# WiFi dropping after apt update

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/wifi-dropping-after-apt-update/23369>\
**Category:** uConsole\
**Created:** [September 19, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/wifi-dropping-after-apt-update/23369 "2026-09-19T23:59:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![DNSGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DNSGeek](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/DNSGeek)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/wifi-dropping-after-apt-update/23369/1 "2026-09-19T23:59:52Z")

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I have a uconsole running trixie 64 bit. I ran `sudo apt update; sudo apt upgrade` and when it updated wapsupplicant the wifi dropped and never worked again.

I spent many hours troubleshooting this and finally found the solution. The update replaced the Debian wpasupplicant with the raspbian one. Same version, just with a +rpi1 at the end. This broke everything.

To fix it, first connect your uconsole to the network (I had an ethernet connection) and run:  
```  
sudo nmcli con modify “netplan-wlan0-\<my\_network\_ssid\>” 802-11-wireless-security.pmf 0 && sudo apt install wpasupplicant=2:2.10-24 && sudo systemctl restart wpa\_supplicant NetworkManager  
```  
And say Y when it asks if you want to downgrade wpasupplicant.

To make the change permanent, pin the repo so apt prefers Debian over rpi  
```  
printf ‘Package: wpasupplicant\nPin: origin “[archive.raspberrypi.com](http://archive.raspberrypi.com)”\nPin-Priority: -1\n’ | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/99-wpasupplicant-debian  
```

Hope this can save someone the hours of frustration I went through.