2 NEW DUET 2 WIFI's W/EXTERNAL ANTENNA WILL NOT CONNECT

GBusy24

I've got the solid green light for the wifi module showing and at this point I assumed I could pull up DWC Thru my browser and my static IP, but that's not working for me. So I disconnect USB power and turn main power on and still, no luck. Please advise.

droftarts

@GBusy24 Do you have the Duet setup up as an access point (ie you connect phone/tablet/laptop directly to the Duet WiFi, not using your normal network) or have you managed to connect the Duet to your normal router (ie Duet is connected to "Greg's WIFI")? I would recommend just connecting as normal as I think the problem has been the apostrophe in the WiFi SSID name. Setting up the Duet as an access point requires some configuration of the device you are trying to connect to the Duet, so there are more places faults can occur. Perhaps post the commands you are sending in YAT, and the response. What device are you using to try and connect to the Duet?

When you connect to the IP address, do you get any message in the browser? To show DWC, the SD card needs to be in the Duet, and there needs to be a version of the DWC files in the /www folder on the Duet. The version of DWC should match the firmware version. See https://docs.duet3d.com/en/User_manual/RepRapFirmware/SD_card#sd-card-structure

Ian

GBusy24

@droftarts Setup as access point.Terminal Snippet.txt

GBusy24

@droftarts I sent a 587 command after that.

GBusy24

@droftarts M587 S"Greg''s WIFI" P"**********" I192.168.0.62

droftarts

@GBusy24 I think you have set up your Duet with the same SSID name as your existing network. This isn't a good idea. With access point mode, you are setting up a completely separate WiFi network on the Duet, for other devices to connect to (you have to change WiFi network on your phone/tablet/laptop); it doesn't link to your existing WiFi network. As I said, please go back to using the normal mode, and connect the Duet to your existing WiFi network, as I think the initial problem was the use of the apostrophe.

Send the following commands from YAT, and post the responses you get:

M587 ; lists stored WiFi networks

If "Greg's WIFI" (with an apostrophe) is on the list, send

M552 S0 ; Set WiFi to idle mode
M552 S1 ; turn on WiFi in client mode

If "Greg's WIFI" (with an apostrophe) is NOT on the list, send

M552 S0 ; Set WiFi to idle mode
M588 S"*" ; deletes all saved SSIDs
M587 S"Greg''s WIFI" P"**********" I192.168.0.62
M552 S1 ; turn on WiFi in client mode

This should set up the WiFi correctly, and connect the Duet to your normal network.

Ian

GBusy24

@droftarts Thanks, I'll do this when I get home from work.

GBusy24

@droftarts Greg''s WIFI was listed, but W/O the apostrophe and I went ahead and ran the commands you said anyway just in case, You can see the 'No network found' result, so I sent the second group of commands you mentioned and my wifi light on the board goes off and I can't connect in normal mode. Head scratching time. Please advise.Terminal Snippet.txt

GBusy24

@droftarts Finally thought to do this that you told me to do a couple of days ago, so I thought I'd let you see it too.Network Scan.txt

GBusy24

@droftarts The only time I've been able to get the wifi module green to turn on is when I set up the access point mode

GBusy24

@droftarts I finally solved it. I'm connected and I just pulled up DWC. Thanks

Phaedrux

@GBusy24 What was it?

droftarts

@GBusy24 Was it that the IP address sent with M587 was out of range of the router? ie you sent

M587 S"Greg''s WIFI" P"**********" I192.168.0.62

but router addresses need to start 192.168.1.xxx?

I can see that the network scan showed your WiFi:

ssid=Greg's WIFI chan=1 rssi=-45 phymode=n auth=WPA/WPA2-Personal mac=08:95:2a:f8:6e:36

So it's either a password error or an IP address error.

Ian

GBusy24

@droftarts @Phaedrux , I think it was both the error with the quotatiion mark and also the I parameter I had in the 587. I'm jusy happy you guys help me solve it. Thanks again.