself does that for all necessary commands. The pi user is in the sudoers list.

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If you are using a different user, then you may run it with sudo. That should not make a difference anyway.