How to set password for wifi AP in OpenWrt?

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
1

Hello,
I'm using openwrt, but when it is in AP mode, it does not asks any passwords to connect.
So I want to configure so that one need to enter password to connect, how to configure that using Terminal, I'm not gonna use Luci.

2

ssh & edit /etc/config/wireless

3

Hello, my wifi is working fine and I'm able to connect to wifi, but after adding password to my configuration file, I'm able to connect but it does not ask for password.
I restarted openwrt, but still my system connects to it without entering password.
this is my /etc/config/wireless

config wifi-device      ra0
        option type     ralink
        option variant  mt7628
        option country  CN
        option hwmode   11g
        option htmode   HT40
        option channel  auto
        option disabled 0

config wifi-iface ap
        option device   ra0
        option mode     ap
        option network  lan
        option ifname   ra0
        option ssid     VoCore2
        option key      '12345678'
        option encryption psk2

config wifi-iface sta
        option device   ra0
        option mode     sta
        option network  wwan
        option ifname   apcli0
        option ssid     ""
        option key      ""
        option encryption psk2
        option disabled 1
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Shouldn't those parameters be in quotes?

config	wifi-iface
	option	device		'wl0'
	option	network		'lan'
	option	mode		'ap'
	option	ssid		'MyWifiAP'
	option	encryption	'psk2'
	option	key		'secret passphrase'
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5

I added qoutes but still, It is not asking password.

7

While you can directly edit system config files, it is usually better to use uci for this:

set:

uci set wireless.default_radio0.key='4SecretPasswd!'

uci set wireless.default_radio1.key='4SecretPasswd!'

review changes:

uci changes

apply:

uci commit wireless

luci-reload