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I am following this guide for the raspberry pi zero w: https://core-electronics.com.au/tutorials/raspberry-pi-zerow-headless-wifi-setup.html

I've flashed the latest raspbian stretch lite to the SD card already. I then added the ssh and wpa_supplicant files to the boot directory as seen here:

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Lastly, the wpa_supplicant.conf file has these contents:

country=US
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
    ssid="placeholder"
    psk="placeholder"
    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

However, when I boot my raspberry pi zero w, it doesn't attempt to connect to my wifi (the logs for my router are empty) and never deletes the two files from the boot directory as they supposedly should be. Am I doing something wrong in the setup?

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You need to scan the ssid to be sure it can connect to your wifi. scan_ssid=1 at the network branch. Your wpa_supplicant.conf file should be like this:

country=US
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
    ssid="placeholder"
    psk="placeholder"
    scan_ssid=1
    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

I would say that key_mgmt=WPA-PSK part can be deleted. It should be resolved when scanning.

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    Doesn't seem to have done anything. Realistically, if nothing was going wrong with the boot, shouldn't the ssh file at the very least get deleted? From what I've read, it can have whatever in it; the mere existence of the file will apply a config change.
    – user1928958
    Jun 29, 2018 at 22:02
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    Nevermind, I fixed it by flashing an older version of Raspbian Jessie as was said in the original guide. Figured that Stretch would also do the job, but suppose not.
    – user1928958
    Jun 29, 2018 at 22:59
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Nevermind, I fixed it by flashing an older version of Raspbian Jessie as was said in the original guide. Figured that Stretch would also do the job, but suppose not.

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    Jan 2, 2020 at 20:47

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