[SOLVED]Linksys WRT32X - three radio modules

Hardware Questions and Recommendations
1

Linksys WRT32X has three radio modules:

  • radio0 Marvell 88W8964 802.11nac (5.180 GHz)
  • radio1 Marvell 88W8964 802.11bgn (2.462 GHz)
  • radio2 Marvell 88W8887 802.11bgnac (5.180 GHz)
    What is the third module radio2 and how it possible simultaneously support b/g/n/ac if they use different frequency 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz???
2
3 Likes
3

After reading this link I made conclusion: disable radio2 and forget about it.

4

I don't know if passive scanning is supported in Openwrt. This way you could make use of it.
Otherwise you've done right.

5

The third radio can be configured as 2.4GHz or 5GHz, but not both at the same time.

1 Like
6

Which benefits I can get from it?

7

Amusement, mainly :wink:

It potentially could be used as a monitor with something like

config wifi-iface
        option device 'radio24'
        option mode 'monitor'
        option ifname 'mon24'

If you were ambitious, you could use the results to implement dynamic, automatic channel selection or something of the sort.

1 Like
8

Do you mean?

        option device 'radio2'
9

I don't use the default naming for my radios, as I can never remember which is 0, 1, or 2. If radio2 is how that is defined in your config, then, yes, radio2. The ifname I also provide for my convenience.

1 Like
10

Got it, thanks

11

This topic was automatically closed 10 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.