I can connect to targets using the JLink WiFi probe and JLink Commander (JLinkExe), but when running `nrfutil device list`, they don't show up there.
Can you please patch this bug or direct us to a workaround?
JLink WiFi docs:
https://www.segger.com/products/debug-probes/j-link/models/j-link-wifi/
Hi,
Could you share the error message or logs that show up when you try nrfutil device list?
Also, please make sure that your nrfutil is up-to-date.
-Priyanka
Hi Priyanka,
The `nrfutil device list` command does not detect the JLink WiFi:
Supported devices found: 0
I am on the latest nrfutil version:
nrfutil 8.1.1 (b6089d0 2025-08-21) commit-hash: b6089d08a9cfdb292f8ab8d21e0908ded814cd11 commit-date: 2025-08-21 host: aarch64-apple-darwin build-timestamp: 2025-08-21T14:12:53.940115000Z classification: nrf-external
And also on the latest version of nrfutil device package:
nrfutil-device 2.15.3 (8cf93e7 2025-11-20) commit-hash: 8cf93e76c6f33b46e299a28d8dd9b06fc550a89a commit-date: 2025-11-20 host: aarch64-apple-darwin build-timestamp: 2025-11-20T14:59:10.999299000Z classification: nrf-external Detected SEGGER J-Link version: JLink_V8.76
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Correct, nothing shows up under "Connected Devices", probably because there is no setting in the nrfConnect extension where I can specify the IP addresses of remote probes.
Hi Matt,
Unfortunately I don't think this is possible.
I don't think it's possible to first of all flash a device over Wi-Fi.
We don't directly flash, we call west flash. Since you will anyway fail to flash or debug the device then there might be no pint in actually having this option.
-Priyanka
Hi Priyanka,
west flash works and I have been using it without any issues (west flash --runner jlink --tool-opt "-IP <ip_addr>")
So it looks like a change is required in the nrfConnect extension to support this
So it looks like a change is required in the nrfConnect extension to support this
Will convey this to the team.
nrfutil device should support the JLink WiFI, if you specify its IP address.
I don't think there is a way of autodetecting such a J-Link, so it can't just appear in nrfutil device list.
-Priyanka
Hi Priyanka,
Do you have any news from the team?
It's okay if it's not autodetected (that would be nice to have), but there should at least be some setting in the nRF VSCode extension where the user can specify static IP addresses of remote probe(s), just like we can in `nrfutil` using the `--remote-jlink` option.
Best,
-Matt
Thank you for the suggestions. As of now we have nothing similar but we will be looking into this and will try to incorporate it.
-Priyanka
Hello Priyanka
Just following up on this -- do you have any news on the support for JLink WiFi?
Hi Matt,
We don't have the support yet, as mentioned before.
For details regarding future incorporations and roadmaps, I would suggest you to please contact the Regional Sales Manager (RSM) or create a Sales Support query as they can help you better with this.
-Priyanka