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I have just loaded V4 RC2 on my hotspot (Zumspot GPIO on a RPi 0). I cannot get it to connect to my
WiFi AP but have no problems connecting to the Hotspot on my Android phone. I have no problems connecting
to the same AP using Pi-Star v3.

The only unusual thing about the AP is the WiFi password. The password is 40 characters long and has a semicolon
in it.

Ken WB2KWC

I've found the solution!!

The issue was the fact that my AP was not broadcasting the SSID. I know this isn't foolproof security but it keeps me under the radar of the script-kiddies. Pi-star had no issues with my long password or the special characters in the password. I wonder if this is a problem with the new version of Raspbian or a defect in the new version of Pi-Star.

Did it work on 3.4 ?

WB2KWC wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:55 am I've found the solution!!

The issue was the fact that my AP was not broadcasting the SSID. I know this isn't foolproof security but it keeps me under the radar of the script-kiddies. Pi-star had no issues with my long password or the special characters in the password. I wonder if this is a problem with the new version of Raspbian or a defect in the new version of Pi-Star.

This seems to be a general behavior with new devices... I used to have phones, Nooks, assorted tablets, all of which would reconnect to a memorized WiFi router even if the router was not broadcasting the SSID.

Not so with my newest phone, and maybe RPi's... If the SSID is not received, they appear to assume the WiFi is just not around to attempt a connection.

Yes it did work in version 3.4. This is not a hardware issue because I am using the same hardware as I used with version 3.4.

I posted this to the forum as a feature request.

Ken WB2KWC

Answered in the feature request...