[Solved] 'Invalid argument' connecting to Wifi

xbmc · September 4, 2017 at 9:33 PM

Hi,

i am currently trying to setup LibreElec 8.1.6 for Wifi on a Beelink MXIII II box booting from USB.

My WPA key has a length of 63 alphanumeric characters. I always reveive 'Invalid argument' when trying to connect to the wireless network.

Do you have any hint?

I don´t want to change the WPA key, since it works on all of my other wireless devices (such as iPhone, Android smartphone and tablet and a bunch of consoles).

Thanks a lot.

xbmc · September 5, 2017 at 7:10 PM

Finally I find a workaround by myself:

1.Router: set a simple WPA key

2. Connected LibreElec successfully to the wireless network.

3. Edited the corresponding network config file in ./cache/connman and exchanged the key with my old long WPA key.

4. Router: set the old WPA key with a length of 63 alphanumeric characters.

5. Connected LibreElec successfully to the wireless network.

Maybe some kind of a timeout issue, since the input of the long key takes a while?!? Anyway, it works now

**chewitt** · September 6, 2017 at 5:02 AM Official Post

Code

connmanctl
agent on
scan wifi
connect wifi_blah_blah
copy/paste the key when prompted

^ this avoids editing cache files that aren't supposed to be edited.