Chang SSID via sd card - not working

[exiledyorkie]

Hi

I’ve changed the ssid before but for some reason, it is not working.

The following method has been followed but nothing is connecting to the network. I’ve done it several times but nothing is working. I tried calling the file ‘network.text’ and just ‘network’

When I go back into the sd card, the config folder has gone but it is still not connecting to the new router. Now it won’t connect to the old either.

Any idea’s please? I’m at a loss, other than starting from scratch.

[rcblackwell (Robert Blackwell)]

@exiledyorkie

The following method has been followed

Which method has been followed?

[exiledyorkie]

apologies, meant to post this link

Starting with or changing Wi-Fi on Raspberry Pi 4

Changing Hassio Wi-Fi Setup (Sun 6/14/2020) I’ve spent a lot of time searching the internet to figure out two related how-to’s: How to do a fresh Hassio install on a Raspberry Pi 4 and have it come up talking on my wi-fi network. How to change the wi-fi network this device talks to later when I move it from my house to the location where it will actually be used. In my brief experience #1 and #2 are done the very same way, which is: Using a Windows PC. Place the SD card in a USB adapter an…

[exiledyorkie]

used this below. Changed the MY_SSID and MY_WLAN_SECRET_KEY to my details but it is never found. Do brackets need adding?

The green led is flashing on the Pi, so it must be booting but it is not found

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

[802-11-wireless]
mode=infrastructure
ssid=MY_SSID

Uncomment below if your SSID is not broadcasted

#hidden=true

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

[ipv4]
method=auto

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

[exiledyorkie]

Sorted. I was putting the SSID and password in quotations. So it was booting but not connecting.