I'm having a curious problem, I disabled wifi through LUCI but when I restart it seems to turn on again
Example:
When I turn on the router, it consumes about 2.8W (Luci wifi disabled)
But if I enable Wi-Fi and then disable it immediately power consumption drops to 2.1W.
And if i reboot event with wifi disabled this power consumption up again to 2.8~3w
Does anyone know what this ?
Power consumption alone is not enough to determine if wifi is enabled -- there could be lots of processes that affect the power draw of your device at any moment.
Have you confirmed the wifi state using an actual wifi client device (i.e. a phone or a computer)??
Let's take a look at your configs:
Please connect to your OpenWrt device using ssh and copy the output of the following commands and post it here using the "Preformatted text </> " button (red circle; this works best in the 'Markdown' composer view in the blue oval):
Remember to redact passwords, VPN keys, MAC addresses and any public IP addresses you may have:
ubus call system board
cat /etc/config/network
cat /etc/config/wireless
cat /etc/config/dhcp
cat /etc/config/firewall
"Have you confirmed the wifi state using an actual wifi client device (i.e. a phone or a computer)??"
Yes, I checked, but none are connected.
root@TL-WR1043ND_V4:~# ubus call system board
{
"kernel": "6.12.94",
"hostname": "TL-WR1043ND_V4",
"system": "Qualcomm Atheros QCA956X ver 1 rev 0",
"model": "TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v4",
"board_name": "tplink,tl-wr1043nd-v4",
"rootfs_type": "squashfs",
"release": {
"distribution": "OpenWrt",
"version": "25.12.5",
"firmware_url": "https://downloads.openwrt.org/",
"revision": "r33051-f5dae5ece4",
"target": "ath79/generic",
"description": "OpenWrt 25.12.5 r33051-f5dae5ece4",
"builddate": "1782737960"
}
}
====
root@TL-WR1043ND_V4:~# cat /etc/config/network
config interface 'loopback'
option device 'lo'
option proto 'static'
list ipaddr '127.0.0.1/8'
config device
option name 'br-lan'
option type 'bridge'
list ports 'eth0.1'
config interface 'lan'
option device 'eth0.1'
option proto 'static'
option ip6assign '60'
option multipath 'off'
list ipaddr '192.168.2.2/24'
option gateway '192.168.2.1'
list dns '192.168.2.1'
option type 'bridge'
config device
option name 'eth0.2'
option macaddr 'XXXXX'
config switch
option name 'switch0'
option reset '1'
option enable_vlan '1'
config switch_vlan
option device 'switch0'
option vlan '1'
option ports '0t 1 2 3 4 5'
option vid '1'
======
root@TL-WR1043ND_V4:~# cat /etc/config/wireless
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/ahb/18100000.wmac'
option band '2g'
option channel '1'
option htmode 'HT20'
option txpower '10'
option country 'BR'
option cell_density '0'
option disabled '1'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'OpenWrt'
option encryption 'none'
option disabled '1'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet1'
option device 'radio0'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'Nintendo Switch'
option encryption 'none'
option network 'lan'
option disabled '1'
===
root@TL-WR1043ND_V4:~# cat /etc/config/dhcp
config dnsmasq
option domainneeded '1'
option boguspriv '1'
option filterwin2k '0'
option localise_queries '1'
option rebind_protection '1'
option rebind_localhost '1'
option local '/lan/'
option domain 'lan'
option expandhosts '1'
option nonegcache '0'
option cachesize '1000'
option authoritative '1'
option readethers '1'
option leasefile '/tmp/dhcp.leases'
option resolvfile '/tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto'
option nonwildcard '1'
option localservice '1'
option ednspacket_max '1232'
option filter_aaaa '0'
option filter_a '0'
config dhcp 'lan'
option interface 'lan'
option start '100'
option limit '150'
option leasetime '12h'
option dhcpv4 'disabled'
option ignore '1'
config odhcpd 'odhcpd'
option maindhcp '0'
option leasefile '/tmp/odhcpd.leases'
option leasetrigger '/usr/sbin/odhcpd-update'
option loglevel '4'
option piodir '/tmp/odhcpd-piodir'
option hostsdir '/tmp/hosts'
======
root@TL-WR1043ND_V4:~# cat /etc/config/firewall
config defaults
option input 'REJECT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'REJECT'
option synflood_protect '1'
option flow_offloading '1'
config zone
option name 'lan'
option input 'ACCEPT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'ACCEPT'
list network 'lan'
config zone
option name 'wan'
option input 'REJECT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'DROP'
option masq '1'
option mtu_fix '1'
config forwarding
option src 'lan'
option dest 'wan'
config rule
option name 'Allow-DHCP-Renew'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'udp'
option dest_port '68'
option target 'ACCEPT'
option family 'ipv4'
config rule
option name 'Allow-Ping'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'icmp'
option icmp_type 'echo-request'
option family 'ipv4'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-IGMP'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'igmp'
option family 'ipv4'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-DHCPv6'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'udp'
option dest_port '546'
option family 'ipv6'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-MLD'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'icmp'
option src_ip 'fe80::/10'
list icmp_type '130/0'
list icmp_type '131/0'
list icmp_type '132/0'
list icmp_type '143/0'
option family 'ipv6'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-ICMPv6-Input'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'icmp'
list icmp_type 'echo-request'
list icmp_type 'echo-reply'
list icmp_type 'destination-unreachable'
list icmp_type 'packet-too-big'
list icmp_type 'time-exceeded'
list icmp_type 'bad-header'
list icmp_type 'unknown-header-type'
list icmp_type 'router-solicitation'
list icmp_type 'neighbour-solicitation'
list icmp_type 'router-advertisement'
list icmp_type 'neighbour-advertisement'
option limit '1000/sec'
option family 'ipv6'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-ICMPv6-Forward'
option src 'wan'
option dest '*'
option proto 'icmp'
list icmp_type 'echo-request'
list icmp_type 'echo-reply'
list icmp_type 'destination-unreachable'
list icmp_type 'packet-too-big'
list icmp_type 'time-exceeded'
list icmp_type 'bad-header'
list icmp_type 'unknown-header-type'
option limit '1000/sec'
option family 'ipv6'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-IPSec-ESP'
option src 'wan'
option dest 'lan'
option proto 'esp'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-ISAKMP'
option src 'wan'
option dest 'lan'
option dest_port '500'
option proto 'udp'
option target 'ACCEPT'
This suggests that wifi is indeed disabled.
This syntax is wrong... you should be using device br-lan and the bridge line should be removed:
Beyond that, your wifi config confirms that everything is disabled. So the power consumption numbers you are seeing are not caused by the wifi SSID starting up.
So why they drop when I turn wifi back on / off ?
I forgot to mention, but I'm using it as access point switch and not as a router
I cannot explain that. It is possible that the power management of the radio chip is behaving differently if it is fully enabled and then disabled later.
If figured that out.
This also happens with 1043nd v1 but not with "newer" routers like Archer C6 v3
Well, this won't bother me at all since the consumption is low but I found it curious.
Yeah, it is curious, but not worth spending time on.