[RESOLVED] Getting wifi working in Linux

Hi,

I am trying to get WiFi working on my Raspberry Pi and I have been successful in the past. However, the past couple of attempts have failed even after I have followed tutorials online. As far as I know all the configuration files are correct but the system is not picking up the network.

I have noticed that the WiFi dongle has been acting strangly in that it lights up at odd times even though there is not setup correctly.

Edit:

Here are the settings I am currently using (not working):

Supplicant.conf

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

network{
wpa-ssid "network"
wpa-psk "password"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP
auth_alg=OPEN
psk=2fe820b1e836cb734fb88172egfi01c5d40bb8449cc55c6e26ce300bbe8e04c
}

interface

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug wlan0
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address "Ip address of the pi"
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway "Ip of the router"
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp


Thanks,


Nightwalker83

Strange! After I re-installed Raspbian and then used the ¨WPA GUI¨ to setup the connection it worked.

Steps:

in the terminal: sudo apt-get install wpagui
menu editor click to show the gui in the menu because it does not show automatically.
set up the network using the gui.

Checking the above files again but I do not see anything dramatically different?

Supplicant.conf

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

network={
ssid="network"
psk="password"
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP
auth_alg=OPEN
}

Interfaces:

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)

# Please note that this file is written to be used with dhcpcd
# For static IP, consult /etc/dhcpcd.conf and 'man dhcpcd.conf'

# Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:
source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet manual

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

allow-hotplug wlan1
iface wlan1 inet manual

Edit:

In the supplicant code in the first post I had

wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

when it should have been

wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

still do not know what ¨wpa-roam¨ and ¨wpa-conf¨ do?