Struggling with WiFi - uConsole CM5 Lite

Hi guys,

My unit sees all my SSIDs but I can’t connect to any of them. When I type in the passwords, I get re-prompted in a few secs. I attempted to connect to my 2.4, 5/6Ghz, nothing. Tried several different Rex’s distros, nada.

The only way I could connect was to the hotspot on my 15 Pro when I set it the hotspot to “maximize compatibility”

I googled, I searched this board, nothing that was my scenario. Claud suggested my router is too new or advanced, it’s a GL.Inet Flint 3, but I when I tried to connect to my guest WiFI, 2.4GHz / WPA, same story.

I would appreciate any pointers, cheers!

do you have any special characters in you wifi password? stock wifi antenna connected to the case?

You would know and remember if your router had a whitelist mac-address filter, right?

Hi Rex, yes I do, an “&” and a “!”.

Stock antenna (will just a wire), connected to the top of the unit to the left of the SD slot.

No, nothing like that, just some reserved IPs for my other gear.

First, verify that the keyboard localization has been set. So the keys actually type the proper character. You can test if I just opening a text document and typing the special characters on the number row and making sure they match. If they don’t you can set it in raspi-config

Second, the antenna placement you were using causes interference. The antenna is being grounded to the case. You’ll need to unstick it and give it a couple millimeters of distance using a piece of thick double-sided tape or something. You can also print a little Mount to put in aftermarket antenna on.

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Further from the metal case the better ! (note small gap underneath too)

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This was it. Never I’d imagine this would be the solution. I added a few strips of double-sided tape and can connect to everything. TIL, and thanks to all!

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