# Wifi connect does not work as expected **URL:** \ **Category:** Product support\ **Tags:** raspberrypi3, wifi\ **Created:** [April 19, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/wifi-connect-does-not-work-as-expected/296924 "2021-04-19T15:54:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![abhatikar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@abhatikar](https://forums.balena.io/u/abhatikar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/wifi-connect-does-not-work-as-expected/296924/1 "2021-04-19T15:54:42Z")
Hey, I was trying to use the wifi-connect in my project but it does not work as expected. It does not scan for the ssids in the captive portal. ![Screenshot 2021-04-19 at 16.52.51](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/balena/original/2X/7/78a0f5dd83804a66a92379dc1292b71949feae59.png) ---
**Author:** ![dtischler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/dtischler/32/2483_2.png) [@dtischler](https://forums.balena.io/u/dtischler)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/wifi-connect-does-not-work-as-expected/296924/3 "2021-04-19T19:42:11Z")
Interesting AB…I just used a WiFi-Connect project the other day testing out InkyShot and it worked great. Just out of curiosity, could you clone the InkyShot project, and copy/paste over to your project the wifi-connect container and the snippet in the docker-compose to try to port it into your App manually? > **[balenalabs/inkyshot](https://github.com/balenalabs/inkyshot)** > > Get a daily random inspirational quote delivered direct to your desk with Inkyshot. Build multiple Inkyshots and share the inspiration with your friends, family and loved ones ❤️ > ---
**Author:** ![abhatikar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@abhatikar](https://forums.balena.io/u/abhatikar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/wifi-connect-does-not-work-as-expected/296924/4 "2021-04-19T21:58:06Z")
Thanks @dtischler. The issue I mentioned is intermittent and does not happen all the time. I have seen it multiple times so I put it into the forums to ask. thanks AB ---
**Author:** ![dtischler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/dtischler/32/2483_2.png) [@dtischler](https://forums.balena.io/u/dtischler)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/wifi-connect-does-not-work-as-expected/296924/6 "2021-04-19T23:13:33Z")
Oh, interesting. Let’s see if anyone else from the community has noticed or experienced this behavior as well then. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![maggie0002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@maggie0002](https://forums.balena.io/u/maggie0002)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/wifi-connect-does-not-work-as-expected/296924/7 "2021-04-19T23:36:14Z")
> > > @majorz Is this all that is needed? As far as I could tell \`/network\` refetches the networks, unless there is some caching in place that I missed. > > !\[Screen Shot 2020-10-01 at 10 20 57\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4820812/94785927-a1595800-03d0-11eb-8ef3-72c6f7cfa415.png) > > > Fixes: #225 > Change-type: minor > Signed-off-by: Stevche Radevski \ This post and the links should bring you up to speed. WiFi-connect doesn’t seem to be getting the love right now. Lots of things that would be really good to see move forward, it is so integral to so many projects. ---
**Author:** ![maggie0002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@maggie0002](https://forums.balena.io/u/maggie0002)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/wifi-connect-does-not-work-as-expected/296924/8 "2021-04-19T23:38:44Z")
Weird, the forums seem to take GitHub urls to comments and shorten them to the url of the ticket: Here is the direct link: `https://github.com/balena-os/wifi-connect/pull/354#issuecomment-810606526` ---
**Author:** ![dtischler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/dtischler/32/2483_2.png) [@dtischler](https://forums.balena.io/u/dtischler)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/wifi-connect-does-not-work-as-expected/296924/9 "2021-04-20T00:18:08Z")
Oh, thanks for that link @maggie0002 - I had no idea that was an issue!