I have recently upgraded my home network to WiFi 7.
For WiFi devices using the newer 6 GHz band, WiFi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) is mandatory.
Since the update the OctoPrint running on a Raspberry 4B stopped connecting to my WiFi network (on the 2.4 & 5GHz channels).
I assume this is probably due to the Pi / Raspbian system not able to work with WPA3.
I am able to get my OctoPrint working on a separate IoT WiFi broadcast using WPA2. Unfortunately this setup prevents access to the excellent SpoolManager plug-in.
Has anyone managed to get their OctoPrint system working with WiFi 7 / WPA3?
If so could you provide details of what is required?
WiFi and WPA are handled by the operating system. You didn't mention what flavor you are using on your RPi 4B. Use cat /etc/os-release to figure that out.
I would suggest that you cast a broader net... I did a Google search, "raspberry pi wifi 7 wpa3" and it appears that some of the options require bookworm (Debian 12). This topic has some suggestions: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=373077.
To run OctoPrint under bookworm, you will need either a nightly build from OctoPi Nightlies or just a standard OS release and use octoprint_deploy.
Many thanks for getting back so quickly and with some excellent suggestions.
I'm currently running Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) so I'll check out the alternatives.
Every WiFi7 capable router I have seen is backwards compatible and supports all the older standards as well. Check the router config and see if there is a seperate SSID for the older wifi standards. could be a workaround easier than having to rebuild the octoprint instance
Thanks. I already have an IoT network (2.4 GHz, WPA2) used for older devices. While the OctoPrint system will run on this network it stops access (https url)) to my hosted SpoolManager database.