Following guide that requires wpa_supplicant, having issues

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Trying to install wpa_supplicant but I'm getting some conflicts.

Is wpa_supplicant not supported for my router? TP-Link Archer A7

Collected errors:

    check_conflicts_for: The following packages conflict with wpa-supplicant:

    check_conflicts_for: wpad-basic-wolfssl *

    opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package wpa-supplicant.

Here's the guide : https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/pfydi5/howto_bypass_att_provided_modem_no_bridge_mode_no/

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Package description for wpad-basic-wolfssl...

This package contains a basic IEEE 802.1x/WPA Authenticator and Supplicant with WPA-PSK, SAE (WPA3-Personal), 802.11r and 802.11w support.

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So if I'm understanding this correctly wpad-basic-wolfssl includes wpa_supplicant?

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Yes, the wpad packages (any flavour thereof) merges hostapd and wpa_supplicant functionality into one multi-call binary.

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