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Issues connecting to wifi for the first time

Hello! I'm working on getting RatOS up and running. I just flashed it to my SD card using Balena. I've connected to the RatOS wifi and am attempting to set up RatOS to connect to my home wifi. I believe the issue is in my mesh system. I have 4 TP Link Decos around my house. RatOS is givng me many options to choose from (much more than 4) on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz. I've tried it a few times and it's obviously being rejected somehow because it's rebooting and restarting the RatOS wifi network. Any else having issues with mesh networking or found a solution?

I can't do a hardwired connection in the place where the printer is going or I would.

Thank you ahead of time!

Solution

Got the solution. If you're having issues with mesh wifi, this might work for you.
Note: I'm working with TP-Link Deco X20s.

Step 1: Flash RatOS per https://os.ratrig.com/docs/installation/#setting-up-your-printer
Step 2: Plug into Ethernet.
Step 3: ssh into RatOS. Use Terminal (command prompt). ssh pi@ratos.local. It'll prompt you for a password. It's raspberry.
Step 4: Run this command to edit the wpa supplicant file (controls the wifi networks): sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.
Step 5: Scroll down to the WPA/WPA2 (or whatever section is relevant to you) and uncomment the section by removing the # on each line. Add in your network details. It should look something like this:
network={
ssid="network_name"
psk="password"
}
Step 6: Reboot using sudo reboot. Unplug the ethernet while it's rebooting.
Step 7: Wait a couple minutes for it to boot. Check to see if it's connecting via wifi by running the ssh command again or going to ratos.local in your browser.

Worked for me! Happy printing.

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