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From: Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net>
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Subject: Re: More WiFi mischief in Bookworm
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 01:32:25 +0100
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On 16/06/2025 at 23:26, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
> After a month or so of working well, the wifi has again started acting
> strange after a series of software updates on a Pi5 running Bookworm.
> 
> Now the most obvious problem shown in journalctl seems to be authentication.
> Entries reporting "no secrets" and authentication failed seem to be the norm.
> 
> At the same time, sometimes wifi will work long enough to let half or so
> of a homepage load.
> 
> One report on the web suggested that certain characters in passwords
> were not handled correctly in bookworm. The only "special" character
> I use is a period (.), which according to all reports I can find is
> legal for ssid passwords.
> 
> Those clues don't square with each other very well, but they're all I have
> for now. The AP works fine with other hosts and is the strongest signal
> by about 20 dB. A second host in the same location as the Bookworm machine
> has no trouble connecting.
> 
> Thanks for reading, and any ideas.
> 
> bob prohaska
> 

Same problem with a Pi Zero 2W Rev 1 Bookworm.
I check the link every minute and restart NetworkManager if link not there.
It happens once or twice a day, but sometimes up to 4 times.
No regularity to it, though.
No problems with Pi3B+ on same circuit.

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Chris Elvidge, England
I WILL NOT MOCK MRS. DUMBFACE