alpine
October 26, 2023, 9:54am
5
yes, I am.
I’m quoting the Community Wiki here to help new L5 owners find the solution more quickly:
WiFi Connection Problems: If the Librem 5 won’t connect to your network, verify that the phone’s date, time, and time zone (in Settings > Details > Date & Time are set correctly. At present, it’s necessary to turn off the automatic date/time settings and set these manually. After successful connection, you can return the settings to automatic. If you’re using MAC filtering on your router, don’t forget to a…
I got my Librem 5 a year or two ago (I want to say it was the Evergreen batch?), and wifi never really worked reliably. I might restart the phone and wifi then starts working for a while (automatically connects to my network), then after a bit it stops working in the sense that the wifi icon gets greyed out and the phone behaves as if it has no wifi hardware, and commands such as nmcli dev wifi connect ... yield an error saying “No Wi-Fi device found.”
I just took the phone out of the drawer a…
I don’t have any problems with WiFi after the kernel upgrade.
Edit1: After a cold restart, I did see that the setting had disappeared, but flicking the kill switch off, then on, brought it back again, with “Excellent” signal strength.
Edit2: WiFi still returns as normal after restarts.
I received my Librem 5 Evergreen today, was excited to get it up and running. I’m unable to connect to any WiFi networks though which limits what I’m able to do with it pretty majorly (using a SIM with no data plan at the moment).
Lots of visible networks show up but I’m unable to connect to any of my home networks. No errors, just enter the password and it never connects.
I’ve tried restarting the phone a few times and turning the WiFi kill switch on and off but nothing seems to work. Anyone …
Hi,
I just reflashed the Librem 5 Evergreen using this procedure .
Even though the Wifi kill switch is set to ‘on’, Wifi and Bluetooth are greyed out in the top status drawdown. Is this a hardware issue? Should I send the device back for repair?
I also tried to change the Date & Time by going to settings > Date & Time > Date & Time. Both ‘Automatic’ switches are set to ‘off’. I try to enter the correct date and time but run into 2 UI issues:
Every minute the correct time I have entered is re…
I just received my Librem 5. I have an Eero WiFi mesh with a standard and a guest network and also an Inseego 5G M2000 MiFi device. My Librem 5 will not connect to any of the three WiFi networks. It sees all of the surrounding networks, and I’ve entered the passwords for the three networks, but it simply spins trying to connect to each network in turn. I’m able to attach a USB-C ethernet dongle and connect to the internet successfully. I used this to download the latest OS updates, but the …
Just received my phone. Is there some sort of trick to getting the wifi to work?
I have a pretty beefy Linksys wireless router that I have dozens of devices connected to, and it supports both 2.4 and 5 Ghz spectrums.
However, the Librem refuses to connect to either.
It’s not giving me any error. I enter my password, show it to confirm I’ve entered it correctly, then it shows a waiting animation, then then it disappears, but the wifi icon still shows disconnected.
The wifi switch on the side …
https://docs.puri.sm/Librem_5/WLAN.html
irvinewade:
If you are having problems with WiFi connectivity then it is best to use 2.4 GHz - and to lock it onto 2.4 GHz and off 5 GHz. (I achieve that by having different SSIDs on the two bands, so by choosing an SSID, I am also choosing a band. Some people may not have their WiFi set up that way.)
At home and at work, the old TP-LINK TL-WR841N at 2.4 GHZ from 2015. so
irvinewade:
During testing, it would be best to ensure that only one of your Wireless Access Points is powered on at any one time. However, regardless of that, you have to contend with your neighbours. Are you aware of whether you typically receive the SSIDs of your neighbours? If your neighbours are not a problem then I would suggest that during troubleshooting you use manual channel.
Yes, in test time only one Access Points is powered on. SSIDs of neighbours L5 does not see them, android devices see them.
Only detects my home SSID and connect with -77 to - 95 dbm link quality 24%
thank you all for your help
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