I have an IOT Edge Computer (PR55-36) and am trying to connect it to a MOXA wireless access point. I have the SSID/passkey/protocol from the MOXA and have entered it into the wi-fi section of the Network tab, however the I/O on the Edge device consistently says that wi-fi is “down”.
What does it say next to WiFi under Network Control next to WiFi? Does it say Disabled, Up, or Down? If it says disabled try refreshing the page. It takes about a minute after storing WiFi settings before the WiFi connection can be made.
Open the web interface to the IoT Edge Computer.
Click the Network Tab.
Click WiFi.
Click the SSID Field.
Enter the Network SSID.
Enter the Network Passkey.
Select DHCP as Protocol.
Click Submit.
After approximately 5 minutes the IoT Edge Computer should connect to the WiFi network. If it does not then attempt rebooting the IoT Edge Computer.
If WiFi is still Down please let me know what type of Security the WiFi network utilizes(Open, WEP, WP-ASK, etc). Also please confirm if the network is 2.4ghz or 5ghz.
We have not had this issue with users in the past. I am not sure what could be causing this.
You can however force these WiFi settings manually through the terminal. To do this:
Click Terminal to open the terminal interface to the IoT Edge Computer.
Log into the terminal, username root password ncdio
In the terminal enter:
vi /etc/config/wireless
Press i on your keyboard to enter vi insert/edit mode.
Under sta section set:
option disabled ‘0’
option encryption should be set to the security type of the network.
option key set to the password for the WiFi network
option ssid set to the name of the network.
Also set encryption, key, and ssid under wifi-config section. Also set disabled to 0 under radio0 section.
On your keyboard press the ESC key, then type :wq to save changes and quit vi.
In the terminal enter reboot to reboot the IoT Edge Computer. Upon reboot it should connect to the WiFi network.
Enter wifisetup in a terminal and you’ll see the following output:
root@Omega-2757:/# wifisetup
Onion Omega Wifi Setup
Select from the following:
1) Scan for Wifi networks
2) Type network info
q) Exit
Selection:
You can enter 1, and your Omega will scan for available networks:
Selection: 1
Scanning for wifi networks...
Select Wifi network:
1) BYB
2) studio sixteen
3) EG Energy
4) mayaaa
5) Authentic
6) OnionWiFi
7) Orpheus
8) Omega-18C2
Selection:
Enter your selection and you will be prompted for a password if required. Your network authentication type will be automatically detected in the scan:
Selection: 6
Network: OnionWiFi
Authentication type: WPA2PSK
Enter password:
Enter your password, and hit enter. Your Omega’s network adapter will restart and attempt to connect to the new network.
Since the network adapter is restarting, the Omega’s AP will go down and be inaccessible during this period, but it will come back up in roughly 30 seconds.
I am experiencing the same issue as @marc.hernandez when attemtping to setup wifi. Any settings entered on the network tab for WiFi are blank except for dhcp. I changed it to static and input network settings and was successful but I prefer to use dhcp. Thought it would be helpful to know that the issue is not isolated to a single instance.
That did work.
Just as a note, the encryption type is psk2 not WPA2-Personal as it showed in my laptop.
Maybe that is what it was causing the problem on the vi /etc/config/wireless route.