I decided to begin my journey into AllStarLink by building a SHARI PiHatU. After reading the instructions multiple times, with some patience and slow but steady soldering, assembly went well and was trouble free.
I set up my MicroSD card (32GB Sandisk High Endurance) using the following:
Windows 10 PC
Raspberry Pi Imager (v1.90)
The “allstar3-arm64-3.0.15.img.xz” file downloaded today (12/2/2024)
AllStarLink github Raspberry Pi Install Instructions
After the first boot of my Raspberry Pi4 4GB and SHARI PiHatU, I checked for software updates. Next, I worked through all the settings for different components explained in both the ASL3 and SHARI documentation.
After checking Allmon3 was working with a connection and test to the Parrot server, as well as creating a new Port Forwarding rule in my network, I appeared to have a working node connected to my home wireless network; a UniFi system with both 2.4 & 5.0 GHz connections using the same SSID and password.
I went to add some other known WiFi networks to my node and found the following message in red under “Configured WiFi Networks”… “WiFi set failed”. My home Wi-Fi network, which the node is connected to, isn’t listed. Further, while a new network can be “successfully added”, the entry doesn’t get saved under “Configured WiFi Networks”.
I did notice this single line in my Logs after a reboot:
“nl80211: kernel reports: Registration to specific type not supported” (wpa_supplicant)
I’m also just getting started with Linux so I’m a bit puzzled. Any thoughts on why I’m seeing this error message and behavior even though my node seems to be connecting to my pre-configured Wi-Fi normally?
When trying to add my other known networks I was using the ASL3 Web Admin Portal and the included WiFi Manager.
Given that I added my home network info into the Pi Imager I would have expected the ASL3 WiFi Manager to show it as “Preconfigured” or something similar.
There is no utility in ASL to manage wifi.
You are doing your settings from the OS.
I don’t use asl3 with Pi’s so I am a bit lost.
The user you are running commands in the terminal must not have root privileges.
Try them again with ‘sudo’ in front of them to get super user privileges.
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I’m not entirely sure what your root concern/problem is. However the network that you configured in the RPi Imager will show up as “preconfigured”. You should see something like this:
In this case, “preconfigured” is the label for my home WiFi “MFamily Clients” and “FBI Surveillance” is the same for another site where the SSID is “FBI Surveillance”. Can you supply some screenshots of what you’re seeing? Did you set your WiFi region properly in the imager, presumably based on your callsign to US?
I’m not using the terminal. There is a utility (menu choice) on the ASL3 Web Admin Portal. It’s called WiFi Manager.
I was careful to properly set all fields, including the Wi-Fi region (US), with the imager. The network I configured in the RPi Imager (my home network) does not show up as “preconfigured”… even though the node is connected using that exact wi-fi info. Instead I see the error message mentioned in my first post and shown in this screen shot…
ASL3 doesn’t use wpa_supplicant, it uses NetworkManager. The fact that’s running makes me wonder if there’s something broken with your install. As root, what’s the output of running /usr/share/cockpit/wifimanager/bin/wifi-list-configured.py?
Is this the output you’re looking for?
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/share/cockpit/wifimanager/bin/wifi-list-configured.py”, line 44, in
display_parameters(nmconnections)
File “/usr/share/cockpit/wifimanager/bin/wifi-list-configured.py”, line 27, in display_parameters
if parameters[‘connection’][‘type’] == “wifi”:
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: ‘connection’
Just to see if I had something strange happen with my image process I used a new MicroSD card and burned some fresh images carefully following the instructions and entering all suggested information. Here is the outcome:
Using a new “allstar3-arm64-3.0.15.img.xz” file my device booted and found no updates.
I ended up with the same error: WiFi not set
Using the “allstar3-arm64-3.0.14.img.xz” file my device booted and found no updates.
I ended up with the same error: WiFi not set
Using the “allstar3-arm64-3.0.13.img.xz” file my device booted and found no updates.
I ended up with a working device with a normal WiFi Manager screen.
Oddly, I still see the same error in my log:
“nl80211: kernel reports: Registration to specific type not supported” (wpa_supplicant)
Answering your questions based on my initial card imaged with v3.0.15…
Pi hardware = Pi4 4GB
Home Wi-Fi password contains two symbols: @ and !
I don’t have a file by that name in the location you described. I have two files there; “preconfigured.nmconnection” and “wifi.nmconnection”. The contents of the “preconfigured.nmconnection” are as follows:
[connection]
id=preconfigured
uuid=4c59193b-4fe3-4b88-8b94-6e69daaab316
type=wifi
[wifi]
mode=infrastructure
ssid=MyHomeWiFi (name changed for post)
hidden=false
[ipv4]
method=auto
[ipv6]
addr-gen-mode=default
method=auto
[proxy]
[wifi-security]
key-mgmt=wpa-psk
psk= (long character string-deleted for post)
No worrries! I really appreciate your help with this.
My psk= field was the string… I just deleted it as you requested.
Contents of wifi.nmconnection file from the location you specified are as follows:
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
# Edit /boot/firmware/wifi.nmconnection and it will be copied here
# Uncomment everything below this line and set your ssid and password
# [connection]
# id=wifi
# uuid=593819b8-135a-4a3e-9611-c36cdeadbeef
# type=wifi
# interface-name=wlan0
# [wifi]
# mode=infrastructure
# ssid=set your wifi ssid here
# [wifi-security]
# auth-alg=open
# key-mgmt=wpa-psk
# psk=set your password here
I deleted the “wifi.nmconnection” file from /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ with elevated permissions (sudo). Upon a reboot of the node the file reappears. The contents of the new file are the same as previously posted.
As referenced in the /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/wifi.nmconnection file, I also see a “wifi.nmconnection” file in /boot/firmware/. The contents of that file are below:
# Uncomment everything below this line and set your ssid and password
# [connection]
# id=wifi
# uuid=593819b8-135a-4a3e-9611-c36cdeadbeef
# type=wifi
# interface-name=wlan0
# [wifi]
# mode=infrastructure
# ssid=set your wifi ssid here
# [wifi-security]
# auth-alg=open
# key-mgmt=wpa-psk
# psk=set your password here
# [ipv4]
# method=auto
# [ipv6]
# addr-gen-mode=default
# method=auto
# [proxy]
Should I try deleting the file from both locations?
