Raspberry Pi 3 Model B V1.2

[dcaplan]

Hello,

After doing a lot of research I recently picked up a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B V1.2 with the understanding it has onboard wifi. After installed a fresh, newly downloaded copy of Raspbian I am getting "no wireless interfaces found". I have gone around the forums and there seems to be no concrete answer as to why. During the setup I am selecting Canada, could it be a region issue? Or perhaps in my research I was wrong and this board has no onboard wifi?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[B.Goode]

Welcome to the Raspberry Pi forums.

Hello,

After doing a lot of research I recently picked up a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B V1.2 with the understanding it has onboard wifi. After installed a fresh, newly downloaded copy of Raspbian I am getting "no wireless interfaces found". I have gone around the forums and there seems to be no concrete answer as to why. During the setup I am selecting Canada, could it be a region issue? Or perhaps in my research I was wrong and this board has no onboard wifi?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Raspberry Pi product information here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/ra ... 3-model-b/


How are you supplying power to your RPi board?


Official support documentation for WiFi under Raspbian: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... /README.md

[FTrevorGowen]

Hello,

After doing a lot of research I recently picked up a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B V1.2 with the understanding it has onboard wifi. After installed a fresh, newly downloaded copy of Raspbian I am getting "no wireless interfaces found".
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What "waveband" does your WiFi (router) use - 2.4GHz or 5GHz? (The P3B only supports 2.4GHz whereas the, later, P3B+ is dual-band ie. supports both. )
Trev.

[dcaplan]

Thank you for your responses!

How are you supplying power to your RPi board?

I am powering the board with a usb charger provided from a CANAKIT designed for the pi, it all came in a kit.

What "waveband" does your WiFi (router) use - 2.4GHz or 5GHz?

I am using a Google Wifi mesh network which by default broadcasts both the 2.4 and 5 ghz frequencies. From Google:

Devices that support only the 2.4GHz band (an older phone, for example), will automatically connect to the 2.4GHz band. Most dual band devices that support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz will automatically pick a band based on different factors like signal strength and guidance from the mesh Wi-Fi system.

So I am still a little stumped, it is almost as if the OS doesn't recognize that the board has the wireless chip on it.