EA3500 Kirkwood - 2.4ghz only not 5ghz, how to fix?

[HeyItsChrisninski]

Hello, dear all. May you advise on the firmware for kirkwood ea3500, that has working 5ghz wifi?

I have performance issues with my current firmware, and 5ghz shows up as disabled.

What is the best firmware to use for my hardware?

Thanks

openwrt-24.10.0-kirkwood-generic-linksys_ea3500-initramfs-uImage
openwrt-24.10.0-kirkwood-generic-linksys_ea3500-squashfs-factory.bin
openwrt-24.10.0-kirkwood-generic-linksys_ea3500-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

[psherman]

Since you already have OpenWrt installed, you will use the sysupgrade version. But while you're at it, get 24.10.1. And if there are issues with your current radio not working properly, start with a default config (simply allow the device to reset during the upgrade by unchecking "keep settings" or using the -nargument on the CLI).

[HeyItsChrisninski]

Hopefully that fixes it. As now when I enable the 5ghz wifi network access point, it auto-disables itself for some reason?

[psherman]

The auto-disabling may be a function of DFS channel selection.

[HeyItsChrisninski]

Hi, my Mediatek Dimensity 6100+ AT&T Propel 2 phone cannot seem to connect to the hidden network over 5ghz, does the Mediatek Dimensity 6100+, support 5ghz? I'll check. Anyway, it didn't auto-disable on the new firmware, sweet! Thanks @psherman

It's not showing the network as "live".

[psherman]

@HeyItsChrisninski

hidden network over 5ghz

There is actually no security value in hiding the SSID. In fact, it is actually counterintuitively bad for security.

Unhide it try connecting.

@HeyItsChrisninski

does the Mediatek Dimensity 6100+, support 5ghz?

Search the web or ask the vendor?

[HeyItsChrisninski]

Thanks. It's not working on the router on 5ghz, only 2.4ghz works...

Radio0 is 2.4ghz & Radio1 is 5ghz, only 2.4ghz works. Is it a drawback of the unsupported hardware?

[psherman]

We can take a look at your config if you'd like to have that verified.

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:

Remember to redact passwords, 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