Pi3B picoreplayer wifi problem

[cliver]

Hi all,
I have a shiny new Pi3B board with piCorePlayer V3.02 installed and running fine with a wired LAN connection.
I can't get it to connect to my WiFi though.
My setting are:

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When I select Save/Connect in tyhe WiFi Settings page I get the following output:

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ifconfig wlan0 down
ifconfig wlan0 up
Found wifi device wlan0
Standby for scan of available networks...
Set to try a few times to obtain a lease.
Attempting auto connection with **********
...................
udhcpc (v1.24.2) started
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
No lease, failing

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr B8:27:EB:56:7F:0A  
          inet addr:10.101.202.97  Bcast:10.101.202.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2615 errors:0 dropped:8 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:637 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:228012 (222.6 KiB)  TX bytes:148230 (144.7 KiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on

All other devices connect to my WiFi OK. I have no MAC filters or anything fancy set up except that I have hidden the SSID for normal use. I did try unhiding it for testing purposes but it made no difference. I also have the same SSID on 2,4 and 5 Ghz radios on my main router and an AP. All this works seamlessly with my other devices.

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Am I missing something obvious?
Any pointers greatly appreciated.

Regards
Clive

[DougieLawson]

Stop hiding your SSID. It does nothing useful and it makes it difficult for Raspberries to connect.

[cliver]

I have tried unhiding my SSID but it makes no difference.
I hide it as a second layer of defence. You need to know the SSID and PW to get in.
Overkill maybe but that's how I've worked for years. I sometimes find I have to unhide it for a new client to access it first time but once the client knows/remembers it there isn't a problem.

[cliver]

Oops, sincere apologies, I now have to eat humble pie.
I only unhid the 2.4Ghz radio SSID before but decided to try unhiding both radios.
And it now connects OK.
Feel daft now
Thanks for the idea though