Try to power your ESP32 through a 5v pin, instead of the USB port. It worked for me.
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In MY case it is a ESP8266-NODEMCU and it IS powered via 5V-Pin… ;-(
This worked for me. (After trying every other potential solution I found while googling)
Thanks - forgot about the channel option … I know some earlier apple devices had similar issues with certain channel’s at the end of the channel range (11 and above)
Adding of these options solved my problem with Auth expired problem. Thanks to everybody!
The board is: ESP-WROOM-32, DEVKITV1
I had a horrible time trying to get it to work… ESP32-WROOM-32
Finally had success when I:
a) Set my 2.4Ghz SSID to Channel 1.
b) Stopped sharing the same SSID on 2.4 and 5Ghz bands (should have done that a while ago… I know)
But the secret sauce for me was:
c) Set the 2.4 channel width from 20/40 to 20Mhz only
d) On my ASUS GTX11000 I switched off the 802.11ax / WiFi 6 mode. I think that was causing some incompatibility grief
I have an esp32 c3 super mini that is doing this. Im thinking it’s a HW issue or cold solder joint.
When the board is not in a socket or pin headers, it connects no problem…the moment I put the board in pin headers or into a breadboard, the wifi issue pops up. Very interesting.
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Adding these lines resolved it for me… So strange…
reboot_timeout: 15min
power_save_mode: none
enable_on_boot: True
fast_connect: On
output_power: 8.5
I just had a TON of issues getting an esp32-c3 “supermini” board installed. It would work, but intermittently. I was trying it with a mmwave LD2410 sensor, so I assumed maybe that was faulty, perhaps the wiring or something like that.
It turns out the issue was the wifi signal strength. Due to the size of the small board, the wifi “antennas” on this thing are not so good. It needs to be fairly close to the AP in order to connect and maintain stable connection. I tried all the other fixes - enabling power saving features, disabling power saving features, setting transmit power manually - nothing worked. What did work though was moving close to the AP slightly.
FWIW, I have three APs (unifi) with tens of IoT devices, none of which currnetly have any issues.
Interestingly the board could “see” the two closest to it and reported what seemed like a low, but usable signal strength (-76 dB)
[21:51:20][D][wifi:497]: Found networks:
[21:51:20][I][wifi:541]: - 'IoT-WiFi' [redacted]▂▄▆█
[21:51:20][D][wifi:542]: Channel: 6
[21:51:20][D][wifi:543]: RSSI: -76 dB
[21:51:20][I][wifi:541]: - 'IoT-WiFi' [redacted]▂▄▆█
[21:51:20][D][wifi:542]: Channel: 1
[21:51:20][D][wifi:543]: RSSI: -81 dB
[21:51:20][D][wifi:546]: - [redacted] [redacted]▂▄▆█
[21:51:20][D][wifi:546]: - [redacted] [redacted]▂▄▆█
[21:51:20][D][wifi:546]: - [redacted] [redacted]▂▄▆█
[21:51:20][I][wifi:313]: WiFi Connecting to 'IoT-WiFi'...
[21:51:21][W][wifi_esp32:569][arduino_events]: Event: Disconnected ssid='IoT-WiFi' bssid=[redacted] reason='Auth Expired'
[21:51:21][W][wifi:653]: Error while connecting to network.
[21:51:21][D][wifi:697]: Retrying with hidden networks...
[21:51:21][I][wifi:313]: WiFi Connecting to 'IoT-WiFi'...
[21:51:22][W][wifi_esp32:569][arduino_events]: Event: Disconnected ssid='IoT-WiFi' bssid=[redacted] reason='Auth Expired'
[21:51:22][W][wifi:653]: Error while connecting to network.
[21:51:22][D][wifi:697]: Retrying with hidden networks...
In the end, I moved it from my desk to directly next to an AP, just for testing and voila - it works. None of my other ESP32 boards had this issue in the past (I use mainly the larger kind).
Perhaps consider a different board if coverage is a problem for you.
reboot_timeout: 15min
power_save_mode: none
enable_on_boot: True
fast_connect: On
output_power: 8.5
Can confirm adding this to wifi section fixed this for me too
ESP32-C3 which had been working fine and then decided it wasn’t going to anymore.
Working fine now.