[SOLVED] WiFi not working.

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Hi, John-

I've experienced this before as well. What I've found is that the key is always in the settings in the OpenPlotter configuration application, specifically on the "network" tab.  It obviously depends on your application, but the setting "client" is what I usually need/want, and once set, allows me to do exactly what I want - have the OpenPlotter Raspberry Pi join my existing network.  Your mileage may vary.

Good luck!

Same experience here. After fresh install it was impossible to set WIFI language to DE - "Could not communicate with wpa_supplicant"
No wlan0 Wireless adapter was visible and /etc/wpa_supplicant was unchanged (remained set to default country=GB)

• updated all packages from within Raspbian and from OP (about 200 MB) 
  
• changed network setting in OP to 'client' 
  
• edited /etc/wpa_supplicant to look like this
  

Code:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=DE

network={
    ssid="xxxxxxxxxx"
    psk="yyyyyyyyyy"
    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

only after completing all above mentioned steps (and reboot) wlan0 came alive and connected flawlessly

cheers,
G.

Thanks to both of you for your comments!  I will try this today and report back.

I can't confirm this!!!
The configuration as network client does work as it should from non updated V1.0.0!
Starting from fresh image.

1. start openplotter
   
2. goto Network page
   
3. select client
   
4. click set
   
5. click apply
   
6. click Yes
   
7. reboot the raspberry
   
8. after startup wait a minute and click on the network symbol in the upper rigth corner (in this case two red x)
   
9. a drop down list should open and list the wifi networks it found select the one you want to connect to. (depending on the wifi you need to put in a key)
   
10. Now you should have a connection. Set WiFi Country in Raspberry Pi configuration menu ->Preferences->Raspberry Pi Configuration->Page Localisation
    

done

Note:
The openplotter image has the AP configuration as default. Users which run openplotter without a monitor can directly connect to the openplotter AP and use realvnc client to remote control openplotter. The disadvantage is that the AP blocks the internal wlan. So you need to do the steps mentioned above to disable the AP. 

One of the advantages of openplotter is that it works with low power and is able to work as a router. How much energy does your existing network consums? Is it online all the time?