Electron Wifi not joining networks

Troubleshooting
#1

Hello. I received my Electron today and am attempting to get it connected. I am in a building that does not permit cellular signals, so I’m attempting to join Wifi.

Prereqs:
I’m in listening mode
I do have the battery connected
Even though it’s not being used I do have the antenna connected (for fear to burning up the radio without a load connected)

The “particle setup wifi” command does report the wifi network properly, however, when I say either yes or no to “Should I try to auto-detect the wireless security type” I get no response. EDIT == I get this response, but nothing past this; Detected WPA(PSK/AES,TKIP/TKIP) WPA2(PSK,FT-PSK/AES,TKIP/TKIP) security

I’ve allowed this to sit for quite a while and tried multiple times.

Any ideas?

#2

Hate to break it to you, but the Electron is Cellular-only, there’s no WiFi module on it. If you absolutely need WiFi, I’d suggest getting the Photon, which is a WiFi-only device, and does all the same awesome things :smile: If you have access to WiFi, I’d recommend the Photon over the Electron.

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#3

:joy:

well, my friend, you get :thumbsup: :thumbsup: for providing the correct answer.

Clearly I’m referencing the wrong documentation

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#4

Now I’m curious, how was it able to detect the wireless networks to begin with?

#5

I’m going to assume it’s your computer who detects the wireless signals, not the Electron :wink: