I now have a new main router running, the GL-MT6000 with Openwrt 24.10. That runs great on its own, very fast and very good wifi signal.
Furthermore, I have two APs, a WAX202 (attic) and WAX206 (basement/office). Somehow I can configure the WAX202 (with 24.10) as BridgedAP. If I configure the AP and connect it to the GL-MT600 after configuration (without switching it off), then it works fine. I can reach the AP itself on the network and devices connect to it, I can also reach the connected devices (including a moOde music player) on the network.
However, if I restart the AP, then the wifi network is still in the air, but I can no longer reach the AP, devices do not connect and the lights on the AP no longer flash as if there is no activity.
Both the GL-MT6000 and the WAX202 are freshly installed with a 24.10 image. On the MT6000 I only added a guest network and activated wifi, but no extra packages or anything. The WAX202 is also completely standard, and then followed the BridgedAP config.
When my old R7800 was still the main router, and all APs were running on 23.05.* restarting was never a problem, network was always stable. So I don't really understand where the change in behavior comes from. Does anyone know where I should start to solve this?
How are the WAX20x devices connected to the the main router/network? Are both devices connected by Ethernet?
Let's take a look at the complete configs from each of the devices. We'll start with one of the WAX20x units.
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:
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Both APs are connected by Ethernet indeed. Main router MT6000 is behind a isp router, MT6000 is in the DMZ of this one. To my knowledge in my config the isp router handles dns.
Since the WAX202 is being used as a bridged AP and you've added the wan port to br-lan, delete all of these:
I recommend against the use of 802.11r unless there is an actual demonstrated need for it. It usually causes more problems than it solves. Consider removing it from all devices (last 4 lines in this section, for example):
I also recommend using the same SSID and passphrase for 2.4 and 5G radios, and making that the same across all of your APs. Make sure your channels are non-overlapping.
Restart that device and then test again. It should work. If the WAX206 has similar issues and a similar config, the same fixes may apply there. Feel free to post that here if you'd like me to review it.
OK, thanks. Regarding the wan/wan6 interfaces. I've unchecked "bring up on boot" as in the BridgedAP instructions, there it's either this or delete the interfaces all together.
And I'll delete the 802.11r option, had that since I saw a video from OneMarcFifty.
Regarding the same SSID for both radios, I set up separately as certain domotica only operate on 2.4GHz and it's easier to connect in this way.
Hi, I tried what you suggested, except for changing the SSID names. Unfortunately the WAX202 on the attic does not come back online.
When I try the ip address (192.168.1.3) I briefly see LuCi in the left uppercorner of my browser window and then I get the notification that 192.168.1.3 cannot be connected to.
Before I rebooted the WAX202 I rebooted my ISP modem/router and the GL_MT6000 main router. They both came back online fine,
Any other things I could try to understand what is happening?
By the way, it's literally stated in the bridged AP instruction in the user guide...
Move the WAN interface into the br-lan: In Network → Interfaces, click the “Devices” tab. Click the Configure... button for br-lan. In the Bridge ports dropdown, ensure that both Ethernet adapters are checked.
I tried again, reset the wax202 to default and configured from scratch. Unfortunately no change, I cannot access the AP via the network and no connection can be made.
I was having the same issue. Taking the eth0 out of the bridge worked for me, too. I factory reset a half dozen times as I figured I had configured something wrong, but that seems to have been the issue. This was on a Netgear EAX11v2
Juts my first glance at it and I can see that there are some major issues with the bridged AP wiki. Looks like it might have been edited with old versions in mind and has syntax that does not apply anymore.
I just made a bunch of edits to the wiki to improve its accuracy and to ensure that it is complaint with modern OpenWrt syntax and methods. Please let me know if I've missed anything.
I just read the instructions quickly. You've made them easier, especially the Fine tuning part.
Also the advise for dnsmasq, firewall and probably also odhcpd were removed. Does this mean I should enable in my config again, is that the best recommendation?
And I noticed there is nothing mentioned on either disabling or deleting the WAN and WAN6 interfaces. Is that not recommended any more?
One minor thing. I noticed when setting the static lan address, the notification you get is slightly different in 24.10. It gives "keep unchecked" instead of "Apply and keep settings" as in the screenshot given in the instructions.
While not recommended, it is fine to have the services disabled. What is critical, though, is that the dhcp server is explicitly disabled in the config file.
