Model-T won't connect to my wireless network

hebnern 2014-05-10 03:59:47 UTC #4

Some people were having trouble with the keyboard, and were entering the password with the capital letters instead of lowercase or vice versa. This couldn't be the problem, could it?

If not, can you try disabling wifi security temporarily and seeing if it can connect that way?

aborunda 2014-05-11 02:31:51 UTC #5

Thanks hebnern,
I was also having the same issue. Eventually was able to get my brewbit onto my wifi by removing the security temporarily.

bill_rawlinson 2014-05-11 18:41:16 UTC #6

I will try without security - but I really don't feel comfortable leaving it off for long. Maybe I'll do mac address only security if it connects without the password.

What security protocols does the brewbit supposedly support?

hebnern 2014-05-11 18:44:31 UTC #7

Yeah, I wouldn't want you to disable security permanently, just trying to gather more information. It supports WEP, WPA, WPA2. What are you using btw?

bill_rawlinson 2014-05-11 19:01:48 UTC #8

I was using simple WPA -

Basically to make my life "safer" I turned on a mac address white list. Now I'm just adding all of my devices to the list. Homebrew oddly comes before all other considerations it seems

hebnern 2014-05-11 19:03:30 UTC #9

lol as it should! So does it work with no security? Also, I know there are several variants of WPA and WPA2 in the wild that technically are outside of the 802.11 standard, but most devices support anyway. Do you know what settings it was using (TKIP/AES/both)? We might be having trouble with some variants.

If it does connect with no security, I would try it with other variations of security modes as well, see if we can find ones that do and don't work.

bill_rawlinson 2014-05-12 01:18:00 UTC #10

It did connect with no security and when I only allowed certain MAC addresses. My WPA "Personal" security used AES encryption.

I might try some other settings later when the rest of my family doesn't care if our network is cutting out while I play around.

chiefsr 2014-05-12 13:38:07 UTC #11

I have successfully connected my brewbit to an ancient Linksys WRT-54G router, which is 802.11g only. I am using WPA-PSK security. DHCP is being used.
I cannot get the brewbit to connect to my Zoom 5352 modem even with security turned off. I have both devices set to use 192.168.1.x as the subnet during testing periods. I have scoured the Zoom's manual trying to figure out what the issue is. Unfortunately, this modem does not allow me to go 802.11g only. It is 802.11n active or radios off. The Zoom only supports 2.4GHz, so that is not the issue. DHCP is being used. No MAC filtering and no firewall. I have tried 1 ft from the antennas up to 35 feet.

dunnry 2014-05-18 19:04:18 UTC #12

Unfortunately, I cannot get mine to connect. I have a Netgear WNDR3700 and it is just acting as a bridge to the cable modem downstairs. The cable modem hands out IPs on the 192.168.0.X subnet and it is not easy to change that. I have tried turning off WPA2 security, but that has not helped. Right now, it will connect for a few mins and then drop out.

Bummed I can't use the device at all.

hebnern 2014-05-18 19:57:15 UTC #13

Is it a range issue? Can you try bringing it downstairs to see if it can stay connected? If you can get it connected, try and download the latest update to see if that helps.

dunnry 2014-05-19 13:58:32 UTC #14

No, definitely not a range issue. I am sitting less than 2 feet from the wireless router. I have tried downloading the update from the unstable branch, but it won't stay connected long enough to download.

ecotony 2014-05-19 18:20:04 UTC #15

My update took a fairly long time to download.... My first update I had to retry a number of times. This time, I just left it alone for a while and when I came back it was just updating and went back to the main screen.

dpitts 2014-05-21 02:32:54 UTC #16

I was having a connection issue also on a Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 using AES WPA-PSK. Changed over to TKIP and the BrewBit connected right away.

ecotony 2014-05-21 03:50:25 UTC #17

Low and behold, it never updated...
I checked to see about dimming for the screen, and it wasn't an option. Sure enough... still 1.1.

Updated last night - took 4 tries to get it to complete.

bmoney 2014-05-21 03:58:02 UTC #18

We are looking into why it takes a couple tries to download sometimes. We are also planning on adding a feature where if it doesn't complete downloading on the first try it will at least save off what it did download so it won't have to start from scratch every time.

mydementia 2014-07-19 03:29:44 UTC #19

Did all these things, but my BrewBit still doesn't 'see' wireless networks. Even after power cycling the unit, it appears that the BrewBit network 'discovery' isn't working. All was working fine this morning and nothing changed on my end... Looks like my last logged data point was at 12:02pm and I was brewing then!
https://brewbit.com/dashboard/devices/123/sessions/3478?token=4f0082e91f07c24cbb3c7d6b58e7995a
Perhaps the wireless module bit the dust? Help!!

hebnern 2014-07-19 03:55:18 UTC #20

Hmm. That's strange. Can you go to the device info screen and see if a version is reported for the WiFi module. If it doesn't show anything, then it means we are not talking to it for some reason.

mydementia 2014-07-19 15:53:18 UTC #21

Device Info:
Device SW 1.3.0
Boot SW 1.0.0
Device ID (long)
Web... dg.brewbit.com
WiFi SP (blank)
IP Addr Not Assigned
Subnet Not Assigned
Gateway Not Assigned
DNS Not Assigned
MAC Addr (blank)

hebnern 2014-07-19 20:12:10 UTC #22

Interesting. So it never shows anything for WiFi SP even after being on for a few minutes?

mydementia 2014-07-19 21:18:13 UTC #23

Nope... blankitty-blank-blank...