I've easily spent over 60 hours chipping away at this problem, and still no solution in sight. I started to think that maybe I have a bad download so I've redownloaded images, noobs etc and reinstalled each several times. The result is the same each time. A few things that I've learned though are:
1. The set your wifi country is due to the wifi radios now having 5 GHz capabilities which aren't acceptable in every country.
2. The keyboard defaults to a Great Britain keyboard, so when you get in the Linux "weeds", things like | needed in commands aren't where they should be. Be sure to set your keyboard when you set the wifi country.
3. Resetting wifi country in the old Raspi Config results in an error which says that the wpa_supplicant file can't be accessed by the OS. .. this explains the lack of cooperation after setting it or editing the wpa_supplicant.config file.... the operating system can't read the file so it makes no difference.
4. There are other files in this OS that can't be configured, set or used. A review of the permissions (that is a headache for another day) reveals that it isn't a permissions issue preventing it from being read, but if you want to fully open the barn door with unrestricted (permissions) access, it will not let you.
5. Updating and upgrading only makes everything worse.
6. Even when the OS reports "no wireless interface found", you can see the interfaces from the terminal window.
My conclusion is that there are some very serious core operating system issues at play here. I am very disappointed.
Users either report that theirs runs flawlessly or that it doesn't run the wifi at all. I don't believe that there is a solution out there.
It would be nice to have a fully configured image for the "US" available for download, where this setup procedure is not required. It makes no sense to have hundreds of potential users all banging their heads against the same configuration issues.
1. The set your wifi country is due to the wifi radios now having 5 GHz capabilities which aren't acceptable in every country.
2. The keyboard defaults to a Great Britain keyboard, so when you get in the Linux "weeds", things like | needed in commands aren't where they should be. Be sure to set your keyboard when you set the wifi country.
3. Resetting wifi country in the old Raspi Config results in an error which says that the wpa_supplicant file can't be accessed by the OS. .. this explains the lack of cooperation after setting it or editing the wpa_supplicant.config file.... the operating system can't read the file so it makes no difference.
4. There are other files in this OS that can't be configured, set or used. A review of the permissions (that is a headache for another day) reveals that it isn't a permissions issue preventing it from being read, but if you want to fully open the barn door with unrestricted (permissions) access, it will not let you.
5. Updating and upgrading only makes everything worse.
6. Even when the OS reports "no wireless interface found", you can see the interfaces from the terminal window.
My conclusion is that there are some very serious core operating system issues at play here. I am very disappointed.
Users either report that theirs runs flawlessly or that it doesn't run the wifi at all. I don't believe that there is a solution out there.
It would be nice to have a fully configured image for the "US" available for download, where this setup procedure is not required. It makes no sense to have hundreds of potential users all banging their heads against the same configuration issues.