(again) WIFI setup is failing....after 4 days slowly getting crazy

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hi all,
last week I started with installation acc. ‘Getting started…’ on HomeAssistant.io.
I am new in things like Rasperry and SSH, but generally have technical background.
So I do still have some hope to get the system up and running…wireless :slight_smile:

  • Rasperry Pi 3B+
  • 32bit Image
  • SD Card 32bit flashed
  • USB Stick FAT 32 formatted
    • Folder network/ created
    • file ‘my-network’ added , UNIX / ANSI coding (checked via Notepadd plus plus)

I have access via SSH addon to the ‘configuration.yaml’ file via Notepad plus plus.
The Frontend is vailable via Ethernet.
My Wifi is running with WPA2.
The ‘my-network’ file includes following:

[connection]
id=my-network
uuid=72111c67-4a5d-4d5c-925e-f8ee26efb3c3
type=802-11-wireless

[802-11-wireless]
mode=infrastructure
ssid=FxxxE
#Uncomment below if your SSID is not broadcasted
#hidden=true

[802-11-wireless-security]
auth-alg=open
key-mgmt=wpa-psk
psk=lxxxxxx4

[ipv4]
method=auto

[ipv6]
addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy
method=auto

Is there any chance to check, if the USB stick has been recognized?
I have no separate screen available at the moment to directly connect to the Raspi. Is that required?

I hope someone can bring some light in and identify my fault in configuration…

Greets
Jörg

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Why would you want to run your home automation, wirelessly? That makes no sense at all.

Keep it on eth and forget about the wireless, seriously.

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OK, for now I will keep it connected to LAN.
There is a feature for WIFI connection mentioned in several posts, so I wanted to run my first sensor connected to the Rasperry. Since LAN plugs are not soo many in our house, I thought to use that.

Ordered now some wireless Xiaoni Sensor.
Wifi connection seems really to be not a code and play solution.

Regards,
Joerg

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Keep your RBpi connected with ethernet, and your sensors on wifi. They can connect this way just fine (as long as they are in the same network)