<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Not trying to be pedantic, but it might be worth pointing out that for WiFi authentication, it's a 'pass phrase', not a password that is used- spaces are allowed (and in my view make things more secure since not many people know that.)</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Not relevant to the discussion, I'll admit, but perhaps worth mentioning.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">a<br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div>
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On Thursday, March 30th, 2023 at 10:58 PM, Murray Strome <wmstrome@shaw.ca> wrote:<br><br>
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<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family:'arial';font-size:10pt;color:#000000"><div>Craig,</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>The radios have different SSIDs. I was trying to set the things up for the case you did <strong>not</strong> give:</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div data-mce-style="padding-left: 40px;" style="padding-left: 40px;">3. two different radios with different SSIDs but each with the same password.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I have now changed the setup back to the original:</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div data-mce-style="padding-left: 40px;" style="padding-left: 40px;">2. the SSIDS different, and different passwords. The only problem with the original is that the password for the 2.4G radio is weaker than I like.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I don't try to change the configuration on a computer that is connected by WiFi, only using one connected by Ethernet to the router.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Murray</div><hr id="zwchr"><div><b>From: </b>"Craig Miller" <cvmiller@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"VLUG" <discuss@vlug.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, March 30, 2023 7:18:04 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Discuss] OpenWRT Change WiFi Password<br></div><br><div><p>Murray,</p>
<p>Don't run the two different radios with the _same_ SSID, and
different passwords. That is a recipe for disaster. Either:</p>
<ol><li>Make the SSIDs and passwords the same, and don't care which
one you connect to OR</li><li>Make the SSIDs different, and different passwords (this is
what I do).<br>
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<p>BTW, don't change SSIDs config that you are attached to (that is
your laptop is using wireless while reconfiguring the wireless on
the router). That is like sawing the branch that you are sitting
on. When I configure wireless, I either: A) plug in Ethernet to
the router, or B) connect to a different router (and SSID) which
is connected to the router I am configuring by Ethernet.<br>
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<p>I hope this helps,</p>
<p>Craig...<br>
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<div>yes, several times. After one of those times, it worked
for a while, then disconnected and was back to same problem.
After most of the reboots, nothing changed.</div>
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05:45:43PM -0600, Murray Strome wrote:<br>
> I tried to change the WiFi password for the 2.4G channel
using the luci interface, and also in /etc/config/wireless.
According to the luci interface, it has changed, and also in
the config file. I was then able to login on several devices,
but after a while, the WiFi disconnected and when I tried to
login again, it said "wrong password". If I used the old
password, it says that it connects, but there is no internet.
If I look at the config file and the luci interface, they both
show the new password. <br>
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I find, when encountering weirdness in openwrt after config
changes, that a reboot will fix things. Have you tried
rebooting?<br>
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