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Is it possible to search for and select a wifi access point using the GUI on Raspbian 4.14.98-v7+ #1200 SMP Tue Feb 12 20:27:48 GMT

2019 armv7l GNU/Linux ? It's up-to-date as of a few minutes ago.

When I mouse over the wifi icon in the menu bar a popup reports the existing wifi connection, but if I click on the icon the popup reports "no wireless interfaces found", which makes no sense at all.

In the end raspi-config did the job, but I don't remember having to use it before this time.

Is something misconfigured?

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

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If you are already connected to an access point, you may have to disconnect before the WiFi chip will scan for other access points.

---druck

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druck

No, in this case I changed the access point, so I had no connection. Clicking on the wireless icon didn't bring up a list of access points.

Using raspi-config worked, but it didn't scan and show a list of access points. It just gave a place to type in the name and password.

Thanks for reading!

bob prohaska

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bob prohaska

On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 01:01:46 +0000 (UTC), bob prohaska declaimed the following:

Access point that doesn't broadcast the SSID? (this was my normal configuration: no SSID broadcast and MAC address filtering -- but my most recent Nook and phone refuse to attempt to connect to memorized APs unless they see the AP SSID first)

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Nope. Broadcasts loud and clear.

There are a couple websites that claim clicking on the wifi icon should bring up a list of detectable APs, which is what got me to wondering what's going on. Are they referring to an older version of Raspbian? Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

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bob prohaska

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