+- RetrOrangePi Official Forum (http://retrorangepi.download/forum)
+-- Forum: Latest Release (http://retrorangepi.download/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=3)
+--- Forum: RetrOrangePi v4.3 (http://retrorangepi.download/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=41)
+---- Forum: Retrostone2 (http://retrorangepi.download/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=44)
+---- Thread: Connecting to wifi (/showthread.php?tid=3397)
Connecting to wifi - retrofan - 02-10-2020
Hi guys,
I need guidance for wifi connection. this is my connection setting. Is anything which I left out or done wrong?? Thanks
My wifi setting on Retrostone
Profile name: Wifi connection 1
Device: (Blank)
SSID: (my internet ID)
Mode: Access Point
Channel: Automatic
Security: WPA &WPA2 Personnel
Password: (my password)
BBSID: (Blank)
Cloned Mac Address: (Blank)
MTU: (Blank)
IPv4: Automatic <show>
IPv6: Automatic <show>
[X] Automatic connect
[X] Available for all users
RE: Connecting to wifi - alexkidd - 02-10-2020
Manual connection is not needed at all
you must select ENABLE from RetroPie - RetrOrangePi - Wifi submenu
then you select CONNECT, then Activate a connection
Available access point should appear listed
RE: Connecting to wifi - retrofan - 02-10-2020
(02-10-2020, 12:59 AM)alexkidd Wrote: Manual connection is not needed at all
you must select ENABLE from RetroPie - RetrOrangePi - Wifi submenu
then you select CONNECT, then Activate a connection
Available access point should appear listed
Hi Alexkidd,
Thanks for the guid, I tried activate a connection after click on enable. The activate menu only show wire connection. That is the problem why I manually input the wifi detail at the beginning. Could you see what I have done wrong?
RE: Connecting to wifi - alexkidd - 02-10-2020
if you choose Enable, then Connect , your access point is not being found (maybe it's too far away) and there is nothing we can do
RE: Connecting to wifi - retrofan - 02-10-2020
(02-10-2020, 01:57 AM)alexkidd Wrote: if you choose Enable, then Connect , your access point is not being found (maybe it's too far away) and there is nothing we can do
The router is next to me .. I have been connecting it via Ethernet cable for transferring files across from my computer. I do have other raspberry pi console and have no issue with wifi connection.. I thought retrostone would be same..
RE: Connecting to wifi - alexkidd - 02-10-2020
you're the only one with such issue, so i recommend you to reflash the image, following the Readme1st thread and the bugfix from Feb 5
Maybe its a hardware issue and your wifi module isn't working
RE: Connecting to wifi - retrofan - 02-11-2020
(02-10-2020, 08:48 AM)alexkidd Wrote: you're the only one with such issue, so i recommend you to reflash the image, following the Readme1st thread and the bugfix from Feb 5
Maybe its a hardware issue and your wifi module isn't working
I think I will wait for the new firmware to out before flash it. As I mentioned before I am connecting it with ethernet cable for files transfer. It not a big issue. Thanks anyway
RE: Connecting to wifi - Swat - 02-15-2020
(02-10-2020, 08:48 AM)alexkidd Wrote: you're the only one with such issue, so i recommend you to reflash the image, following the Readme1st thread and the bugfix from Feb 5
Maybe its a hardware issue and your wifi module isn't working
He's not the only one. This is my experience:
I initially set up my Retrostone 2 using whatever the latest version was a few weeks ago. Got wifi working fine using the terminal, as instructed. A day or two later, SNES stopped working and I couldn't figure out how to fix it. Because I knew that everything is a work in progress, I put it down and decided to wait for bug fixes. So today I installed the latest release and began to set it up the same way.
After adding a connection for my network (the same network as before), if I go into "Activiate a connection," the wifi connection I set up simply is not there. If I go back into "Edit a connection," it appears. So I can edit the wifi connectiont that I created but I am unable to activiate it.
Incidentally, after doing this, I went back to the desktop. From the network settings I can see the wifi connection that I set up through the retropiemenu, but it's as if the wifi card isn't there. It doesn't try to connect, and I am unable to activate it from the desktop.
I don't have anything else to add, other than to reiterate that he isn't the only one experiencing this problem... and I got it to work under a previous version, so I have at least some idea of what I'm doing.
RE: Connecting to wifi - alexkidd - 02-15-2020
A video would be helpful to evaluate a failed step somehow
I'll just enforce this one more time , wifi is disabled when launching emulationstation and it has to be enabled in the proper menu as per instructed
RE: Connecting to wifi - MaxCH - 02-16-2020
Is it possible to define a hotkey combination like pressing both keys L1+L2 (on the back of the RS2) for enabling/disabling wifi from within the EmuStation Menu?