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How To Disable WiFi Setup Portal

oznu edited this page Aug 20, 2020 · 2 revisions

The Homebridge WiFi Setup Portal starts on boot when your device cannot establish a network connection (WiFi or Ethernet) within 20 seconds. If an ethernet connection comes up while the WiFi Setup Portal is running, the portal is closed automatically.

If you want to prevent the WiFi Setup Portal from starting when your Raspberry Pi boots run the following command:

sudo systemctl disable wifi-connect.service

If you disable the portal service, you will need to connect to your device using a keyboard, mouse, and monitor; or via an ethernet network connection and ssh, to connect to another WiFi network in the future.

To re-enable the portal run:

sudo systemctl enable wifi-connect.service