WIFI -seems to default to hotspot mode; valid SSID and password flagged w/ invalid password

Title: WiFi connectivity issues after "Update All" on Pi-stomp v3

Description:

I am experiencing persistent WiFi connectivity issues following the latest "Update All" procedure on my Pi-stomp v3 device. Since performing the update, the device consistently defaults to hotspot mode and fails to connect to my local WiFi network.

Troubleshooting Steps Taken:

Credential Verification: I attempted to manually disable hotspot mode and configure the WiFi network settings. The device returns an "invalid" error for the SSID/password combination. I have confirmed these credentials are correct and working on multiple other devices. I have also seeded the correct credentials with the config file; this had no impact.
Network Testing: I connected the Pi-stomp via Ethernet; the connection functions perfectly while plugged in, indicating the issue is isolated to the WiFi interface or its configuration post-update.
Installation Context: This issue is occurring on a fresh install of the latest Pi-stomp software version on a v3 unit; factory reset was done on the config files as well.

Expected Behavior:
The device should be able to connect to a standard WPA2/WPA3 WiFi network after the update, rather than being forced into hotspot mode.

System Details:

Device: Pi-stomp v3
Software Version: Latest (fresh install)
Status: Ethernet working, but wireless stack is failing to authenticate or join known networks.

This change was made:
TreeFallSound/pi-gen-pistomp#48

I wonder if changing roamoff back to 1 in rpi-brcmfmac.conf would fix your issue.

Yeah, it's unfortunate if that's the case -- it means that some APs will break no matter what we choose there. But I do agree this is the most likely candidate. This update came with a pistomp-wifi package.

It would also be helpful if you posted some diagnostics from when it's refusing to connect to your wifi, and if the ROAMOFF=1 fix works for you, getting the same logs in that configuration would maybe help pin down how we can get a working configuration for everyone on the same settings.

after connecting it by ethernet to do the updates to patches...it intermittently loses connection and I can't effectively add some pedals now. This is kind of getting wild

Hope this is sufficient:

Executive Summary

Does the roamoff=1 fix work?
• Partially, but not completely.
• With roamoff=0: The kernel driver (brcmfmac) throws repeated external authentication and driver event worker errors (brcmf_cyw_external_auth: External authentication failed: status=1, brcmf_cyw_mgmt_tx: TX Auth frame operation is failed, brcmf_fweh_event_worker: event handler failed (187)).
• With roamoff=1: All kernel-level brcmf_cyw_external_auth and driver crashes disappear completely. However, connection still fails because the access point or client times out during the 802.11 association phase (CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16).
Contributing Root Causes Discovered:
• Modprobe Configuration Conflict: /etc/modprobe.d/brcmfmac.conf sets roamoff=1, but pistomp-wifi (installed via deb) ships /etc/modprobe.d/rpi-brcmfmac.conf with roamoff=0 feature_disable=0x282000. Because rpi-* sorts alphabetically after b*, roamoff=0 overrides roamoff=1 at runtime.
• WPA2/WPA3 Mixed-Mode Bug in modalapi/wifi/types.py:
if "SAE" in s or "WPA3" in s:
return cls.SAE
When an access point advertises WPA2 WPA3 (transition mode), from_scan_security classifies it as pure KeyMgmt.SAE rather than KeyMgmt.WPA_PSK. Because Raspberry Pi's Broadcom driver has feature_disable=0x282000 (which disables hardware/firmware SAE), pure SAE negotiation immediately fails.
• Association Rejection (status_code=16):
During association on both 5 GHz (channel 112) and 2.4 GHz (channel 11), wpa_supplicant receives bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16 (internal driver timeout waiting for the AP's association response frame), causing NetworkManager to assume bad secrets and drop the connection.

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Sanitized Diagnostics to Post to the Team

All credentials, network SSIDs, BSSIDs, hardware MAC addresses, IP addresses, and hostnames have been scrubbed.

### Environment                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
- **Device Model:** Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
- **Kernel:** Linux 6.18.36-rpi-v8-rt (PREEMPT_RT aarch64)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
- **Wi-Fi Chip / Driver:** Broadcom BCM4345/6 (brcmfmac, firmware version 7.45.265 / FWID 01-b677b91b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
- **NetworkManager:** 1.52.1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
- **Target Network Security:** WPA2 WPA3 Transition Mode (Dual-band 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz DFS ch 112)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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### Configuration 1: `roamoff=0` (Firmware Roaming Enabled)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
#### `dmesg`

[ 1281.712145] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_cyw_external_auth: External authentication failed: status=1
[ 1281.713263] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_cyw_external_auth: External authentication failed: status=1
[ 1284.978967] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_cyw_external_auth: External authentication failed: status=1
[ 1284.979199] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_cyw_external_auth: External authentication failed: status=1
[ 1292.831654] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_cyw_mgmt_tx: TX Auth frame operation is failed: status=10)
[ 1358.090945] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_cyw_notify_ext_auth_req: Ext Auth request to supplicant failed (-22)
[ 1358.090960] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_fweh_event_worker: event handler failed (187)

#### `wpa_supplicant`

wlan0: Trying to associate with SSID ''
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-AUTH-REJECT <AP_BSSID_2.4G> auth_type=3 auth_transaction=2 status_code=1
wlan0: Trying to associate with SSID ''
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-AUTH-REJECT <AP_BSSID_2.4G> auth_type=3 auth_transaction=2 status_code=1
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16
wlan0: Authentication with <AP_BSSID_5G> timed out.
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=<AP_BSSID_5G> reason=3 locally_generated=1
wlan0: BSSID <AP_BSSID_5G> ignore list count incremented to 2, ignoring for 10 seconds
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=CONN_FAILED

#### `NetworkManager`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) association took too long                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
device (wlan0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) asking for new secrets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
device (wlan0): no secrets: No agents were available for this request.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
device (wlan0): state change: need-auth -> failed (reason 'no-secrets', managed-type: 'full')                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
device (wlan0): Activation: failed for connection '<CONN_NAME>'                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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### Configuration 2: `roamoff=1` (Firmware Roaming Disabled)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
#### `dmesg`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
*No driver auth failures or `event handler failed (187)` errors logged.*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
#### `wpa_supplicant`

wlan0: Trying to associate with <AP_BSSID_5G> (SSID='' freq=5560 MHz)
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16
wlan0: BSSID <AP_BSSID_5G> ignore list count incremented to 2, ignoring for 10 seconds
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=1 ssid="" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=CONN_FAILED
wlan0: Trying to associate with <AP_BSSID_2.4G> (SSID='' freq=2462 MHz)
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=<AP_BSSID_2.4G> reason=3 locally_generated=1

#### `NetworkManager`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK WPA-PSK-SHA256 FT-PSK'                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) association took too long                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
device (wlan0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) asking for new secrets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
device (wlan0): no secrets: No agents were available for this request.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
device (wlan0): state change: need-auth -> failed (reason 'no-secrets', managed-type: 'full')

@jpremill

@jpremill that helps narrow it down -- and it looks like it's not ROAMOFF as (1) the results are the same with it on/off and (2) the wifi is failing in auth / association handshake, before roaming would be triggered.

I think you're right that this has to do with WPA3-specific security ("SAE"). I think what caused this to start failing is that the WPA3 support branch chooses SAE for APs that support both that and WPA2-PSK; our new software is forcing the failing path whereas before it was defaulting to the working one.

While we get a proper bug fix out, it would be helpful to get the following from you:

Can you confirm that "Update All" means the updates from Updates and Recovery, and not a more-general debian apt upgrade?
Can you confirm that powering off both the AP and the pi-Stomp, waiting 60 seconds, and then powering the AP then the pi-Stomp on does not fix it?
Can you try connecting via WPA2 over e.g. wired SSH:

sudo nmcli connection delete wpa2-test 2>/dev/null
sudo nmcli connection add type wifi ifname wlan0 con-name wpa2-test \
  ssid "YOUR_SSID" \
  wifi-sec.key-mgmt wpa-psk \
  wifi-sec.pmf 1 \
  wifi-sec.psk "YOUR_PASSWORD"
sudo nmcli connection up wpa2-test

You can run the same connection delete command afterwards to get rid of this new profile.

Can you please run this on your pi-Stomp over SSH:

cat > /tmp/collect.sh <<'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
s() { printf '\n\n===== %s =====\n' "$1"; }
s MODEL;        tr -d '\0' < /proc/device-tree/model; echo
s OS;           cat /etc/rpi-issue 2>/dev/null; uname -a
s PISTOMP-PKGS; dpkg -l | grep -Ei 'pistomp|pi-stomp|jack2|mod-host|mod-ui'
s SYS-PKGS;     dpkg -l firmware-brcm80211 wpasupplicant network-manager 2>/dev/null | tail -5
s MODPROBE;     grep -r . /etc/modprobe.d/ /usr/lib/modprobe.d/ 2>/dev/null | grep -i brcm
s PARAMS;       for f in /sys/module/brcmfmac/parameters/*; do echo "$f = $(cat $f)"; done
s FIRMWARE;     dmesg | grep -i brcmfmac
s REGDOM;       iw reg get
s RFKILL;       rfkill list
s NM-DEV;       nmcli device status; nmcli radio
s SCAN;         nmcli -f SSID,BSSID,CHAN,FREQ,SIGNAL,SECURITY,WPA-FLAGS,RSN-FLAGS device wifi list --rescan yes
s PROFILES;     nmcli -f NAME,TYPE,AUTOCONNECT,DEVICE connection show
s JOURNAL;      journalctl -b -u NetworkManager -u wpa_supplicant --no-pager | tail -300
EOF
sudo bash /tmp/collect.sh > /tmp/pistomp-wifi-report.txt 2>&1

This file will contain your SSID, your BSSIDs and your MAC address so please feel free to redact as necessary.

@jpremill

@jpremill i added deployment instructions in the fix PR linked above. In addition to the above let us know if that works!

@sastraxi

@sastraxi It was updated via the updates and recovery menu not the apt updates. I did a 60 second reboot on both devices. I will try the script and wired ssh commands later and report on it when I get a moment.

Collection output:
`===== MODEL =====
Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.1

===== OS =====
Raspberry Pi reference 2026-08-14
Generated using pi-gen, https://github.com/RPi-Distro/pi-gen, a2f0d8ae8c4c5f577d0c4139876d2c96ba965014, stage3
Linux pistomp 6.18.36-rpi-v8-rt #1 SMP PREEMPT_RT Tue Jun 23 05:54:35 UTC 2026 aarch64 GNU/Linux

===== PISTOMP-PKGS =====
ii browsepy 0.5.6-2 arm64 File browser for pi-Stomp user files
ii cabsim-lv2 1.1.1-5 arm64 VeJa Cabinet Simulator LV2 plugin (pistomp fork)
ii ffmpeg-pistomp 7.1.1-2 arm64 Minimal ffmpeg build for pi-Stomp
ii jack2-pistomp 1.9.22-8 arm64 JACK Audio Connection Kit v2 (pi-Stomp build)
ii jackbridge 1.0-5 arm64 netJACK2 client for DAW recording over Ethernet
ii lcd-splash 1.0-20 arm64 Fast ILI9341 LCD boot splash for pi-Stomp
ii lg-pistomp 0.2.2-5 arm64 Linux C library and Python bindings for GPIO (lgpio/rgpio)
ii mod-host-pistomp 0.10.6-7 arm64 MOD Host — LV2 plugin host for JACK (pi-Stomp fork)
ii mod-ui 3.0-15 arm64 MOD Web UI — web-based pedalboard interface for pi-Stomp
ii pi-stomp 3.3.2-0 arm64 pi-Stomp application — guitar effects pedalboard software
ii pistomp-audio 1.0.0-2 arm64 Realtime audio IRQ tuning and PCM bind repair for pi-Stomp
ii pistomp-recovery 0.1.0-32 arm64 Package update and recovery service for pi-Stomp
ii pistomp-usb-automount 1.0.0-2 arm64 Lightweight udev-based USB automount for pi-Stomp
ii pistomp-wifi 1.0.0-1 arm64 WiFi driver configuration for pi-Stomp
ii rpi-preseed 0.1.0-pistomp3 all first-boot OS customisation for Raspberry Pi OS
ii sfizz-pistomp 1.2.3-9 arm64 SFZ library and LV2 plugin (minimal, headless)
ii veja-1960-cab-lv2 1.0-2 arm64 VeJa Marshall 1960 Cabinet LV2 plugin (pistomp fork)
ii veja-bass-cab-lv2 1.0-2 arm64 VeJa Bass Cabinets LV2 plugin (pistomp fork)

===== SYS-PKGS =====
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==================-=========================-============-==========================================================
ii firmware-brcm80211 1:20260519-1~bpo13+1+rpt1 all Binary firmware for Broadcom/Cypress 802.11 wireless cards
ii network-manager 1.52.1-1+rpt4 arm64 network management framework (daemon and userspace tools)
ii wpasupplicant 2:2.10-24 arm64 client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)

===== MODPROBE =====
/etc/modprobe.d/brcmfmac.conf:options brcmfmac roamoff=1
/etc/modprobe.d/rpi-brcmfmac.conf:# Shadow the distro file of the same name (/usr/lib/modprobe.d/rpi-brcmfmac.conf,
/etc/modprobe.d/rpi-brcmfmac.conf:# shipped by firmware-nonfree in both Bookworm and Trixie) which sets roamoff=1.
/etc/modprobe.d/rpi-brcmfmac.conf:# We need roaming on for the Pi to work properly with some access points,
/etc/modprobe.d/rpi-brcmfmac.conf:# so we override it here.
/etc/modprobe.d/rpi-brcmfmac.conf:options brcmfmac roamoff=1 feature_disable=0x282000
/usr/lib/modprobe.d/rpi-brcmfmac.conf:options brcmfmac roamoff=1 feature_disable=0x282000

===== PARAMS =====
/sys/module/brcmfmac/parameters/alternative_fw_path =
/sys/module/brcmfmac/parameters/debug = 0
/sys/module/brcmfmac/parameters/roamoff = 1

===== FIRMWARE =====
[ 3.081468] brcmfmac: F1 signature read @0x18000000=0x15264345
[ 3.083031] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio for chip BCM4345/6
[ 3.084338] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[ 3.258985] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_process_txcap_blob: no txcap_blob available (err=-2)
[ 3.259227] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM4345/6 wl0: Aug 29 2023 01:47:08 version 7.45.265 (28bca26 CY) FWID 01-b677b91b
[ 5.399357] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_set_power_mgmt: power save enabled
[ 8.337870] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_set_power_mgmt: power save disabled

===== REGDOM =====
global
country US: DFS-FCC
(902 - 904 @ 2), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
(904 - 920 @ 16), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
(920 - 928 @ 8), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
(2400 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
(5150 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
(5250 - 5350 @ 80), (N/A, 24), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
(5470 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 24), (0 ms), DFS
(5730 - 5850 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A), AUTO-BW
(5850 - 5895 @ 40), (N/A, 27), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, AUTO-BW, PASSIVE-SCAN
(5925 - 7125 @ 320), (N/A, 12), (N/A), NO-OUTDOOR, PASSIVE-SCAN
(57240 - 71000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)

phy#0
country 99: DFS-UNSET
(2402 - 2482 @ 40), (6, 20), (N/A)
(2474 - 2494 @ 20), (6, 20), (N/A)
(5140 - 5360 @ 160), (6, 20), (N/A)
(5460 - 5860 @ 160), (6, 20), (N/A)

===== RFKILL =====
/tmp/collect.sh: line 11: rfkill: command not found

===== NM-DEV =====
DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION
eth0 ethernet connected wired-eth0
wlan0 wifi connected
lo loopback connected (externally) lo
p2p-dev-wlan0 wifi-p2p disconnected --
WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
enabled enabled missing enabled

===== SCAN =====
SSID BSSID CHAN FREQ SIGNAL SECURITY WPA-FLAGS RSN-FLAGS
28:74:F5:D0:5B:EA 11 2462 MHz 99 WPA2 WPA3 (none) pair_ccmp group_ccmp psk sae
-- 2A:74:F5:C0:5B:EE 112 5560 MHz 65 WPA2 (none) pair_ccmp group_ccmp psk
28:74:F5:D0:5B:EE 112 5560 MHz 62 WPA2 WPA3 (none) pair_ccmp group_ccmp psk sae
FC:B2:D6:BF:31:88 112 5560 MHz 19 WPA2 WPA3 (none) pair_ccmp group_ccmp psk sae

===== PROFILES =====
NAME TYPE AUTOCONNECT DEVICE
wired-eth0 ethernet yes eth0
wifi yes wlan0
lo loopback no lo
pistomp-hotspot wifi no --

===== JOURNAL =====
Sep 12 18:53:05 pistomp systemd[1]: Starting NetworkManager.service - Network Manager...
Sep 12 18:53:05 pistomp systemd[1]: Starting wpa_supplicant.service - WPA supplicant...
Sep 12 18:53:05 pistomp systemd[1]: Started wpa_supplicant.service - WPA supplicant.
Sep 12 18:53:05 pistomp wpa_supplicant[730]: Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.2416] NetworkManager (version 1.52.1) is starting... (boot:8926c8be-a57f-4b61-9e35-f1c4b21658ab)
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.2417] Read config: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf, /usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/{no-mac-addr-change.conf,rpi-no-scan-rand-mac-address.conf}, /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/{wifi-mac.conf,wifi-powersave.conf}
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.2615] manager[0x559651cd90]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.2615] monitoring ifupdown state file '/run/network/ifstate'.
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.3697] hostname: hostname: using hostnamed
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.3698] hostname: static hostname changed from (none) to "pistomp"
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.3712] dns-mgr: init: dns=dnsmasq,systemd-resolved rc-manager=symlink (auto), plugin=dnsmasq
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.3722] rfkill0: found Wi-Fi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/platform/axi/1001100000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:0001/mmc1:0001:1/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill0) (driver brcmfmac)
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.3723] manager[0x559651cd90]: rfkill: Wi-Fi hardware radio set enabled
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.3724] manager[0x559651cd90]: rfkill: WWAN hardware radio set enabled
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.3852] Loaded device plugin: NMAtmManager (/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.52.1/libnm-device-plugin-adsl.so)
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.4050] Loaded device plugin: NMWwanFactory (/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.52.1/libnm-device-plugin-wwan.so)
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.4108] Loaded device plugin: NMWifiFactory (/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.52.1/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so)
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.4174] Loaded device plugin: NMTeamFactory (/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.52.1/libnm-device-plugin-team.so)
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.4249] Loaded device plugin: NMBluezManager (/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.52.1/libnm-device-plugin-bluetooth.so)
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.4252] manager: rfkill: Wi-Fi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.4253] manager: rfkill: WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.4253] manager: Networking is enabled by state file
Sep 12 18:53:06 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253586.4267] settings: Loaded settings plugin: keyfile (internal)
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.1686] dhcp: init: Using DHCP client 'internal'
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.1688] manager: (lo): new Loopback device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1)
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.1697] device (lo): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'connection-assumed', managed-type: 'external')
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.1700] device (lo): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'connection-assumed', managed-type: 'external')
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.1714] device (lo): Activation: starting connection 'lo' (6c20527d-9ba5-40e4-aa09-a8b9e6a96b99)
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.1721] manager: (eth0): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.1723] device (eth0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', managed-type: 'external')
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.1962] device (wlan0): driver supports Access Point (AP) mode
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.1968] manager: (wlan0): new 802.11 Wi-Fi device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3)
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.1969] device (wlan0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', managed-type: 'external')
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp systemd[1]: Started NetworkManager.service - Network Manager.
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.2251] bus-manager: acquired D-Bus service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.2397] modem-manager: oFono is not available
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.2399] device (lo): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'external')
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.2401] device (lo): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'external')
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.2403] device (lo): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'external')
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.2428] device (lo): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', managed-type: 'external')
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.2511] device (lo): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', managed-type: 'external')
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.2513] device (lo): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', managed-type: 'external')
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.2521] device (lo): Activation: successful, device activated.
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp wpa_supplicant[730]: nl80211: kernel reports: Registration to specific type not supported
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.3480] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: internal-starting -> disconnected
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.3481] Wi-Fi P2P device controlled by interface wlan0 created
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.3483] manager: (p2p-dev-wlan0): new 802.11 Wi-Fi P2P device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/4)
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.3485] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', managed-type: 'external')
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.3489] device (wlan0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:07 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253587.3494] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1560] policy: auto-activating connection '' (170cd55c-ff3d-4c66-bcfb-3e2b1c0c444b)
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1564] device (wlan0): Activation: starting connection '' (170cd55c-ff3d-4c66-bcfb-3e2b1c0c444b)
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1564] device (wlan0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1566] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1568] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1570] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) access point '' has security, but secrets are required.
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1570] device (wlan0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1571] sup-iface[a80ee1e4bd166633,0,wlan0]: wps: type pbc start...
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1579] device (wlan0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1581] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp wpa_supplicant[730]: wlan0: WPS-PBC-ACTIVE
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1583] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) connection '' has security, and secrets exist. No new secrets needed.
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1591] Config: added 'ssid' value ''
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1592] Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1592] Config: added 'bgscan' value 'simple:30:-70:86400'
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1592] Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'SAE FT-SAE'
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1592] Config: added 'psk' value ''
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1592] Config: added 'ieee80211w' value '2'
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp wpa_supplicant[730]: wlan0: WPS-CANCEL
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1613] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.1613] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp wpa_supplicant[730]: wlan0: Trying to associate with 28:74:f5:d0:5b:ee (SSID='' freq=5560 MHz)
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.2910] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.2910] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> associating
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp wpa_supplicant[730]: wlan0: PMKSA-CACHE-ADDED 28:74:f5:d0:5b:ee 0
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp wpa_supplicant[730]: wlan0: Associated with 28:74:f5:d0:5b:ee
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp wpa_supplicant[730]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp wpa_supplicant[730]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.7848] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> associated
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.7848] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: associating -> associated
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp wpa_supplicant[730]: wlan0: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 28:74:f5:d0:5b:ee [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp wpa_supplicant[730]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 28:74:f5:d0:5b:ee completed [id=0 id_str=]
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp wpa_supplicant[730]: bgscan simple: Failed to enable signal strength monitoring
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp wpa_supplicant[730]: wlan0: TRANSITION-DISABLE 01
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.8573] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associated -> completed
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.8574] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Connected to wireless network ""
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.8574] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: associated -> completed
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.8576] device (wlan0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:10 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253590.8580] dhcp4 (wlan0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253593.1511] dhcp4 (wlan0): state changed new lease, address=192.168.1.65, acd pending
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253593.2965] dhcp4 (wlan0): state changed new lease, address=192.168.1.65
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253593.3018] policy: set '' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253593.3021] dnsmasq: starting /usr/sbin/dnsmasq
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: started, version 2.91 cachesize 400
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt DBus no-UBus i18n IDN2 DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP conntrack ipset nftset auth DNSSEC loop-detect inotify dumpfile
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: chown of PID file /run/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.pid failed: please add capability CAP_CHOWN
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: DBus support enabled: connected to system bus
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: no upstream servers configured - please set them from DBus
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: cleared cache
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: setting upstream servers from DBus
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53(via wlan0)
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253593.3664] device (wlan0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: cleared cache
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253593.3697] device (wlan0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253593.3700] device (wlan0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253593.3706] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253593.3734] device (wlan0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253593.3752] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
Sep 12 18:53:13 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253593.3758] manager: startup complete
Sep 12 18:53:28 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253608.7357] device (eth0): carrier: link connected
Sep 12 18:53:28 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253608.7361] device (eth0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:28 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253608.7366] policy: auto-activating connection 'wired-eth0' (1eea9955-7683-3705-b576-e205494e3454)
Sep 12 18:53:28 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253608.7370] device (eth0): Activation: starting connection 'wired-eth0' (1eea9955-7683-3705-b576-e205494e3454)
Sep 12 18:53:28 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253608.7370] device (eth0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:28 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253608.7372] device (eth0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:28 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253608.7377] device (eth0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:28 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253608.7382] dhcp4 (eth0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 15 seconds)
Sep 12 18:53:30 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253610.6539] device (eth0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:30 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253610.6806] device (eth0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:30 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253610.6808] device (eth0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Sep 12 18:53:30 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253610.6812] device (eth0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Sep 12 18:53:30 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253610.9174] dhcp4 (eth0): state changed new lease, address=192.168.1.74, acd pending
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253611.0390] dhcp4 (eth0): state changed new lease, address=192.168.1.74
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp NetworkManager[729]: [1789253611.0406] policy: set 'wired-eth0' (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: setting upstream servers from DBus
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53(via eth0)
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 254.169.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 224.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 225.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 226.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 227.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 228.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 229.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 230.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 231.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 232.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 233.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 234.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 235.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 236.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 237.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 238.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 239.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53(via wlan0)
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: using nameserver 192.168.1.254#53 for domain 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
Sep 12 18:53:31 pistomp dnsmasq[1011]: cleared cache`

@sastraxi

@sastraxi running #3 fixed the issue for me. (did that last)

@jpremill

@jpremill interesting -- so in the end you were able to connect with SAE! I'm curious, now that the temporary wpa2-test profile has been removed, does a cold boot successfully connect to wifi? And are you using the #260 branch or the pristine pi-stomp from OTA?

@sastraxi

@sastraxi just the OTA version afaik.

I'm re-opening this for visibility. The linked PR (#260) I think works around it, but I'm not 100% confident in the solution yet.

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WIFI -seems to default to hotspot mode; valid SSID and password flagged w/ invalid password #258

Title: WiFi connectivity issues after "Update All" on Pi-stomp v3

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WIFI -seems to default to hotspot mode; valid SSID and password flagged w/ invalid password #258

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Title: WiFi connectivity issues after "Update All" on Pi-stomp v3

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rreichenbach commented on Sep 9, 2026

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jpremill commented on Sep 10, 2026

jpremill commented on Sep 11, 2026

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