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I have recently bought a Raspberry Pi 3.

When it prompted me to connect to my internet I entered the password but it just displayed failed to connect. So I tried an Ethernet cable and it worked, but I want it to be wireless.

What can I do?

Greenonline
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Fahd Hatoum
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    are you sure you have entered the correct ssid and password? Perhaps you can try them on your mobile phone with the same ssid and password. – tlfong01 May 10 '19 at 13:33
  • Can you connect to the same Wi-Fi network using another device (PC, iPhone etc)? – Greenonline May 10 '19 at 13:55

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You can try to reconfigure WiFi. Just create a file /boot/wpa_supplicant.conf similar to this:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=DE

network={
    ssid="wlan@hoeft-online.de"
    psk="verySecretPassword"
    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

Of course you have to use your own settings for country=, ssid= and psk=.

Then reboot and look if it works. The file should have been removed.

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