After Changes to the network interface configuration, you have to restart the network interface using this (assuming the interface is called “eth0”).
sudo ifdown eth0 && sudo ifup eth0
sudo ifdown wlan0 && sudo ifup wlan0Alternative if you get error message (“ifdown: unknown interface wlan0”) for wlan0
sudo ifconfig wlan0 down && sudo ifconfig wlan0 upWiFi interface reset doesn’t work?
We’ve found using Raspberry Pi OS Buster the above commands no longer cause the WiFi interace to pick up changes made to wpa_supplicant.conf. The following command does work instead:
sudo wpa_cli -i wlan0 reconfigure
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3 years ago
THANK YOU!
I’ve been pulling my hair out using `sudo wpa_cli reconfigure` and not having any luck getting wifi connected. This is huge!
This site is awesome, please keep it up.
3 years ago
Hey, after install bullseye on Buster, wifi don’T works; wpa-supplicant is correct; I can start wifi with “rfkill unblock 0” but after restart, don’t work; With connman removing, wifi is OK even after restart but graphic network interface stay off. If sommebody as an idea?
3 years ago
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo wpa_cli -i wlan0 reconfigure
Failed to connect to non-global ctrl_ifname: wlan0 error: No such file or directory
2 years ago
Getting the same error here, not sure what to do
4 years ago
Thanks