"Invalid wifi credentials"
[ratOS v2.0.2]
So its my first time building a V-core 3.1. I have flashed my SD card and inserted it into my Raspberry Pi 3B+. I connected to the Wifi hotspot and I got to the page: http://192.168.50.1/configure. No problems up to that point.
My issue now is that when I try to select my home's WiFi network and I provide the WPA2 password, it simply says "Invalid wifi credentials", which is obviously not the case. I saw in a post from 2022 that passwords containing '$' cause it to bug out. Does '!' also cause an issue? My password contains a '!', but it does not contain a '$'.
Secondly, I don't really understand why the Pi is asking me to connect it to my home's WiFi. Can someone explain how this works to me? I thought that the Pi would only need to connect to my computer so that I can control ratOS directly from my computer. Why does the Pi need access to the internet???
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The pi needs to be connected to the same wifi than your computer. Otherwise they can’t communicate. And the internet connection is needed for updates.
As for wifi credentials, some systems don’t allow for spaces in the network name. Is that your case?
Or, you can just run it without updates that most of the time are corrections. Just connect to the Pi AP everytime you need anything and keep your computer also offline.
Ohhh that must be the case, thank you