Connected to wifi but not?

AstroBox Questions
#1

hey guys, i have a raspberry pi 3 and am using the raspberry official wifi adapter.
looks like astroprint had some trouble creating a hotspot with pi 3, so i hooked up a monitor and went to /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf to manually input my wifi info. and now looks like both built in wifi and wifi adapter are connected to my network (i can see two separate IP addresses for astroprint).

and i can use my laptop (connected to my main wifi) to access the astrobox.lcoal

however, the box just won’t connect to internet, it keeps saying astroprint.com is not accessible, and the setting/internet is just blank. plus, on the upper right corner, it says its NOT connected to internet.

anyone knows how to force it to connect to internet? thanks :slight_smile:

#2

I and others have battled this failure to connect to the website before…sometimes it has required a reflash but in your case I would try removing the usb wifi…or turning off the onboard wifi…maybe having two is confusing it.

Just a guess…

#3

You can’t manually connect to the internet. The box won’t see it. We use the network manager. The wlan0 interface needs to be free and not in /etc/network/interfaces for the system to work properly.

If you have the right wifi dongle, it should open the hotspot. Maybe if the first time it fails (it’s rare) you can reboot it the box. Also you can use ethernet, get the ip address and connect to your network via the web UI.

Command line configuration of the network on the pi will cause conflicts with our software.

#4

looks like set up over LAN “works”, but had another problem.
will start a new thread