Edison finds no WiFi during scan

[Philip_J_]

I would like to use node.js and Intel XDK IoT Edition IDE and believe I need a network connection in addition to my 2 Edison/PC USB connections.

WiFi is recommended as a serial connection, but when I run "configure_edison --wifi" I do not get a list of networks to choose from. I get the prompt to rescan or manually input a hidden SSID.

My PC sees several networks and is connected to one.

What should I try next?

Phil

[Stewart_C_Intel]

run the complete "configure_edison --setup" piece. You need a board name, password, etc to enable SSH, and that's all needed to connect to XDK, so try that and see what other errors pop-up. without more symptoms this is difficult to determine whats wrong, You can run a network over USB, and that's what I use for XDK connection, and that leaves the wifi able to connect to the cloud, info onthat setup is in our docs too. look for RNDIS or https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-edison-connecting-ethernet-over-usb

[NagaVenkat_K_Intel]

Can you check the version of the build in Edison?

root@edison:~# cat /etc/version
weekly-120

Please follow the tutorial Intel® Edison: Getting Started – WiFi*.

You can also try an alternative method using wpa_supplicant to get connected - http://www.intel.com/support/edison/sb/CS-035234.htm.

If you don't need internet connectivity and would just want to connect the board to the PC you can enable Ethernet Over USB.

[Philip_J_]

I had only tried hitting 0 once, I found that subsequently pressing 0 caused the rescan to find the networks - I connected OK

[NagaVenkat_K_Intel]

Yeah sometimes you may need to rescan to see the available networks. But I believe it is not the case with the latest image. Are you running the latest build on your device?

[Philip_J_]

What is the latest build?

Thanks!

Phil

[NagaVenkat_K_Intel]

root@edison:~# cat /etc/version
weekly-120

You can download the latest image from http://www.intel.com/support/edison/sb/CS-035180.htm.