MB Pro: Can't set SSID **solved**

[DAP]

My WIFI SSID has for several years contained an apostrophe " ' ". the MB PRO is the first device I have encountered that refuses to connect and gives me the error: "Error: SSID is not allowed to have a quote character (')".
The MB PRO is currently on my wired network, but I'd like to move it to a location that will get a better signal from my ISS. To do that I need to be able to enter my SSID.
according to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_s ... network%29 SSID strings are not restricted to human readable characters.

[admin]

...or you could change your ssid.

Nevertheless, next update will have this feature request realized (when OpenWRT accepts data in that format).

[DAP]

After several rounds of banging my head against the table, I finally have it connecting via WIFI.
A more specific error message than "No Network Found!" would be very helpful. Something like "Encryption miss-match" would have probably saved me an hour of carefully retyping my SSID and password, making absolutely sure they were correct.
BTW there is now a check box to "show passphrase", but it does not seem to do anything. The password is always obscured.

[admin]

After several rounds of banging my head against the table, I finally have it connecting via WIFI.
A more specific error message than "No Network Found!" would be very helpful. Something like "Encryption miss-match" would have probably saved me an hour of carefully retyping my SSID and password, making absolutely sure they were correct.
BTW there is now a check box to "show passphrase", but it does not seem to do anything. The password is always obscured.

Newest version should have the quote working. The show passphrase functions does need some javascript execution. Which browser are you using?

[DAP]

After several rounds of banging my head against the table, I finally have it connecting via WIFI.
A more specific error message than "No Network Found!" would be very helpful. Something like "Encryption miss-match" would have probably saved me an hour of carefully retyping my SSID and password, making absolutely sure they were correct.
BTW there is now a check box to "show passphrase", but it does not seem to do anything. The password is always obscured.

Newest version should have the quote working. The show passphrase functions does need some javascript execution. Which browser are you using?

Firefox with no-script running. I had enabled scripts for the pro.
I just had to enable them again since the WIFI has a different MAC address, and therefore gets a different IP address.

[admin]

Tested with my default configured Firefox and it works out of the box.

I know that there is a big discussion about Javascript, but most devices
with a web interface will need it. Meteobridge makes rather spare use,
other devices completely rely on AJAX etc and will not work without at all.

You can tell your router to provide a fixed IP adrdress via DHCP based on
the MAC of a device. That way Meteobridge will be handled via DHCP but
your router will make sure it always has the same IP.

[DAP]

Tested with my default configured Firefox and it works out of the box.

I know that there is a big discussion about Javascript, but most devices
with a web interface will need it. Meteobridge makes rather spare use,
other devices completely rely on AJAX etc and will not work without at all.

It the process of deleting the history, I had to re-configure the Meteobridge, and this time the password was visible.

You can tell your router to provide a fixed IP adrdress via DHCP based on
the MAC of a device. That way Meteobridge will be handled via DHCP but
your router will make sure it always has the same IP.

Yes, I had done this, but when I switched from wired to wireless, the mac address changed, and I had to do this again.

Anyway, everything is working now.