How to connect PiZero to another AP?

[Rnee]

Hi all

I installed another AP with same wifi settings as the old one.
The RPi B with USB wifi dongle connects without any intervention.
The RPi Zero W on the other hand doesn't connect, even after multiple reboots.

Am I missing something?

TIA
R.

[paul-]

The only thing that comes to mind is channel.

What version of pCP?

[Rnee]

Hi Paul, thank you for stepping in.

The channel was set to auto on both AP's, on the new one that was 13 on 2.4Ghz
Setting it to manual on 1,6 and 11 didn't make any difference.
Using pcp5.0 on all systems.

I just noticed something different on both wireless players: on the rpi zero, the configuration is manually maintained by user, on the other one there are more options in the wifi settings tab.
Could this be the cause, even though it still works on the old AP?

TIA
R

[paul-]

Do you have the country code defined? The RPI chipsets require it to properly configure the onboard radio.

[Rnee]

I've switched the ZeroW to configuration through the pCP interface; it did have the proper country code whereas the other wireless player doesn't have it but works fine.

The AP is a ubnt Loco M2, these are the wireless settings:

Channel/Frequency: 8  /  2447 MHz 
Channel Width: 40 MHz  (Upper)
Frequency Band: 2437  -  2477 MHz 
Distance: 0.6 miles (0.9 km) 
TX/RX Chains: 2X2
TX Power: 12 dBm 
Antenna:  Built in - 8 dBi

On the working device, I have a TP-link USB wifi adapter.

Other ideas?

[paul-]

Let’s try to update wpa_supplicant. Can you connect to the old AP, and open up a ssh session, then run the following

pcp-update wpa_supplicant.tcz

Then reboot and try to connect to new AP