XL won't connect to WIFI
Hello,
I have tried to upload the WIFI config file a number of times unsuccessfully.
The error is 'Failed to upload .... please check the USB..'
The created .ini settings file is as instructed:-
[wifi]
ssid=my_networkname (as tested with my cellphone, with 2 WIFI networks)
psk=my_network_password (as tested with my cellphone, with 2 WIFI networks)
I have updated firmware and retried.
I have done a factory reset and retried.
I have done what I can find on the forum with XL users offering suggestions for difficulties connecting to prusa connect.
The WIFI aerial is affixed and network is set to WIFI in the network config.
I have tried bringing the printer closer to the router and used a different USB.
Chat support could offer no solution and I relayed images to show I my procedure was in order.
What else can I do?
RE: XL won't connect to WIFI
had the same issue after editing the file with ms notepad.
tried notepad++ and it worked.
ms doing the stupid again, changing the formatting or whatever of the file.
RE: XL won't connect to WIFI
You are absolutely right! Thanks very much. Notepad had linesplits in the .ini text file when read into notepad++, but don't exist when you re-read the file into notepad. Worked straight away when corrected and resaved in ++.
This needs to be flagged for support staff as I specifically said I had saved the file with notepad.
Thanks again.
RE: XL won't connect to WIFI
Was unable to connect to WiFi - double checked new lines as I did use Notepad on Windows 11 but they where OK (single 0a chars in hex). However, note to self or others: it's 2,4 GHz and will not connect to newer 5 GHz - as soon as I changed to my SSID for my "slow" 2.4 GHz net, it connected.
(this is not a complaint of lacking 5 GHz support or "benefits" of 2.4 GHz, just a note to self and possibly others to use 2.4 GHz SSID - with 5 GHz SSID the XL briefly showed a grayed down WiFi symbol, then it went away and nothing more whereas 2.4 lights up to white WiFi symbol)
With Prusa XL 2 tool since 2023-09-05 😊
RE: XL won't connect to WIFI
I have tried 100 times. Can't see the printer on anything. Is there a way to test the wireless on the XL.
I can hard wire it so I'm assuming that little usb 3 connection in the back below the wireless antenna is the connection. There is nothing showing the USB connection in the documentation.
Other than that it is working fine. just got mine Monday!
RE: XL won't connect to WIFI
As other users like myself have discovered, the little config file must be read, written and saved in notepad++.
Other editors didn't work for me.
Like yourself, I tried all combinations with no success. Hopefully this is the issue.
The wifi connection is fairly strong with the XL as mine is a good distance away from the router, behind a thick wall.
RE: XL won't connect to WIFI
As the WiFi setup.ini is now generated by Prusa Slicer 2.7.0 there should be no possibility to do something wrong.
I mentioned it in an other thread: Password length may be an issue too. Prusa does not support maximum WPA2 length of 63 characters. The password must be shorter. If you use a full length password it just does not connect. No error message or something else.
RE: XL won't connect to WIFI
Thank you for this post! The limitation of 2.4GHz isn't clearly referenced in the Prusa XL wireless setup guide. When I switched from the office's 5 GHz network to the 2.4Ghz network, the machine connected right away.
Also, the setup guide doesn't mention that you can edit the ini file on the USB drive from the Prusa Slicer app (at least in version 2.7.0) under Configuration > Wireless Configuration File. This means you don't have to fiddle with different text editors to get the correct linebreaks. Using the Prusa Slicer to edit the ini file is also missing from the Prusa XL wireless setup guide.
RE: XL won't connect to WIFI
Still no luck and I can't even connect with an ethernet cable.
RE: XL won't connect to WIFI
Old thread but bringing it back for the same problem. I haven't been able to get my XL onto my wifi network at all, even specifically using the 2.4GHz band SSID, and a couple of halfhearted attempts to force a static IP (copying extra configuration bits into the .ini from internet sources since nothing seems to get exported for most of it from the printer config or the slicer config.)
Trying to connect to a TP-Link Archer C8, the 2.4GHz network is its own SSID, I've tried forcing B/G, B/G/N, and N only modes with no results. The config loads, the grey wifi icon appears, and the link never seems to get made, never obtaining an IP address. I'm not that far from the router and my phone and a previous Pi-W running my i3 MK3S could connect fine from this location on the same network. On the current 6.0.0 firmware, but had the same behavior on the previous 5.1.2 firmware.
RE: XL won't connect to WIFI
Hi,
I noticed a few days ago that the prusa Gcode viewer program has a dropdown menu item for creating the WIFI configuration file.
Have not tried this but it might work, if it's not a more complex issue with router communication.
RE: XL won't connect to WIFI
It's about the same as the file generated on the USB from the printer through the WiFi menu, it just autofills the SSID and passkey to what's set in its menu. The other sections of the .ini which seem to set static IPs and more advanced options seem to be entirely missing, so my attempts to do that have been to copy chunks of code off of github and try to configure it to a way that makes sense to me - not sure there's an official configurator for it.