Cannot Connect to WiFi

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jbishko
 
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Cannot Connect to WiFi

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I have tried many, many times to get my Zero W connected to my wifi. I have used the RPI Imager to image the Lite OS. I have created the wpa_supplicant.conf and ssh files using a text editor. I put the card in the Pi, power it up, the green light flashes for a while and ends up solid after a couple minutes. I try the "ping -c 3 raspberrypi.local" in terminal on my mac and I always get "ping: cannot resolve raspberrypi.local: Unknown host".

I am stuck at this point. No idea what to do. I have tried the above steps, reimaged every single time, to no avail. I cannot get it on the wifi. I have checked that my ssid and password are correct and have the quotation marks around them. Still can't get on the wifi. Any help would so appreciated. Thank you.

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Re: Cannot Connect to WiFi

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Does your router use security and did you configure it? Can you log into your router and see if it is communicating with the pi?

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Re: Cannot Connect to WiFi

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My router does use security and I put the password to my wifi in the wpa_supplicant.conf file. Below is what I put in the file:

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

network={
ssid="myssid"
psk="myrouterpassword"
scan_ssid=1
}

I can log into my router and I do not see the pi there. No idea what to do.

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Re: Cannot Connect to WiFi

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Soooo....using a different sd card that what was sent along with the app Espresso instead of the native mac text app, all is good!!!!!!

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Re: Cannot Connect to WiFi

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Great, glad it's working.

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