Can't connect to Wi-Fi due to unsupported character in SSID

[Robert.Wall]

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Emon base WIFI unable to connect. SSID not accepted?,syntax error

Hi folks. I have a Base pi , ethernet cable connected, SSH into the PI is fine, log into local emonpi is fine, the problem is the emonpi local page will not accept the SSID of the ethernet modem namely WiFi-2.4-D439 . The base pi has worked previously on a normal ethernet network and connected sucessfully. SSID and password are correct, i manually entered the SSID and Password in the etc network interfaces. Syntax error on the web console EmonCms is XML Parsing Error: syntax error Location: h…

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Emoncms WiFi Module - special characters not supported in network password?

Hi, I received my EmonPi today, and I couldn’t get it connected to my WiFi network. It’s working now, but it appears that the problem was that the EmonPi didn’t recognise my network password because it contained a “+” symbol. If you enter a password that contains a “+”, and then click the eye icon to show the password, the + is replaced with a space. This might just be a quirk of the user interface, but I couldn’t get the EmonPi to connect to my wifi network until I changed my network password…

where it appears that @glyn.hudson is still working on a fix, if the final post is to be believed:

@glyn.hudson

Ok, thanks. I’ve re-opened the issue