Re: Could not connect to wpa_supplicant: (nil) - re-trying

In reply to: Steven Friedrich : "Could not connect to wpa_supplicant: (nil) - re-trying"
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From: Steven Friedrich <freebsdlouisville_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 06:20:48 UTC

I figured it out.  You have to declare the control interface in 
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf at the global scope, i.e., outside of a network 
block.

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant


On 6/15/24 23:49, Steven Friedrich wrote:
> root@Slimline:~ $ wpa_cli
> wpa_cli v2.10
> Copyright (c) 2004-2022, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors
>
> This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
> See README for more details.
>
>
>
> Interactive mode
>
> Could not connect to wpa_supplicant: (nil) - re-trying
>
> Why can't I connect to wpa_supplicant ?
>