Configure Wifi & WWAN Drivers

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
1

I'm trying to set up a modem router to connect to WWAN and share via Wifi.
I fail to configure properly the drivers for:

My Network - Wireless options do not appear:
Screenshot 2024-01-22 at 21.32.14

I did install kmod-iwlwifi and iwlwifi-firmware-iwl7265.

Why can't I see the wireless config menu?

This is what I installed
opkg list:

base-files - 1550-r23630-842932a63d
bnx2-firmware - 20230804-1
busybox - 1.36.1-1
ca-bundle - 20230311-1
cgi-io - 2022-08-10-901b0f04-21
dbus - 1.13.18-12
dnsmasq - 2.89-4
dropbear - 2022.82-5
e2fsprogs - 1.47.0-2
firewall4 - 2023-09-01-598d9fbb-1
fstools - 2023-02-28-bfe882d5-1
fwtool - 2019-11-12-8f7fe925-1
getrandom - 2022-08-13-4c7b720b-2
glib2 - 2.74.0-5
grub2 - 2.06-5
grub2-bios-setup - 2.06-5
grub2-efi - 2.06-5
hostapd - 2023-09-08-e5ccbfc6-6
hostapd-common - 2023-09-08-e5ccbfc6-6
iw - 5.19-1
iwinfo - 2023-07-01-ca79f641-1
iwlwifi-firmware-iwl7265 - 20230804-1
jansson4 - 2.14-3
jshn - 2023-05-23-75a3b870-1
jsonfilter - 2018-02-04-c7e938d6-1
kernel - 5.15.137-1-47964456485559d992fe6f536131fc64
kmod-amazon-ena - 5.15.137-1
kmod-amd-xgbe - 5.15.137-1
kmod-ath - 5.15.137+6.1.24-3
kmod-ath10k - 5.15.137+6.1.24-3
kmod-ath9k - 5.15.137+6.1.24-3
kmod-ath9k-common - 5.15.137+6.1.24-3
kmod-b43 - 5.15.137+6.1.24-3
kmod-bcma - 5.15.137-1
kmod-bnx2 - 5.15.137-1
kmod-button-hotplug - 5.15.137-3
kmod-cfg80211 - 5.15.137+6.1.24-3
kmod-crypto-acompress - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-aead - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-ccm - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-cmac - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-crc32c - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-ctr - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-gcm - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-gf128 - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-ghash - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-hash - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-hmac - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-manager - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-null - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-rng - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-seqiv - 5.15.137-1
kmod-crypto-sha512 - 5.15.137-1
kmod-e1000 - 5.15.137-1
kmod-e1000e - 5.15.137-1
kmod-forcedeth - 5.15.137-1
kmod-fs-vfat - 5.15.137-1
kmod-hwmon-core - 5.15.137-1
kmod-i2c-algo-bit - 5.15.137-1
kmod-i2c-core - 5.15.137-1
kmod-igb - 5.15.137-1
kmod-igc - 5.15.137-1
kmod-input-core - 5.15.137-1
kmod-iwlwifi - 5.15.137+6.1.24-3
kmod-ixgbe - 5.15.137-1
kmod-lib-cordic - 5.15.137-1
kmod-lib-crc-ccitt - 5.15.137-1
kmod-lib-crc32c - 5.15.137-1
kmod-lib-lzo - 5.15.137-1
kmod-libphy - 5.15.137-1
kmod-mac80211 - 5.15.137+6.1.24-3
kmod-mdio - 5.15.137-1
kmod-mdio-devres - 5.15.137-1
kmod-mhi-bus - 5.15.137-1
kmod-mhi-pci-generic - 5.15.137-1
kmod-mii - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nf-conntrack - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nf-conntrack6 - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nf-flow - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nf-log - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nf-log6 - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nf-nat - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nf-reject - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nf-reject6 - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nfnetlink - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nft-core - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nft-fib - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nft-nat - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nft-offload - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nls-base - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nls-cp437 - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nls-iso8859-1 - 5.15.137-1
kmod-nls-utf8 - 5.15.137-1
kmod-phy-realtek - 5.15.137-1
kmod-ppp - 5.15.137-1
kmod-pppoe - 5.15.137-1
kmod-pppox - 5.15.137-1
kmod-pps - 5.15.137-1
kmod-ptp - 5.15.137-1
kmod-r8169 - 5.15.137-1
kmod-random-core - 5.15.137-1
kmod-slhc - 5.15.137-1
kmod-ssb - 5.15.137-1
kmod-tg3 - 5.15.137-1
kmod-usb-core - 5.15.137-1
kmod-usb-net - 5.15.137-1
kmod-usb-net-cdc-ether - 5.15.137-1
kmod-usb-net-cdc-mbim - 5.15.137-1
kmod-usb-net-cdc-ncm - 5.15.137-1
kmod-usb-net-qmi-wwan - 5.15.137-1
kmod-usb-serial - 5.15.137-1
kmod-usb-serial-option - 5.15.137-1
kmod-usb-serial-wwan - 5.15.137-1
kmod-usb-wdm - 5.15.137-1
libattr - 2.5.1-1
libblkid1 - 2.39-2
libblobmsg-json20230523 - 2023-05-23-75a3b870-1
libc - 1.2.4-4
libcbor0 - 0.8.0-1
libcomerr0 - 1.47.0-2
libdbus - 1.13.18-12
libevdev - 1.13.0-1
libexpat - 2.5.0-1
libext2fs2 - 1.47.0-2
libf2fs6 - 1.16.0-1
libffi - 3.4.2-2
libfido2-1 - 1.12.0-1
libgcc1 - 12.3.0-4
libiwinfo-data - 2023-07-01-ca79f641-1
libiwinfo20230701 - 2023-07-01-ca79f641-1
libjson-c5 - 0.16-3
libjson-script20230523 - 2023-05-23-75a3b870-1
libkmod - 31-1
liblucihttp-ucode - 2023-03-15-9b5b683f-1
liblucihttp0 - 2023-03-15-9b5b683f-1
libmbedtls12 - 2.28.5-2
libmbim - 1.28.4-1
libmnl0 - 1.0.5-1
libmount1 - 2.39-2
libncurses6 - 6.4-2
libnftnl11 - 1.2.6-1
libnl-tiny1 - 2023-07-27-bc92a280-1
libopenssl3 - 3.0.12-1
libparted - 3.6-1
libpci - 3.10.0-1
libpcre2 - 10.42-1
libpthread - 1.2.4-4
libqmi - 1.32.4-1
libqrtr-glib - 1.2.2-3
libreadline8 - 8.2-1
librt - 1.2.4-4
libsmartcols1 - 2.39-2
libss2 - 1.47.0-2
libubox20230523 - 2023-05-23-75a3b870-1
libubus20230605 - 2023-06-05-f787c97b-1
libuci20130104 - 2023-08-10-5781664d-1
libuclient20201210 - 2023-04-13-007d9454-1
libucode20230711 - 2023-11-07-a6e75e02-1
libudev-zero - 1.0.1-1
libustream-mbedtls20201210 - 2023-02-25-498f6e26-1
libuuid1 - 2.39-2
logd - 2022-08-13-4c7b720b-2
losetup - 2.39-2
lsblk - 2.39-2
luci - git-23.051.66410-a505bb1
luci-app-firewall - git-23.306.38853-a0466cd
luci-app-opkg - git-23.311.75635-769b30c
luci-base - git-23.306.39416-c86c256
luci-light - git-23.024.33244-34dee82
luci-mod-admin-full - git-19.253.48496-3f93650
luci-mod-network - git-23.313.56166-6da284d
luci-mod-status - git-23.306.52197-bdcd3e0
luci-mod-system - git-23.306.39416-7d3abf8
luci-proto-ipv6 - git-21.148.48881-79947af
luci-proto-modemmanager - git-23.338.81439-5f6fc19
luci-proto-ppp - git-21.158.38888-88b9d84
luci-proto-qmi - git-21.231.25157-5ff3ef7
luci-ssl - git-23.035.26083-7550ad6
luci-theme-bootstrap - git-23.306.39416-c86c256
mkf2fs - 1.16.0-1
modemmanager - 1.20.6-12
mtd - 26
netifd - 2023-11-10-35facc83-1.1
nftables-json - 1.0.8-1
odhcp6c - 2023-05-12-bcd28363-20
odhcpd-ipv6only - 2023-10-24-d8118f6e-1
openssh-keygen - 9.5p1-1
openssh-server - 9.5p1-1
openwrt-keyring - 2022-03-25-62471e69-2
opkg - 2022-02-24-d038e5b6-2
parted - 3.6-1
partx-utils - 2.39-2
pciids - 0.359-1
pciutils - 3.10.0-1
ppp - 2.4.9.git-2021-01-04-4
ppp-mod-pppoe - 2.4.9.git-2021-01-04-4
procd - 2023-06-25-2db83655-2
procd-seccomp - 2023-06-25-2db83655-2
procd-ujail - 2023-06-25-2db83655-2
px5g-mbedtls - 10
qmi-utils - 1.32.4-1
r8169-firmware - 20230804-1
resize2fs - 1.47.0-2
rpcd - 2023-07-01-c07ab2f9-1
rpcd-mod-file - 2023-07-01-c07ab2f9-1
rpcd-mod-iwinfo - 2023-07-01-c07ab2f9-1
rpcd-mod-luci - 20230123-1
rpcd-mod-rrdns - 20170710
rpcd-mod-ucode - 2023-07-01-c07ab2f9-1
terminfo - 6.4-2
ubox - 2022-08-13-4c7b720b-2
ubus - 2023-06-05-f787c97b-1
ubusd - 2023-06-05-f787c97b-1
uci - 2023-08-10-5781664d-1
uclient-fetch - 2023-04-13-007d9454-1
ucode - 2023-11-07-a6e75e02-1
ucode-mod-fs - 2023-11-07-a6e75e02-1
ucode-mod-html - 1
ucode-mod-math - 2023-11-07-a6e75e02-1
ucode-mod-nl80211 - 2023-11-07-a6e75e02-1
ucode-mod-rtnl - 2023-11-07-a6e75e02-1
ucode-mod-ubus - 2023-11-07-a6e75e02-1
ucode-mod-uci - 2023-11-07-a6e75e02-1
ucode-mod-uloop - 2023-11-07-a6e75e02-1
uhttpd - 2023-06-25-34a8a74d-1
uhttpd-mod-ubus - 2023-06-25-34a8a74d-1
uqmi - 2022-10-20-c8c9f105-1
urandom-seed - 3
urngd - 2023-11-01-44365eb1-1
usign - 2020-05-23-f1f65026-1
wireless-regdb - 2023.09.01-1
wpa-supplicant - 2023-09-08-e5ccbfc6-6
wwan - 2019-04-29-6
zlib - 1.2.13-1
2

intel wifi is usually a no go for APs.

3

But this driver says its supported: https://openwrt.org/packages/pkgdata/kmod-iwlwifi

4

a) AP mode will not be available on Intel wireless chipsets, as frollic already mentioned, not at all - nor in the future, ever, the hardware doesn't do it
b) check dmesg for errors about firmware loading or device enumeration affecting your wireless card, because of a) these drivers (and their packaging) don't get much testing in an OpenWrt context
c) if b) is clean, check iw list and scanning for networks using iw and iwinfo

5

Ok, I'll buy another wifi chipset. Is RTL8822CE Fine?
Concerning the M.2 WWAN drivers, how can I troubleshoot that?

6

nothing RTL is fine.

do yourself a favor, buy some old router, install openwrt on it, run it as AP.

start yet another thread :wink:

7

Unfortunately using an old router is not an option, I have some specific needs, like using a m.2 WWAN card for cel modem.
I got the wifi part, but certainly there must be a wifi pcie option that works with openwrt, right?

8

that's why it said "as AP".

there's a reason why you were told to start a new thread.

9

I was running an Intel 6235 AC Advanced (if I remember correct the model number) as an Access Point so it's absolutely doable. Got it to work in 2,4GHz and in N/Legacy mode only though. 60-65Mbit.