roofles
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Pi3 Wifi issues

Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:09 am

Hello all,

I've been trying to figure out this for a few days now, and I still haven't found the answer. Any help here would be GREATLY appreciate.

I've tried using the GUI and the command line to connect to my router. And everything seems in order, no spelling errors, my passwords are correct. Yet if I try to ping an ip (like 8.8.8.8) it returns saying that the network is unreachable. I've tried setting the nameserver to 8.8.8.8 and this too doesn't work.
How do I get around this, what am I missing? (If any code is required to help answer my question, please ask)

Ernst
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Re: Pi3 Wifi issues

Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:17 am

network is unreachable
means that there is a routing problem. There can be many reasons for this to happen.

Please post the output of the following commands (use code tags)

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cat /etc/network/interfaces
ifconfig
route
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Re: Pi3 Wifi issues

Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:12 pm

What network security scheme does your network use? The GUI does NOT work with WEP, it only works with WPA or WPA2.
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Re: Pi3 Wifi issues

Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:20 pm

Make sure you also select the country for wifi too, or it won't work properly.

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