# wifi-connect - when connecting to balenaDash I need password for wifi

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/wifi-connect-when-connecting-to-balenadash-i-need-password-for-wifi/53576>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Tags:** raspberrypi3\
**Created:** [January 5, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/wifi-connect-when-connecting-to-balenadash-i-need-password-for-wifi/53576 "2020-01-05T14:29:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![elvis3002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@elvis3002](https://forums.balena.io/u/elvis3002)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/wifi-connect-when-connecting-to-balenadash-i-need-password-for-wifi/53576/1 "2020-01-05T14:29:15Z")

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Hi Guys,  
I opened new balenacloud accound, downloaded balena OS and push balenaDash project to my rp3.  
now i’m in different house, try to connect and change the network but without success.  
I can see balenaDash access point in my mobile, but when I try to join the network it request password which I don’t know.  
in the tutorial and videos the network is open so I could not find the solution…

thanks

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**Author:** ![srlowe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/srlowe/32/2638_2.png) [@srlowe](https://forums.balena.io/u/srlowe)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/wifi-connect-when-connecting-to-balenadash-i-need-password-for-wifi/53576/2 "2020-01-06T11:05:31Z")

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Hello,  
For the balenaDash project, the passphrase for connecting to the balenaDash access point (for wifi-connect) is `balenaDash` (see here for details: [https://github.com/balena-io-projects/balena-dash#using-wifi-connect](https://github.com/balena-io-projects/balena-dash#using-wifi-connect))

If you continue to have issues with that route, then you can update the devices wifi config manually:

- Mount the SD card on your computer, and on the `resin-boot` partition find the `system-connections` directory, which contains the NetworkManager config files.
- The default config is `resin-wifi`. You can update the settings in this file, and the device should connect when it boots up again.
- Alternatively, if you want to be able to connect to multiple networks, you can create a new config file in that directory (based on `resin-wifi` config), with the new details.

Let us know if you still have issues!

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**Author:** ![elvis3002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@elvis3002](https://forums.balena.io/u/elvis3002)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/wifi-connect-when-connecting-to-balenadash-i-need-password-for-wifi/53576/4 "2020-01-06T11:41:40Z")

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> [@srlowe](#):
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> passphrase for conne

Thank you very much, somehow I missed it and waste a lot of time