Wireless setup on dashboard missing

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Wireless setup on dashboard missing

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I am running version 3.4.16. All is good in the video by W1MSG until I get to wireless setup. No wireless setup in the configuration page of that version.

Any help will be most appreciated.

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Re: Wireless setup on dashboard missing

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Are you saying that you were able to log in to Pi-Star and navigate to the Configuration page, but that you don't find the Wireless Configuration module on that page? I guess if I ran into that, I'd burn a fresh image and start over.

Can you take a look at the 4) Booting up Pi-Star section of the Playing with Pi-Star article and share exactly where in that process you get stuck?
https://amateurradionotes.com/pi-star.htm#bootingpistar
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Re: Wireless setup on dashboard missing

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Yes, no configuration module on the configuration page. Will try burning another image.

Thanks

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I burned another image. I still can't access the configuration module. AP is not working nor can I find any other means to get the wireless working. I tried dropping a supplicant file into root. That didn't work either. Is anyone else running this version have the same proble?

I'm on a RPi 2 B. Not a Chinese but a real RPi.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Do you have a usb wifi plugged in?

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I just had a light bulb go off. The RPi doesn’t have wireless like the 3+ does it...Been so used to the 3+ I forgot that.

Will investigate further...
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Problem Solved. I had forgot that the RPi didn't have built-in wi-fi like the 3+

I found an unused wi-fi dongle this morning and plugged it in. It works just like it is supposed to now.

Wiping egg off face is such a humbling experience... :oops:
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