Router Huawei B593u-12 with Raspberry Pi 3B+ : ethernet ok, no wifi

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    All other wifi networks are detected, only my router's isn't. It's a LTE modem but I don't see why that would matter.

    It works over ethernet.

    I can connect wifi with Recalbox on the same hardware. So maybe a missing driver ?

    Thanks for reading!

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    In general: if you can setup your Kodi device with ethernet, always do. It's much snappier and faster than any wifi connect.

    Didn't know Huawei made routers as well... :blush:

    Also, if you can connect via wifi to a different device, more drivers are not necessary. The Wifi basics are working.

    Hey, thanks for the answer.

    I prefer ethernet when I can, but in this case I can't. I tried it for troubleshooting only.

    Router works

    Pi wifi works

    but pi won't see router. So strange.

    Sorry I left the raspberry on a shelf for a while.

    I'm back at it.

    Interesting thing, I'm trying to activate wifi on "plex media player" which is an os based on ... openelec. Guess what: wifi not recognized either.

    Wifi works in bootberry and raspbian.


    edit: oooh so channel 13 is not used in the US so maybe it's deactivated.

    Good guess!

    Now I need to figure how to change the location in plex...

    Edited 4 times, last by behpo (September 28, 2018 at 2:36 PM).

    Thank you!

    I'll do this for Plex, and for Libreelec I installed the stable version which works fine (it was easier to install the alpha on bootberry at the time)

    edit: upon checking it's more likely because my router is automatically on channel 6 now, so I still might have to change the location