WiFi not working on 3A+

[daniele.testa]

I am unable to connect to any access point with my brand new 3A+.
I have tried with 2 different distributions with the same result. Rasbian and Ubuntu Server.

wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

returns error:
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT ....... status_code=16

I have tried with several different access points. The password is correct in wpa_supplicant.conf and the channel on my main router is 5.

I even tried with a USB WiFi dongle that I KNOW works and I get the same issue.

wpa_passphrase mySSID myPASSWORD >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Running wpa_supplicant with "-dd" does not give me any valuable information.

Does anyone have any clue on further things I should try?

[DougieLawson]

What happens with a fresh copy of plain Raspbian Buster 2020-02-13?
https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_latest

If that doesn't work then your hardware is, most likely, broken.

[drgeoff]

I am unable to connect to any access point with my brand new 3A+.
I have tried with 2 different distributions with the same result. Rasbian and Ubuntu Server.

wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

returns error:
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT ....... status_code=16

I have tried with several different access points. The password is correct in wpa_supplicant.conf and the channel on my main router is 5.

I even tried with a USB WiFi dongle that I KNOW works and I get the same issue.

wpa_passphrase mySSID myPASSWORD >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Running wpa_supplicant with "-dd" does not give me any valuable information.

Does anyone have any clue on further things I should try?

Have you set the country?

[daniele.testa]

What happens with a fresh copy of plain Raspbian Buster 2020-02-13?
https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_latest

If that doesn't work then your hardware is, most likely, broken.

That's the version I am using. I have also tried older versions as well as the "desktop" version. The desktop version is also unable to connect to the wifi from the xserver gui.

Not only that, even using an official Raspberry Pi USB WiFi dongle does not work. I get the exact same error, so I still don't think the hardware is broken. I can scan for WiFi networks and it lists them correctly. It's only the connection that does not work. I have also tried to connect to a open network, which also does not work. I feel that something is wrong with the kernel/drivers.

[daniele.testa]

I am unable to connect to any access point with my brand new 3A+.
I have tried with 2 different distributions with the same result. Rasbian and Ubuntu Server.

wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

returns error:
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT ....... status_code=16

I have tried with several different access points. The password is correct in wpa_supplicant.conf and the channel on my main router is 5.

I even tried with a USB WiFi dongle that I KNOW works and I get the same issue.

wpa_passphrase mySSID myPASSWORD >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Running wpa_supplicant with "-dd" does not give me any valuable information.

Does anyone have any clue on further things I should try?

Have you set the country?

Yes, I have. I have tried with several different counties, US, UK, DE and TW. When I run wpa_supplicant with the "-d" flag, I can see that it switches to the country chosen.

[DougieLawson]

Reboot your access point and check it doesn't have MAC address filtering enabled.

[daniele.testa]

Reboot your access point and check it doesn't have MAC address filtering enabled.

As I already pointed out, I tried with several different access points, including setting my phone as a hotspot for testing. None of them have MAC address filtering.

[DougieLawson]

The last thing to check is your power supply, does it provide enough amps at a constant 5.1V? If it does then the time to buy a new RPi3A+ is now as your hardware is broken.