After rebooting the Pi, allow a minute or two for it to start up and manifest the wireless network. Look for it using another computer, a phone or a tablet…it should appear under the WiFi network list, with the name you assigned earlier.

If the Pi’s wireless network does not appear…

  • If using 5 GHz mode (802.11a), edit the hostapd.conf file and try a different channel, using the list mentioned earlier for recommendations. Reboot, wait and check for it again.
  • Also if using 5 GHz: does the 2-letter country_code value match what you passed to raspi-config nonint? If not, fix one or the other.
  • If the device you’re testing from only supports the earlier 2.4 GHz WiFi modes, a 5 GHz network won’t be visible at all. You may need to go back in and set hw_mode=g and channel=11 or something else.

This guide was first published on Jun 12, 2013. It was last updated on Mar 08, 2024.

This page (Test and Troubleshooting) was last updated on Mar 08, 2024.

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