Not connecting to wifi even after wpa_supplicant

[Quincy]

Hello, I have read the sticky thread about this, but I have a mac, so almost none of the commands worked. I have been trying for days to connect my Pi 3 to the internet, but no ping or anything. I have given a wpa_supplicant.conf, and still no luck connecting. When I try static IP, and run ping, it says "Host down" or "Host not found" If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it.

[fruitoftheloom]

Hello, I have read the sticky thread about this, but I have a mac, so almost none of the commands worked. I have been trying for days to connect my Pi 3 to the internet, but no ping or anything. I have given a wpa_supplicant.conf, and still no luck connecting. When I try static IP, and run ping, it says "Host down" or "Host not found" If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it.

The Raspberry Pi is a Single Board Computer running usually Raspbian Jessie Operating System.

What has a MAC running presumably OSX got to do with activating Wireless ??

Maybe explain what you are trying to achieve would help ??

[Quincy]

It doesn't. I just cant run some of the commands on my terminal. I want to figure out how to get a connection to my Pi, it has a wpa_supplicant that I put on it with my SSID and PSK, but it just wont connect to the internet.

[mattmiller]

Its always best to use the desktop network icon to connect up to your router as a single character error in wpa_supplicant.conf will stop it from working

[Quincy]

I dont have a monitor, Im taking a headless approach. I double checked the file, and it is correct.

[mattmiller]

I double checked the file, and it is correct.

We've all done that many times

Trying to setup 1st Pi headlessly requires the wind to be blowing very favourably - so many things could scupper it working

Are you able to connect it via LAN cable?

Can you then VNC into it and use WiFi connect icon that way?

[mattmiller]

PS switching routers off and on has helped a lot of others in this situation BTW

[fruitoftheloom]

I dont have a monitor, Im taking a headless approach. I double checked the file, and it is correct.

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/q ... eadless-pi

first answer may help ?