Wi-Fi STA sample not connecting in NCS v3.1.0 (works in v2.9.2)

[Krishhh]

Hi,
I am trying to run the Wi-Fi STA sample on nRF7002DK.

• With nRF Connect SDK v2.9.2, the STA sample connects successfully to my Wi-Fi AP (router).

• With NCS v3.1.0, the exact same STA sample does not connect.

Logs in v2.9.2 show that the STA attempts to connect, connection success.

Logs in v3.1.0 show that the STA attempts to connect with same nrf7002dk, but fails 

Questions:

1. Is there any restriction, change, or configuration update required for Wi-Fi STA in v3.1.0 compared to v2.9.2?

2. Has anything changed in the Wi-Fi driver, supplicant, or configuration (Kconfig/prj.conf) that would prevent connection in v3.1.0?

3. Could you please guide me on how to fix this issue and get STA working in v3.1.0?

Setup:

• Board: nRF7002DK

• SDK versions tested:

  • v2.9.2 → STA connects fine

  •  v3.1.0 → STA fails to connect

[Benjamin]

I understand. I’d like to reproduce the issue, so could you please share as much detail as possible about the failing AP?

Thanks,
Benjamin

[Krishhh]

Name                   : Wi-Fi
Description            : Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265
GUID                   : 82dc2db3-3338-499e-bec3-39b89a9aa4bd
Physical address       : a8:6d:aa:4d:09:cc
Interface type         : Primary
State                  : connected
SSID                   : Reindeer
AP BSSID               : 34:24:3e:b3:4d:08
Band                   : 2.4 GHz
Channel                : 1
Connected Akm-cipher   : [ akm = 00-0f-ac:02, cipher =  00-0f-ac:04 ]
Network type           : Infrastructure
Radio type             : 802.11n
Authentication         : WPA2-Personal
Cipher                 : CCMP
Connection mode        : Profile
Receive rate (Mbps)    : 130
Transmit rate (Mbps)   : 130
Signal                 : 92%
Rssi                   : -36
Profile                : Reindeer
QoS MSCS Configured         : 0
QoS Map Configured          : 0
QoS Map Allowed by Policy   : 0

This is my Wi‑Fi router information. I retrieved it on my laptop from the Command Prompt by running: netsh wlan show interfaces.
My lap also connected with the same wifi router.

 

[Benjamin]

Krishhh said:

If I build with NS, QSPI encryption is not used. Without NS, encryption is enabled.

Both versions should work out of the box. Could you try to build without /ns ?