Cannot connect to AP - pizero w 2

[jediempi]

After performing the installation and rebooting the pizero w 2. The AP constantly cycles. I can see the AP. You can connect for 5 seconds then the AP restarts and breaks the connection. This is a loop, you cannot stay connected.

I have tried it with all defaults, no password, no ssl... I have also tried it with 12 character ssid wpa password. Same results every time.

[jediempi]

My issue was the pizero w2 would start the AP mode then it would dns blackhole itself with the /etc/dnsmasq.conf file. I wrote 2 scripts to resolve (band-aid fix) this issue. wifi_fix.py is run every startup. If the AP is in 10.0.0.1 mode it will leave it alone and quit the script. If it has a different IP range it will kick off the wifi_dns_fix.sh script. The wifi_dns_fix.sh script tries to ping google. If it can't it will move the dnsmasq.conf file to a backup location restart the dnsmasq service, after which it then restores the dnsmasq.conf file. Best of luck everyone, hope someone else finds this helpful. After adding these 2 scripts to my project, I've had zero issues for 3 months of daily operation.

wifi_fix.sh:
#!/bin/bash`
case $(ifconfig)
in
"inet 10.0.0.1")
echo $inet "IP found in 10 range for AP mode, leaving DNS alone"
;;
*)
echo $inet "Not in AP mode anymore, let's call the next script"
/bin/bash /home/pi/wifi_fix_dns.sh
;;
esac

wifi_fix_dns.sh:
if ping -c 1 google.com &> /dev/null
then
echo "It's working leave it alone"
else
echo "Time for us to fix some DNS"
sudo mv "/etc/dnsmasq.conf" "/etc/dnsmasq_backup.conf"
echo "backup that dnsmasq.conf file"
sudo /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart
echo "restarting the dnsmasq service, yo"
sleep 2
sudo mv "/etc/dnsmasq_backup.conf" "/etc/dnsmasq.conf"
echo "put that backup back in place yall"
fi