Hi,
I need your advise and help.
I am using Openwrt 21.02.3 on Netgear r6800. After each restart, 5GHz network won't start. If I manually restart it from Luci, it gets enabled.
Below is the system log I believe is related to this event and the network setup. I hope someone can help.
Thank you
Regards
Wed Jun 22 20:04:38 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: ACS-COMPLETED freq=5500 channel=100
Wed Jun 22 20:04:38 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: interface state ACS->HT_SCAN
Wed Jun 22 20:04:39 2022 daemon.err hostapd: nl80211: kernel reports: (extension) channel is disabled
Wed Jun 22 20:04:39 2022 daemon.err hostapd: Could not set channel for kernel driver
Wed Jun 22 20:04:39 2022 daemon.err hostapd: Interface initialization failed
Wed Jun 22 20:04:39 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: interface state HT_SCAN->DISABLED
Wed Jun 22 20:04:39 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: AP-DISABLED
Try setting option channels '36 100' (note the 's') and remove option channel auto. Those are the only two 160 MHz blocks. I don't know if DFS is in effect in Panama but if it is, there will normally be at least a 1 minute delay for the radio to start.
What does the log look like after a successful manual start?
Tanks @mk24,
I've tried 36 and 100 channel, but the same issue appeared. To be frank the whole issue/question (as I can always go back to 80 MHz) started with me playing with the 160 Mhz here: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/mt7615e-160mhz-available-or-not/127197/8
Here is the log after the manual start ( It doesn't start after 1 week as well).
Thanks for your advises.
Regards
K
Wed Jun 22 22:09:44 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: interface state HT_SCAN->DISABLED
Wed Jun 22 22:09:44 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: AP-DISABLED
and after restart of wlan1
Wed Jun 22 22:13:43 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: Remove interface 'wlan1'
Wed Jun 22 22:13:43 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Wed Jun 22 22:13:43 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: AP-DISABLED
Wed Jun 22 22:13:43 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Wed Jun 22 22:13:43 2022 daemon.err hostapd: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan1 wasn't started
Wed Jun 22 22:13:43 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan1 disabled_11b_rates=0
Wed Jun 22 22:13:44 2022 kern.info kernel: [ 288.674982] device wlan1 left promiscuous mode
Wed Jun 22 22:13:44 2022 kern.info kernel: [ 288.684250] br-lan: port 5(wlan1) entered disabled state
Wed Jun 22 22:13:44 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Wireless device 'radio1' is now down
Wed Jun 22 22:13:46 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: Configuration file: /var/run/hostapd-phy1.conf (phy wlan1) --> new PHY
Wed Jun 22 22:13:46 2022 kern.info kernel: [ 290.835865] br-lan: port 5(wlan1) entered blocking state
Wed Jun 22 22:13:46 2022 kern.info kernel: [ 290.846539] br-lan: port 5(wlan1) entered disabled state
Wed Jun 22 22:13:46 2022 kern.info kernel: [ 290.857884] device wlan1 entered promiscuous mode
Wed Jun 22 22:13:46 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Wed Jun 22 22:13:46 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: ACS: Automatic channel selection started, this may take a bit
Wed Jun 22 22:13:46 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->ACS
Wed Jun 22 22:13:46 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: ACS-STARTED
Wed Jun 22 22:13:47 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Wireless device 'radio1' is now up
Wed Jun 22 22:14:04 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: ACS-COMPLETED freq=5500 channel=100
Wed Jun 22 22:14:04 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: interface state ACS->HT_SCAN
Wed Jun 22 22:14:06 2022 kern.info kernel: [ 311.024476] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan1: link becomes ready
Wed Jun 22 22:14:06 2022 kern.info kernel: [ 311.037513] br-lan: port 5(wlan1) entered blocking state
Wed Jun 22 22:14:06 2022 kern.info kernel: [ 311.048162] br-lan: port 5(wlan1) entered forwarding state
Wed Jun 22 22:14:06 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan1' link is up
Wed Jun 22 22:14:06 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: interface state HT_SCAN->ENABLED
Wed Jun 22 22:14:06 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: AP-ENABLED
Btw: after manual start the router always sets 100 channel. I have neighborhood networks in the lower range 36-44. Probably that's the case, but also that's the reason of me setting up the channel to "auto"
PS after the initial boot, luci is reporting that the wlan1 is enabled, but the clients can not see the network.