raspberrypi4 RasspberryPi 4b not connecting to wifi

[Madmadz16]

I just reinstalled RaspberryPiOs 64bit but now it wont connect to the wifi after reboot, even tho its saved and ive already been on it. I did set a static ip but it should still connect to it. when i try to do it manually it asks for the password again and creates 2 saved instances of the same wifi

[whispous]

Un-set the static IP. Why are you setting one?

 

If you want it to always be the same IP, set a reservation in the DHCP section of your router instead.

[Madmadz16]

1 hour ago, whispous said:

Un-set the static IP. Why are you setting one?

 

If you want it to always be the same IP, set a reservation in the DHCP section of your router instead.

I don't have router access and it's always worked fine in the past

[whispous]

1 minute ago, Madmadz16 said:

I don't have router access and it's always worked fine in the past

You cannot just set a static IP on a device and expect it to work on a DHCP enabled network. That's not how it works. It won't work. It may have worked briefly but that is a fluke.

 

If you don't even have router access, why do you need a static IP?

[Allan B]

31 minutes ago, whispous said:

You cannot just set a static IP on a device and expect it to work on a DHCP enabled network. That's not how it works. It won't work. It may have worked briefly but that is a fluke.

 

If you don't even have router access, why do you need a static IP?

You can set a static ip assuming it is out side of the scope of the DHCP server, I do this with mine, anything under x.x.x.10 is not in my dhcp scope.  If you are using it as a pi-hole for example.   DHCP reservation is a better choice, but it should still work with a static.

 

You can also try switching to DHCP just to eliminate that being the problem.  Or while the PIE4 is disconnected from WIFI, can you ping your static ip from a computer, do you get a response? Is something else using it?

If i recall the Pie4 also had some 5ghz issues, maybe trying forcing it to use the 2.4ghz radio only (you can google how)?

 

[Madmadz16]

I'm going to use it for pihole and I'll do some more testing when I get back home

[Madmadz16]

On 5/17/2024 at 5:38 PM, Madmadz16 said:

I'm going to use it for pihole and I'll do some more testing when I get back home

Ok so I just got back and was able to do some more testing and now it just worked...

 

I removed the one that had the static ip set and rebooted and it stayed connected, then I set a static ip and rebooted again and it just worked.