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Wi-Fi Not Connecting

Raspberry Pi Single-Board Computer

Severity: Moderate

What Does This Error Mean?

Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi not connecting is most often caused by a missing or incorrect country code, or wrong credentials in the Wi-Fi configuration. Set the country code in raspi-config and double-check your network name and password — both are case-sensitive.

Affected Models

  • Raspberry Pi 5
  • Raspberry Pi 4B
  • Raspberry Pi 3B+
  • Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
  • Raspberry Pi 400

Common Causes

  • Country code not set — required by law for wireless operation
  • Wrong SSID or password in the Wi-Fi configuration
  • 5 GHz network selected but Pi model only supports 2.4 GHz
  • Wi-Fi interface disabled via rfkill
  • Corrupted wpa_supplicant configuration

How to Fix It