Re: RPi 4b Wifi Device

["Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean%wavecable.com@localhost>]

On 4/20/24 13:16, Michael van Elst wrote:
> tomdean%wavecable.com@localhost ("Thomas D. Dean") writes:
>
> > # wpa_cli status
> > Selected interface 'bwfm0'
> > 21:58:44.815: bssid=60:38:e0:db:a9:7a
> > freq=0
> > ssid=tddhome
> > id=0
> > mode=station
> > pairwise_cipher=TKIP
> > group_cipher=TKIP
> > key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> > wpa_state=GROUP_HANDSHAKE
> > ip_address=169.254.135.120
> > address=e4:5f:01:da:eb:46
>
> > I don't understand where the inet 169.254.135.120 comes from. The router
> > pool is 192.168.1.xxx.
>
> 169.254.x.x is a "link local" address. dhcpcd falls back to such an
> address, if it doesn't get an answer from a dhcp server. Apparently
> wpa_supplicant cannot connect to the network.
>
> > wpa_state=GROUP_HANDSHAKE
>
> says that it still tries to associate. When it's done this would
> change to COMPLETED.

I have two RPi 4b's. One with NetBSD 10 on an SD card and the other with 
RPi OS on a USB flash drive. (I can not get NetBSD to boot from a flash 
drive)

As far as I can tell the network configurations are the same for WIFI on 
both. I see comments on the web about NetBSD 10 problems with the bwfm 
device.

I need WIFI. So, I go back to RPi OS.

Thanks for all the replies.

Tom Dean