# NCP enable wifi and connect to network **URL:** \ **Category:** 📦 Appliances (Docker, Snappy, VM, NCP, AIO)\ **Tags:** network, ncp\ **Created:** [September 15, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ncp-enable-wifi-and-connect-to-network/204030 "2024-09-15T12:45:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seb-1204](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/seb-1204/32/64854_2.png) [@seb-1204](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/seb-1204)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ncp-enable-wifi-and-connect-to-network/204030/1 "2024-09-15T12:45:54Z")
Hello NCP friends, I have recently installed the NCP image for my RPI 3b and it is up and running. Currently it is connected to my router by cable. I want to change this to use my WIFI so that I can move the PI to another location. I was not able to find any options in the ncp settings. ---
**Author:** ![geoW](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/geow/32/67506_2.png) [@geoW](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/geoW)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ncp-enable-wifi-and-connect-to-network/204030/2 "2024-09-15T15:37:14Z")
Log in via ssh and call > raspi-config or > armbian-config ---
**Author:** ![seb-1204](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/seb-1204/32/64854_2.png) [@seb-1204](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/seb-1204)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ncp-enable-wifi-and-connect-to-network/204030/3 "2024-09-21T04:48:22Z")
Thanks geoW, I have tried `ncp-config` which was not correct. Unfortunately when I use `raspi-config` I run into other issues, did I damage my installation or is this something else? ```auto Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/netplan", line 23, in netplan.main() File "/usr/share/netplan/netplan/cli/core.py", line 50, in main self.run_command() File "/usr/share/netplan/netplan/cli/utils.py", line 241, in run_command self.func() File "/usr/share/netplan/netplan/cli/commands/set.py", line 50, in run self.run_command() File "/usr/share/netplan/netplan/cli/utils.py", line 241, in run_command self.func() File "/usr/share/netplan/netplan/cli/commands/set.py", line 72, in command_set libnetplan.create_yaml_patch(yaml_path, value, tmp) File "/usr/share/netplan/netplan/libnetplan.py", line 501, in create_yaml_patch _checked_lib_call(lib.netplan_util_create_yaml_patch, File "/usr/share/netplan/netplan/libnetplan.py", line 79, in _checked_lib_call raise LibNetplanException(err.contents.message.decode('utf-8')) netplan.libnetplan.LibNetplanException: Error parsing YAML: did not find expected ',' or '}' ``` ---
**Author:** ![geoW](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/geow/32/67506_2.png) [@geoW](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/geoW)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ncp-enable-wifi-and-connect-to-network/204030/4 "2024-09-21T06:58:10Z")
Please give more info about your setup. ncp-reprt may be your friend. Get used to showing: - prompt \> command [options] - [output] - prompt \> as in ```auto pi@nextcloudpi:~ $ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS sda 8:0 0 223,6G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 256M 0 part /boot └─sda2 8:2 0 223,3G 0 part / sdb 8:16 1 119,1G 0 disk └─sdb1 8:17 1 119,1G 0 part /media/ncp-backup pi@nextcloudpi:~ $ ``` ---
**Author:** ![seb-1204](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/seb-1204/32/64854_2.png) [@seb-1204](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/seb-1204)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ncp-enable-wifi-and-connect-to-network/204030/5 "2024-09-23T10:26:28Z")
Hey, thanks for the response, sorry about the missing copy/past. See below for the output of the ncp-report, it is a lot. Since I only installed ncp on my pi 3 b and did barely anything I don’t want to waste your time. I can just start over from scratch without trial and error to get the wifi connected. This is straight forward now that you have pointed me to the right location/command. EDIT: formatting ```auto kiss@nextcloudpi:~$ sudo ncp-report [sudo] password for kiss: <--! Paste this in GitHub report -->
NextcloudPi diagnostics `` NextcloudPi version v1.55.1 NextcloudPi image OS Armbian-unofficial 24.8.2 Bookworm \l . 6.6.45-current-bcm2711 (aarch64) automount no USB devices none datadir /opt/ncdata/data data in SD yes data filesystem ext2/ext3 data disk usage 4.7G/116G rootfs usage 4.7G/116G swapfile /var/swap dbdir /var/lib/mysql Nextcloud check ok Nextcloud version 29.0.4.1 HTTPD service up PHP service up MariaDB service up Redis service up HPB service up Postfix service up Internet check ok Public IPv4 ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE*** Public IPv6 ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE*** Port 80 closed Port 443 closed IP ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE*** Gateway ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE*** Interface enxb827eb9f78bc Certificates ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE*** NAT loopback no Uptime 13min ``
Nextcloud configuration `` { "system": { "passwordsalt": " ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "secret": " ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "trusted_domains": { "0": "localhost", "7": "nextcloudpi", "5": "nextcloudpi.local", "8": "nextcloudpi.lan", "3": "nextcloudpi", "11": "2403:4800:24d0:3136:190:bb0f:d41a:67dd", "1": "192.168.1.19", "14": "nextcloudpi" }, "datadirectory": " ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "dbtype": "mysql", "version": "29.0.4.1", "overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/nextcloudpi\/", "dbname": " ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "dbhost": " ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "dbport": "", "dbtableprefix": "oc_", "mysql.utf8mb4": true, "dbuser": " ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "dbpassword": " ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "installed": true, "instanceid": " ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis", "memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis", "redis": { "host": " ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "port": 0, "timeout": 0, "password": " ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***" }, "tempdirectory": "\/opt\/ncdata\/data\/tmp", "mail_smtpmode": "sendmail", "mail_smtpauthtype": "LOGIN", "mail_from_address": " ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "mail_domain": " ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "preview_max_x": "2048", "preview_max_y": "2048", "jpeg_quality": "60", "overwriteprotocol": "https", "maintenance": false, "logfile": "\/opt\/ncdata\/data\/nextcloud.log", "trusted_proxies": " ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "loglevel": "2", "log_type": "file" } } ``
HTTPd logs `` ``
Database logs `` tail: cannot open '/var/log/mysql/*.log' for reading: No such file or directory
Nextcloud logs
there is a lot more text but I hit the character limit of the forum response ``` Since I only installed ncp on my pi 3 b and did barely anything I don’t want to waste your time. I can just start over from scratch without trial and error to get the wifi connected. This is straight forward now that you have pointed me to the right location/command. ---
**Author:** ![geoW](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/geow/32/67506_2.png) [@geoW](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/geoW)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ncp-enable-wifi-and-connect-to-network/204030/6 "2024-09-23T10:58:49Z")
This is the most interesting part to answer your question: > [@seb-1204](#): > > ```auto > NextcloudPi version v1.55.1 > NextcloudPi image > OS Armbian-unofficial 24.8.2 Bookworm \l . 6.6.45-current-bcm2711 (aarch64) > > ``` So, armbian-config should be at your hand. It is one of the greatest miracles that I’m failing bad as most of us, if I’m in the position to ask for help. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![seb-1204](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/seb-1204/32/64854_2.png) [@seb-1204](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/seb-1204)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ncp-enable-wifi-and-connect-to-network/204030/7 "2024-09-23T11:02:45Z")
> [@seb-1204](#): > > ` Armbian-unofficial 24.8.2` Are you saying I have installed some beta? Not that I am aware of or intentionally. I used the image from [https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/releases](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/releases) I will just do it again, for practice 😃 ---
**Author:** ![geoW](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/geow/32/67506_2.png) [@geoW](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/geoW)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ncp-enable-wifi-and-connect-to-network/204030/8 "2024-09-23T11:18:23Z")
> [@seb-1204](#): > > I used the image from [https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/releases](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/releases) That is ok, the maintainer choose system/version. > [@seb-1204](#): > > I will just do it again, for practice If you want do do practice, take another sd-card, start with an older image -ncp 1.52.0- or similar. Than you can exercise updating the components as intended by using ncp. Or get used to backup and restore - but here in near future the maintainer promised a new backup system. Or put the system on an extern usb-ssd, and so on… Little pi is so much fun! ---
**Author:** ![Ninja0](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/ninja0/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Ninja0](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Ninja0)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ncp-enable-wifi-and-connect-to-network/204030/9 "2024-09-25T19:45:06Z")
Not to hijack the thread but I am in a similar boat with a Pi5 and 1.55.1 image. I had to install armbian-config to finally connect to WiFi, went through and setup everything, reboot and now there’s no wifi in armbian-config. Currently trying to install the armbian firmware. ---
**Author:** ![Ninja0](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/ninja0/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Ninja0](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Ninja0)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ncp-enable-wifi-and-connect-to-network/204030/10 "2024-09-27T15:36:23Z")
It seems installing network-manager and armbian-config, not setting static IP in ncp but rather armbian-config did the job for me. I also set the timeout on the lan check to 10s to speed up boot time. ---
**Author:** ![Ninja0](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/ninja0/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Ninja0](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Ninja0)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ncp-enable-wifi-and-connect-to-network/204030/11 "2024-12-29T00:06:25Z")
WiFi randomly broke. Downgrading to linux-firmware-raspi=10-0ununtu1 seems to have fixed the issue for now. ---
**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ncp-enable-wifi-and-connect-to-network/204030/12 "2025-05-22T06:01:21Z")