Astroberry Hotspot

[astrosathya]

Background: I flashed a 32GB SD card 1.5 years ago and installed it in my Pi3B. From day 1, the Astroberry was visible as a Wifi Network and I was able to connect to it using my laptop and mobile phone. I have never connected the astroberry to the home wifi.

Yesterday: After a gap of 1.5 years i tried booting it up again and its not visible as a wifi network anymore either in my laptop or my phone. I connected it to my HDTV via HDMI and it works just fine. 

Question: How do i make it work as a wifi network so that i can use it through my laptop wirelessly? I have contacted Radek too, but just in case someone else can give me an answer.

TIA

Edited March 31, 2021 by astrosathya

[Feccy]

I'd just flash the card again - see if that works

Or connect a keyboard & monitor to the RPI & configure your home wifi that way?

[Dazzyt66]

On 31/03/2021 at 08:04, astrosathya said:

Background: I flashed a 32GB SD card 1.5 years ago and installed it in my Pi3B. From day 1, the Astroberry was visible as a Wifi Network and I was able to connect to it using my laptop and mobile phone. I have never connected the astroberry to the home wifi.

Yesterday: After a gap of 1.5 years i tried booting it up again and its not visible as a wifi network anymore either in my laptop or my phone. I connected it to my HDTV via HDMI and it works just fine. 

Question: How do i make it work as a wifi network so that i can use it through my laptop wirelessly? I have contacted Radek too, but just in case someone else can give me an answer.

TIA

Do you have a usb keyboard or mouse? If you can see it on the TV you would be able to work the pi with either of those and check that hotspot is enabled? Also, maybe the hotspot is hidden for some reason so try putting in the id and password on a new connection id = astroberry and pw = astroberry?