Troubleshooting • zero2w wifi down, won't go up

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pi@piz3:~/bin $ ip address1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever    inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever2: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000    link/ether 2c:cf:67:2d:92:ac brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000    link/ether 00:e0:4c:36:01:02 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff    inet 192.168.0.85/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute eth0       valid_lft 5561sec preferred_lft 5561sec    inet6 fe80::503a:b00e:685:6cac/64 scope link noprefixroute 

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pi@piz3:~/bin $ sudo nmcli connection up wf245Error: Connection activation failed: Secrets were required, but not providedHint: use 'journalctl -xe NM_CONNECTION=8934ce63-446c-4e68-aa82-abbe2670095c + NM_DEVICE=wlan0' to get more details.

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pi@piz3:~/bin $ journalctl -xe NM_CONNECTION=8934ce63-446c-4e68-aa82-abbe2670095c + NM_DEVICE=wlan0Oct 07 08:13:01 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378781.0355] device (wlan0): Activation: starting connection 'wf245' (8934ce63-446c-4e68-aa82-abbe2670095c)Oct 07 08:13:01 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378781.0479] device (wlan0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')Oct 07 08:13:01 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378781.0565] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')Oct 07 08:13:01 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378781.0580] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) access point 'wf245' has security, but secrets are required.Oct 07 08:13:01 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378781.0581] device (wlan0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')Oct 07 08:13:01 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378781.0621] sup-iface[b8778db1da9b2904,0,wlan0]: wps: type pbc start...Oct 07 08:13:01 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378781.0692] device (wlan0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')Oct 07 08:13:01 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378781.0713] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')Oct 07 08:13:01 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378781.0734] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) connection 'wf245' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.Oct 07 08:13:02 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378782.2160] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanningOct 07 08:13:02 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378782.7120] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associatingOct 07 08:13:02 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378782.7696] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnectedOct 07 08:13:12 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378792.7925] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanningOct 07 08:13:13 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378793.3100] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associatingOct 07 08:13:13 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378793.3673] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnectedOct 07 08:13:23 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378803.3909] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanningOct 07 08:13:26 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <warn>  [1791378806.1488] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) association took too longOct 07 08:13:26 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378806.1489] device (wlan0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')Oct 07 08:13:26 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378806.1499] sup-iface[b8778db1da9b2904,0,wlan0]: wps: type pbc start...Oct 07 08:13:26 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <warn>  [1791378806.1508] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) asking for new secretsOct 07 08:13:26 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378806.1551] device (wlan0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')Oct 07 08:13:26 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378806.1568] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')Oct 07 08:13:26 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378806.1584] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) connection 'wf245' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.Oct 07 08:13:26 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378806.2737] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associatingOct 07 08:13:26 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378806.3362] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnectedOct 07 08:13:36 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378816.3585] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanningOct 07 08:13:36 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378816.8863] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associatingOct 07 08:13:36 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378816.9450] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnectedOct 07 08:13:46 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378826.9716] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanningOct 07 08:13:51 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <warn>  [1791378831.1504] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) association took too longOct 07 08:13:51 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378831.1506] device (wlan0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')Oct 07 08:13:51 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378831.1515] sup-iface[b8778db1da9b2904,0,wlan0]: wps: type pbc start...Oct 07 08:13:51 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <warn>  [1791378831.1525] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) asking for new secretsOct 07 08:13:51 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378831.1571] device (wlan0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')Oct 07 08:13:51 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378831.1589] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')Oct 07 08:13:51 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378831.1612] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) connection 'wf245' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.Oct 07 08:13:51 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378831.2774] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associatingOct 07 08:13:51 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378831.3431] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnectedOct 07 08:14:01 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378841.3688] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanningOct 07 08:14:01 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378841.8922] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associatingOct 07 08:14:01 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378841.9514] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnectedOct 07 08:14:11 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378851.9793] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanningOct 07 08:14:16 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <warn>  [1791378856.1516] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) association took too longOct 07 08:14:16 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378856.1519] device (wlan0): state change: config -> failed (reason 'no-secrets', managed-type: 'full')Oct 07 08:14:16 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <warn>  [1791378856.1546] device (wlan0): Activation: failed for connection 'wf245'Oct 07 08:14:16 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378856.1560] device (wlan0): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')Oct 07 08:14:16 piz3 NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1791378856.7007] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> disconnected

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pi@piz3:/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections $ sudo cat wf245*[connection]id=wf245uuid=8934ce63-446c-4e68-aa82-abbe2670095ctype=wifiautoconnect=trueautoconnect-priority=95interface-name=wlan0[wifi]mode=infrastructuressid=lptm2t[wifi-security]auth-alg=open# "sae"(WPA3 personal only)# "wpa-psk"(WPA2 + WPA3 personal)key-mgmt=wpa-pskpsk=lots of secrets here elided[ipv4]method=auto[ipv6]addr-gen-mode=defaultmethod=auto[proxy]