raspberry pi 4 wifi
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VerticalMonitorSetup · 2022-05-28 03:13

Hey, me again but this time it's less curiosity and more of a cry for
help
I installed OpenBSD 7.1 on my brand new raspberry pi 4 (first os I
used on it) and couldn't manage to use the WiFi. Eventually I realised
it was a lack of firmware for bwfm0 in the default install, so today I
connected it to ethernet and ran fw_update and now it doesn't give
errors on boot when trying to start bwfm0. I have looked on a few
forum posts, and tried creating hostname.bwfm0 (yes I rebooted),
however no matter what I try I can't get it to connect, and I don't
know what I'm doing wrong. If someone could point me in the right
direction, I would very much appreciate it. Thanks for your time

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lsiffid · 2022-05-28 05:00

Do you see your wifi network listed when you run `ifconfig bwfm0
scan`?

Can you show us the content of your /etc/hostname.bwfm0? (don’t post
your WPA passphrase  though).

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VerticalMonitorSetup · 2022-05-28 11:11

So, it turns out I incorrectly entered the name of the WiFi network,
but that's not to say it's smooth sailing now. It was
reeeeaaaallllyyyyyyy slow, so I took off the case and it was sooo much
faster, but now it just doesn't ping at all again. It's connected, but
it's very patchy and im not sure who's at fault.

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VerticalMonitorSetup · 2022-05-29 01:26

Ok so it seems now that the patchiness was purely down to signal
strength and obstruction, so if anything else pops up I'll reply
again. In the meantime, thanks so much for getting my raspberry pi
fully functioning!

*I use OpenBSD btw*