Could not get status from wpa_supplicant?

[Mincerafte]

I have a Raspberry Pi 2B, and I'm trying to connect to the Internet with an Ourlink 150M USB Dongle, but when I go to wpa_gui, the message next to Status is: "Could not get status from wpa_supplicant." I've gone around the web and forums looking for answers, but all of them had different solutions, and none of them worked. Here is my current /etc/network/interfaces:

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auto lo

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp

And my /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file:

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ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

I have a Pi tutorial book that tells me to input this into the Terminal:

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network={
ssid="YourSSID"
wep_key0="password12345"
key_mgmt=NONE }

But when I do (replacing the quotes with my information) I get this error message:

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-bash: }: command not found

When I do:

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sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

I can see my network, but for some reason I can't connect to it. Please help!

[DirkS]

I have a Pi tutorial book that tells me to input this into the Terminal:

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network={
ssid="YourSSID"
wep_key0="password12345"
key_mgmt=NONE }

You need to add these lines to wpa_supplicant.conf. BUT that implies you are using WEP, not WPA(2)
Are you sure that's correct?

[Mincerafte]

So would I say:

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wpa_key0="password12345"

Or is there a different way? Because I just tried wpa_key, but still doesn't work. And I did put the four lines into the wpa_supplicant location

[DirkS]

What method does your access point use? WEP, WPA. WPA2, ...

[Mincerafte]

Mine uses WPA2

[DirkS]

OK, additional question: which OS + version do you use?
Raspbian Jessie, Raspbian Stretch, ...?

[Mincerafte]

As I am a complete beginner, I'll just post what

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cat /etc/os-release

gives me:

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PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="7"
VERSION="7 (wheezy)"

[DirkS]

Try something like this:

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ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=GB

network={
	ssid="put ssid here"
	psk="put password here"
	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

Not sure if wheezy accepts the country setting.

BTW: if you're new to the Pi I would suggest you dump Wheezy and download the current version of Raspbian at https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/

[Mincerafte]

It works on it! Thank you so much!

As for the Wheezy dumping, what would be the difference?

[DirkS]

Wheezy was end of life more than 2 years ago. You will only get security updates. A lot of software was updated and improved in the meantime.
Even its successor (Jessie) was replaced by the current version (Stretch) a couple of months ago.

There have been a lot of changes over the last couple of years.
You will also get better support here and elsewhere if you use a more recent version of Raspbian.

[Mincerafte]

I see. I got my Pi2B two years ago as a Christmas present, and haven't really used it until recently. I didn't realize so much had changed in 2 years!