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Getting an error when I try and set up the wifi on the Limnenet Portsdown:

"Failed to connect to non-global ctrl_ifname: wlan0"

wtf?
Seems to be related to the country setting but , but  wpa_supplicant.conf file looks right as below:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

##STARTNW
country=GB
network={
    ssid="WORKSHOP"
    psk=131aae67ca5fa707b9169e5aeea196d1e85742f16c8aabb012c5f5d8ff4d9283
}
##ENDNW
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73 John

I dug a little deeper in to the PI using
sudo raspi-config
and options 2 Network options
and N2 Wifi
"No wireless interface found"

That's worrying! HELP!

Hi John,

Are you sure the LimeNET micro has a WiFi chip? I was under the impression it didn’t but I don’t know for certain.

Colin.

Yep! You nailed it!

Just found that out now by looking at the BOM resistors.
The clue should have been the lack of an antenna connector, but I wrongly assumed there was an on-board one!

What a twit!

73
JOhn

If you really need WiFi it would probably work with a USB dongle.
Colin.