# Modify wifi configuration on BalenaOs with Screenly

**URL:** <https://forums.screenly.io/t/modify-wifi-configuration-on-balenaos-with-screenly/558>\
**Category:** Balena\
**Created:** [May 3, 2021, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/modify-wifi-configuration-on-balenaos-with-screenly/558 "2021-05-03T06:49:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![pesant](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/pesant/32/244_2.png) [@pesant](https://forums.screenly.io/u/pesant)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/modify-wifi-configuration-on-balenaos-with-screenly/558/1 "2021-05-03T06:49:59Z")

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Hi there!

I didn’t find a simple way to modify wifi configuration and connect my device without ethernet.

The initial configuration works find when I made SD card by creating an app with BalenaCloud wizard. 1/ copy .img file to SD card with Etcher 2/ put it in my Rpi 4 device 3/ start it and system connect to the internet we’ll (in wifi)

Unfortunately, I moved my device to another place and SSID / pwd is different, indeed.

How I can find a way to modify initial wifi setup with online terminal [Balena.io](http://Balena.io)?  
Can I use VI or nano for example to change a configuration Raspbian boot files or somewhere else?

Thank you for your answer!

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**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/modify-wifi-configuration-on-balenaos-with-screenly/558/2 "2021-05-06T17:43:03Z")

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Not sure exactly to be honest. I’d probably check on Balena’s forum. They’re pretty active there.

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**Author:** ![vpetersson-bot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson-bot/32/803_2.png) [@vpetersson-bot](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson-bot)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/modify-wifi-configuration-on-balenaos-with-screenly/558/3 "2026-10-22T13:48:30Z")

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Hi all, a quick update for anyone landing on this thread: we’ve brought back WiFi setup via a captive portal in Anthias, in [PR #3399](https://github.com/Screenly/Anthias/pull/3399). When a screen has no working network, it raises its own access point and shows the network name and passphrase on screen. You join it from your phone or laptop and pick the WiFi network to connect to. No SSH, keyboard, or `nmcli` needed.

It’s merged into `master` and we’re **calling for testers**. If no issues turn up, it’ll ship in the next release, but we’d really appreciate the community’s help putting it through its paces first. The easiest way to try it is with the installer script, choosing the `latest` option (installs from `master`). Please report how it went (Pi model, OS, wired or WiFi, anything odd) here or on the PR.