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echo: rberrypi
to: DRUCK
from: BOB PROHASKA
date: 2019-04-07 01:01:00
subject: Re: RPi3B+ wifi configura

druck  wrote:
> On 06/04/2019 02:23, bob prohaska wrote:
>> Is it possible to search for and select a wifi access point using
>> the GUI on Raspbian 4.14.98-v7+ #1200 SMP Tue Feb 12 20:27:48 GMT
>> 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux ? It's up-to-date as of a few minutes ago.
>>
>> When I mouse over the wifi icon in the menu bar a popup reports
>> the existing wifi connection, but if I click on the icon the popup
>> reports "no wireless interfaces found", which makes no sense at all.
>
> If you are already connected to an access point, you may have to
> disconnect before the WiFi chip will scan for other access points.
>

No, in this case I changed the access point, so I had no connection.
Clicking on the wireless icon didn't bring up a list of access points.

Using raspi-config worked, but it didn't scan and show a list of access
points. It just gave a place to type in the name and password.

Thanks for reading!

bob prohaska

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