Raspberry Pi Connect To Hidden SSID

Turns out the Raspberry Pi won’t automatically look for hidden WiFi networks.

CLI

To enable this edit the file /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf and add scan_ssid=1 inside the network declaration:

SD

With the SD plugged into another computer other than the Raspberry Pi, find the file boot/octopi-network.txt

Add the same entry above using your favourite text edit.
network={
ssid="myWifi"
psk="secret"
scan_ssid=1
}

How to auto-connect your Raspberry Pi to a hidden SSID wifi network

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