WiFi & tethering not working brand new V4K

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Got my Vero 4K today, set it up and updated, and restored some settings/library from the SD back up copy of my old Vero 1. All works brilliantly and super fast compared to Vero 1, with a couple of exception.

Ethernet to WiFi Tethering doesn’t appear to work at all (it did on the v1). I have a stable LAN connection via Ethernet.

I have switched on the WiFi adapter in myosmc, which works after a few minutes. I can see WiFi networks, but I can’t connect to my local WiFi network unless I make it open. It rejects the password each time. I have tried using osmc skin, in case it was the input keyboard but it’s the same. I also strangely now have this issue on my Vero 1 but perhaps it’s always been the same as I never connected it to my network via WiFi…

When I switch tethering on (Ethernet to WiFi) it seems to disable the WiFi altogether. I have checked Connmanctl status and it says WiFi tethering is active.

I used Tethering on my Vero 1 (updated to latest version of osmc) with no issues, so surprised it doesn’t work on 4K.

Log uploaded /ruyehayije

Thanks

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When you say it doesn’t work:

Can you enable it?
Do you see a WiFi Hotspot?
This is a bit vague.

Is SSID hidden?
2.4 or 5G? Are 2.4/5G using same network name (avoid this if possible)
Are you using WiFi encryption?

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Thanks for your reply Sam. Sorry to be more specific, this is two issues - Wifi connection and Tethering:

V4K Ethernet connects to network just fine with passphrase.
V4K Wifi adapter can be enabled. It sees wireless network (WPA2-PSK, AES, 2.5Ghz SSID visible) and can connect to it but not consistently. It is on the same network as the ethernet connection so will try a different one.
[Vero 1 has same issue now I notice, as I have moved it to a room without ethernet access]

Tethering:
I disconnect V4K from wifi network (if it’s connected) but leave adapter enabled. When I go to ethernet to wifi tethering, it says it’s enabled as osmc_wifi but I can’t connect to it on my Viera TV or Ipad or macbook. I have tried manually entering the connection in case SSID is hidden, but same result no connection. I looked at Connmanctl via ssh, it says wifi tethering is already enabled.

Thanks

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Okay, so WiFi connection to an AP works, it’s just tethering that doesn’t?

The tethering can be hit and miss, but connecting to an AP should work reliably

Sam

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Wifi connection to AP sometimes works, Tethering never does. It used to work fine with all same settings on vero 1 running latest OSMC (Oct) so assume this could be a hardware thing?

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…just to add I have added a wifi dongle to the Vero 1 and it seems to connect fine to Wifi now, albeit slower. Would it be worth trying it on the V4K to see if that triggers tethering?

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Let’s fix one problem at a time first: connecting to APs.

The GUI isn’t always descriptive when there’s a problem connecting to a WiFi network. If you’re familiar with the command line, you could try connecting via that. See Could not connect to Wi-Fi - #16 by DBMandrake.

Any errors will be a lot clearer. OSMC won’t connect to WiFi on reboot if an Ethernet cable is attached. This is intentional.

Tethering is a bit hit and miss with ConnMan. It may be an idea for us to use hostapd or something else in the future.

Sam