Unable to get a connection to either of two WIFI networks

[pnunn]

I tried to connect the pico w to two different wifi networks (using quite powerful AP's) but in both cases (one an open network, the other encrypted) could not get the device to connect.

This is the case with two different pico w devices.

I tried to connect to my phone hotspot and that did work.

How would I fault find this issues? ` The failures looked like time=1970-01-01T00:00:13.664Z level=INFO msg=rxEvent event=SET_SSID status=1 reason=0 flags=0 dev.linkstate=3
time=1970-01-01T00:00:13.665Z level=ERROR msg="wifi join faled" err="join:SET_SSID failed"
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.666Z level=INFO msg=joinWpa2 ssid=EarlNetNew len(pass)=12
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.666Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_VAR len=19
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.677Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=259 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.678Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_WSEC len=4
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.689Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=256 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.690Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_VAR len=23
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.701Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=259 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.702Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_VAR len=31
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.713Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=259 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.714Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_VAR len=27
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.725Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=259 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.825Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_WSEC_PMK len=68
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.836Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=256 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.837Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_INFRA len=4
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.848Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=256 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.849Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_AUTH len=4
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.860Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=256 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.861Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_WPA_AUTH len=4
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.872Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=256 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.872Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_SSID len=36
time=1970-01-01T00:00:18.903Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=256 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:22.145Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=258 hdr=asyncev
time=1970-01-01T00:00:22.146Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=260 hdr=asyncev
time=1970-01-01T00:00:22.146Z level=INFO msg=rxEvent event=AUTH status=0 reason=0 flags=0 dev.linkstate=1
time=1970-01-01T00:00:22.147Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=259 hdr=asyncev
time=1970-01-01T00:00:22.148Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=258 hdr=asyncev
time=1970-01-01T00:00:22.149Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=260 hdr=asyncev
time=1970-01-01T00:00:22.149Z level=INFO msg=rxEvent event=AUTH status=0 reason=0 flags=0 dev.linkstate=1
time=1970-01-01T00:00:22.150Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=259 hdr=asyncev
time=1970-01-01T00:00:22.151Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=258 hdr=asyncev
time=1970-01-01T00:00:22.152Z level=INFO msg=rxEvent event=SET_SSID status=1 reason=0 flags=0 dev.linkstate=3
time=1970-01-01T00:00:22.153Z level=ERROR msg="wifi join faled" err="join:SET_SSID failed"
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.153Z level=INFO msg=joinWpa2 ssid=EarlNetNew len(pass)=12
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.154Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_VAR len=19
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.165Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=259 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.166Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_WSEC len=4
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.177Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=256 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.178Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_VAR len=23
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.189Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=259 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.189Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_VAR len=31
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.200Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=259 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.201Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_VAR len=27
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.212Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=259 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.313Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_WSEC_PMK len=68
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.324Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=256 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.325Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_INFRA len=4
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.336Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=256 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.336Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_AUTH len=4
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.347Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=256 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.348Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_WPA_AUTH len=4
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.359Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=256 hdr=ctl
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.360Z level=DEBUG msg=sendIoctl kind=2 cmd=SET_SSID len=36
time=1970-01-01T00:00:27.391Z level=DEBUG msg=rx len=256 hdr=ctl

This was the case with both my code and any of the example code.

Ta.