LibreELEC-RK3288.arm-12.2.1-tinker.img -- impossible to connect to a WiFi.

    Every time I get an "Invalid Password" response. At the same time several devices are already connected with the same password. What might be the reason of this behavior?

    Armbian with Kodi installed worked fine on the same hardware.

    This is a long running known issue without resolution impacting a small number of users. The issue correlates with poor WiFi signal and is seen with all common manufacturers of WiFi chipsets so the root cause likely resides in common ConnMan or IWD code not device drivers. The only known workaround is reinstating wpa_supplicant support (we removed the wpa_supplicant package from our buildsystem in 2023) then self-building an image using wpa_supplicant instead of iwd.

    This patch looks promising https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/connma…[email protected]/ but the author submitted no detail on the problem and we've also seen reports from people self-building images saying it did not resolve their issue, so there's no guarantee that it's the same issue or the correct fix.

    This LE13 test image has the patch applied: https://chewitt.libreelec.tv/testing/LibreE…1-tinker.img.gz

    Go test and see if it changes anything?

    I have installed the image presented, increased the router transmit power (15 => 25 whatever it means in Mikrotik).

    Sadly these manipulations did nothing: "Invalid key" -- no connection. It is 100% not the signal strength issue as I placed ASUS TinkerBoard S right near the router.

    Any other ideas?

    Mikrotik router log records look like this (first line is the last in time one):

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    80:C5:F2:C8:D7:95@wifi2(Lebensraum-2) disconnected, connection lost, signal strength -64
Home deassigned 10.0.0.20 for 80:C5:F2:C8:D7:95 LibreELEC
Home assigned 10.0.0.20 for 80:C5:F2:C8:D7:95 LibreELEC
Home deassigned 10.0.0.20 for 80:C5:F2:C8:D7:95 LibreELEC
80:C5:F2:C8:D7:95@wifi2(Lebensraum-2) connected, signal strength -63
80:C5:F2:C8:D7:95@wifi2(Lebensraum-2) disconnected, connection lost, signal strength -68
Home assigned 10.0.0.20 for 80:C5:F2:C8:D7:95 LibreELEC
Home deassigned 10.0.0.20 for 80:C5:F2:C8:D7:95 LibreELEC
80:C5:F2:C8:D7:95@wifi2(Lebensraum-2) connected, signal strength -65

    Here we may see that the router does assign an IP address, but after that something goes wrong. "Connection lost" says that the origin of disconnection is LibreELEC.