Missing 5GHz wifi on R7500v2

Hi all!
i installed with success OpenWRT latest (19.07.3) on my Netgear R7500v2.

It is amazing, first time user of OpenWRT and i LOVE it.

One problem, there seems to be no 5Ghz radio. I can see only "radio0" under network/wireless and it says it's 2.4Ghz...

What sould i try?
It seems to be supported (only the r7500v1 has no support for 5Ghz on OpenWRT...)

The R7500v2 should be fully supported, check dmesg for potential hints.

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I might take exception to the "fully" adjective... but ya, 5 GHz works pretty well on my r7500v2.

I just fell down the board-2.bin/firmware rabbit hole after finding qca-swiss-army-knife. I'm trying to make my way out.

@gardiol in case you are unfamiliar, "dmesg" is the kernel log. You should be able to view & copy it from luci by looking under the "Status" menu, "Kernel Log" item. If your comfortable logging into you router via ssh and using the command line, then just type dmesg.

You can post the output here using the Preformatted text item but please check that you do not post information you may not be comfortable sharing such as ip address or mac address.

I've been running "snapshot" images and I actually haven't tried any of the stable 19 versions. Perhaps there is an issue that hasn't been noticed before. BTW the latest is 19.07.4 but that just came out a few days ago.

HTH

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Here is the "dmsg". I am quite fmailiar with linux and such, just newbie to OpenWRT...

[    0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
[    0.000000] Linux version 4.14.180 (builder@buildhost) (gcc version 7.5.0 (OpenWrt GCC 7.5.0 r11063-85e04e9f46)) #0 SMP Sat May 16 18:32:20 2020
[    0.000000] CPU: ARMv7 Processor [512f04d0] revision 0 (ARMv7), cr=10c5787d
[    0.000000] CPU: div instructions available: patching division code
[    0.000000] CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, PIPT instruction cache
[    0.000000] OF: fdt: Machine model: Netgear Nighthawk X4 R7500
[    0.000000] Memory policy: Data cache writealloc
[    0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 57344
[    0.000000] free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c0a27840, node_mem_map cde39000
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 448 pages used for memmap
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 0 pages reserved
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 57344 pages, LIFO batch:15
[    0.000000] random: get_random_bytes called from 0xc09008dc with crng_init=0
[    0.000000] percpu: Embedded 15 pages/cpu s29388 r8192 d23860 u61440
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s29388 r8192 d23860 u61440 alloc=15*4096
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 [0] 1 
[    0.000000] Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 56896
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: rootfstype=squashfs noinitrd
[    0.000000] Bootloader command line (ignored): console=ttyHSL1,115200n8 ubi.mtd=rootfs root=mtd:ubi_rootfs
[    0.000000] PID hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[    0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[    0.000000] Memory: 219532K/229376K available (4976K kernel code, 160K rwdata, 756K rodata, 1024K init, 235K bss, 9844K reserved, 0K cma-reserved, 0K highmem)
[    0.000000] Virtual kernel memory layout:
[    0.000000]     vector  : 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1000   (   4 kB)
[    0.000000]     fixmap  : 0xffc00000 - 0xfff00000   (3072 kB)
[    0.000000]     vmalloc : 0xce800000 - 0xff800000   ( 784 MB)
[    0.000000]     lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xce000000   ( 224 MB)
[    0.000000]     pkmap   : 0xbfe00000 - 0xc0000000   (   2 MB)
[    0.000000]     modules : 0xbf000000 - 0xbfe00000   (  14 MB)
[    0.000000]       .text : 0xc0208000 - 0xc07dc1e0   (5969 kB)
[    0.000000]       .init : 0xc0900000 - 0xc0a00000   (1024 kB)
[    0.000000]       .data : 0xc0a00000 - 0xc0a28140   ( 161 kB)
[    0.000000]        .bss : 0xc0a2a000 - 0xc0a64e18   ( 236 kB)
[    0.000000] SLUB: HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=2, Nodes=1
[    0.000000] Hierarchical RCU implementation.
[    0.000000] NR_IRQS: 16, nr_irqs: 16, preallocated irqs: 16
[    0.000000] clocksource: dg_timer: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 305801671480 ns
[    0.000007] sched_clock: 32 bits at 6MHz, resolution 160ns, wraps every 343597383600ns
[    0.000021] Switching to timer-based delay loop, resolution 160ns
[    0.000218] Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 12.50 BogoMIPS (lpj=62500)
[    0.000245] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[    0.000371] Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.000390] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.000895] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
[    0.001649] Setting up static identity map for 0x42300000 - 0x42300060
[    0.001806] Hierarchical SRCU implementation.
[    0.002540] smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ...
[    0.004339] smp: Brought up 1 node, 2 CPUs
[    0.004356] SMP: Total of 2 processors activated (25.00 BogoMIPS).
[    0.004368] CPU: All CPU(s) started in SVC mode.
[    0.013900] VFP support v0.3: implementor 51 architecture 64 part 4d variant 2 rev 0
[    0.014065] clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 19112604462750000 ns
[    0.014091] futex hash table entries: 512 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[    0.014200] pinctrl core: initialized pinctrl subsystem
[    0.015175] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    0.015467] DMA: preallocated 256 KiB pool for atomic coherent allocations
[    0.016714] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[    0.016780] cpuidle: using governor menu
[    0.038776] msm_bus_fabric_init_driver
[    0.040161] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    0.040236] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    0.040327] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    0.040382] pps_core: LinuxPPS API ver. 1 registered
[    0.040396] pps_core: Software ver. 5.3.6 - Copyright 2005-2007 Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
[    0.040428] PTP clock support registered
[    0.042282] clocksource: Switched to clocksource dg_timer
[    0.045389] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    0.045983] TCP established hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
[    0.046017] TCP bind hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[    0.046052] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 2048)
[    0.046144] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
[    0.046173] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
[    0.046350] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    0.046397] PCI: CLS 0 bytes, default 64
[    0.047563] No memory allocated for crashlog
[    0.047852] workingset: timestamp_bits=30 max_order=16 bucket_order=0
[    0.052573] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
[    0.052591] jffs2: version 2.2 (NAND) (SUMMARY) (LZMA) (RTIME) (CMODE_PRIORITY) (c) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
[    0.061276] io scheduler noop registered
[    0.061296] io scheduler deadline registered (default)
[    0.063099] qcom-pcie 1b500000.pci: 1b500000.pci supply vdda not found, using dummy regulator
[    0.063208] qcom-pcie 1b500000.pci: 1b500000.pci supply vdda_phy not found, using dummy regulator
[    0.063303] qcom-pcie 1b500000.pci: 1b500000.pci supply vdda_refclk not found, using dummy regulator
[    0.064046] OF: PCI: host bridge /soc/pci@1b500000 ranges:
[    0.064092] OF: PCI:    IO 0x0fe00000..0x0fefffff -> 0x0fe00000
[    0.064126] OF: PCI:   MEM 0x08000000..0x0fdfffff -> 0x08000000
[    0.171684] qcom-pcie 1b500000.pci: link up
[    0.171847] qcom-pcie 1b500000.pci: PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
[    0.171871] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [bus 00-ff]
[    0.171890] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x0000-0xfffff] (bus address [0xfe00000-0xfefffff])
[    0.171906] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x08000000-0x0fdfffff]
[    0.171924] pci_bus 0000:00: scanning bus
[    0.171974] pci 0000:00:00.0: [17cb:0101] type 01 class 0x060400
[    0.172060] pci 0000:00:00.0: calling 0xc030d3c0
[    0.172134] pci 0000:00:00.0: supports D1
[    0.172147] pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D3hot
[    0.172163] pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# disabled
[    0.172528] pci_bus 0000:00: fixups for bus
[    0.172552] PCI: bus0: Fast back to back transfers disabled
[    0.172573] pci 0000:00:00.0: scanning [bus 01-ff] behind bridge, pass 0
[    0.172692] pci_bus 0000:01: scanning bus
[    0.172883] pci 0000:01:00.0: [1bb5:0008] type 00 class 0x028000
[    0.173164] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0x00000000-0x0000ffff pref]
[    0.173339] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 0x18: [mem 0x00000000-0x0000ffff pref]
[    0.173432] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 0x1c: [mem 0x00000000-0x0000ffff pref]
[    0.173772] pci 0000:01:00.0: calling 0xc030d3c0
[    0.174369] pci 0000:01:00.0: supports D1
[    0.174379] pci 0000:01:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D3hot
[    0.174422] pci 0000:01:00.0: PME# disabled
[    0.174757] pci_bus 0000:01: fixups for bus
[    0.174833] PCI: bus1: Fast back to back transfers disabled
[    0.174850] pci_bus 0000:01: bus scan returning with max=01
[    0.174868] pci 0000:00:00.0: scanning [bus 01-ff] behind bridge, pass 1
[    0.174885] pci_bus 0000:00: bus scan returning with max=ff
[    0.174934] pci 0000:00:00.0: BAR 8: assigned [mem 0x08000000-0x080fffff]
[    0.174962] pci 0000:01:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0x08000000-0x0800ffff pref]
[    0.175021] pci 0000:01:00.0: BAR 2: assigned [mem 0x08010000-0x0801ffff pref]
[    0.175075] pci 0000:01:00.0: BAR 3: assigned [mem 0x08020000-0x0802ffff pref]
[    0.175129] pci 0000:00:00.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-ff]
[    0.175153] pci 0000:00:00.0:   bridge window [mem 0x08000000-0x080fffff]
[    0.175185] pci 0000:00:00.0: calling 0xc055fbdc
[    0.175379] pcieport 0000:00:00.0: assign IRQ: got 67
[    0.175693] pcieport 0000:00:00.0: AER enabled with IRQ 35
[    0.175811] pci 0000:01:00.0: calling 0xc055fbdc
[    0.176224] qcom-pcie 1b700000.pci: 1b700000.pci supply vdda not found, using dummy regulator
[    0.176320] qcom-pcie 1b700000.pci: 1b700000.pci supply vdda_phy not found, using dummy regulator
[    0.176410] qcom-pcie 1b700000.pci: 1b700000.pci supply vdda_refclk not found, using dummy regulator
[    0.177118] OF: PCI: host bridge /soc/pci@1b700000 ranges:
[    0.177158] OF: PCI:    IO 0x31e00000..0x31efffff -> 0x31e00000
[    0.177184] OF: PCI:   MEM 0x2e000000..0x31dfffff -> 0x2e000000
[    0.287047] qcom-pcie 1b700000.pci: link up
[    0.287195] qcom-pcie 1b700000.pci: PCI host bridge to bus 0001:00
[    0.287215] pci_bus 0001:00: root bus resource [bus 00-ff]
[    0.287231] pci_bus 0001:00: root bus resource [mem 0x2e000000-0x31dfffff]
[    0.287248] pci_bus 0001:00: scanning bus
[    0.287285] pci 0001:00:00.0: [17cb:0101] type 01 class 0x060400
[    0.287360] pci 0001:00:00.0: calling 0xc030d3c0
[    0.287420] pci 0001:00:00.0: supports D1
[    0.287431] pci 0001:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D3hot
[    0.287444] pci 0001:00:00.0: PME# disabled
[    0.287668] pci_bus 0001:00: fixups for bus
[    0.287687] PCI: bus0: Fast back to back transfers disabled
[    0.287705] pci 0001:00:00.0: scanning [bus 01-ff] behind bridge, pass 0
[    0.287828] pci_bus 0001:01: scanning bus
[    0.288013] pci 0001:01:00.0: [168c:003c] type 00 class 0x028000
[    0.288367] pci 0001:01:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0x00000000-0x001fffff 64bit]
[    0.288778] pci 0001:01:00.0: reg 0x30: [mem 0x00000000-0x0000ffff pref]
[    0.288874] pci 0001:01:00.0: calling 0xc030d3c0
[    0.288886] pci 0001:01:00.0: calling 0xc05584a4
[    0.289575] pci 0001:01:00.0: supports D1 D2
[    0.289587] pci 0001:01:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[    0.289629] pci 0001:01:00.0: PME# disabled
[    0.289955] pci_bus 0001:01: fixups for bus
[    0.290030] PCI: bus1: Fast back to back transfers disabled
[    0.290046] pci_bus 0001:01: bus scan returning with max=01
[    0.290063] pci 0001:00:00.0: scanning [bus 01-ff] behind bridge, pass 1
[    0.290080] pci_bus 0001:00: bus scan returning with max=ff
[    0.290119] pci 0001:00:00.0: BAR 8: assigned [mem 0x2e000000-0x2e2fffff]
[    0.290144] pci 0001:01:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0x2e000000-0x2e1fffff 64bit]
[    0.290280] pci 0001:01:00.0: BAR 6: assigned [mem 0x2e200000-0x2e20ffff pref]
[    0.290298] pci 0001:00:00.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-ff]
[    0.290319] pci 0001:00:00.0:   bridge window [mem 0x2e000000-0x2e2fffff]
[    0.290347] pci 0001:00:00.0: calling 0xc055fbdc
[    0.290518] pcieport 0001:00:00.0: assign IRQ: got 100
[    0.290785] pcieport 0001:00:00.0: AER enabled with IRQ 68
[    0.290894] pci 0001:01:00.0: calling 0xc055fbdc
[    0.293229] L2 @ QSB rate. Forcing new rate.
[    0.293439] L2 @ 384000 KHz
[    0.293610] CPU0 @ 800000 KHz
[    0.293624] CPU1 @ QSB rate. Forcing new rate.
[    0.293748] CPU1 @ 384000 KHz
[    0.297457] gsbi 16300000.gsbi: GSBI port protocol: 6 crci: 0
[    0.298490] tcsr 1a400000.syscon: setting usb port select = 3
[    0.298743] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 16 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[    0.301225] msm_serial 16340000.serial: msm_serial: detected port #0
[    0.301323] msm_serial 16340000.serial: uartclk = 7372800
[    0.301403] 16340000.serial: ttyMSM0 at MMIO 0x16340000 (irq = 101, base_baud = 460800) is a MSM
[    0.301440] msm_serial: console setup on port #0
[    1.053574] console [ttyMSM0] enabled
[    1.058248] msm_serial: driver initialized
[    1.066631] loop: module loaded
[    1.068691] nand: device found, Manufacturer ID: 0x2c, Chip ID: 0xa1
[    1.068724] nand: Micron MT29F1G08ABBEAH4
[    1.075356] nand: 128 MiB, SLC, erase size: 128 KiB, page size: 2048, OOB size: 64
[    1.079258] 8 fixed-partitions partitions found on MTD device qcom_nand.0
[    1.086695] Creating 8 MTD partitions on "qcom_nand.0":
[    1.093571] 0x000000000000-0x000000c80000 : "qcadata"
[    1.103536] random: fast init done
[    1.121262] 0x000000c80000-0x000001180000 : "APPSBL"
[    1.130724] 0x000001180000-0x000001200000 : "APPSBLENV"
[    1.132342] 0x000001200000-0x000001340000 : "art"
[    1.137703] 0x000001340000-0x000001740000 : "kernel"
[    1.147337] 0x000001740000-0x000002d40000 : "ubi"
[    1.186397] 0x000002d40000-0x000003940000 : "netgear"
[    1.208175] 0x000003940000-0x000008000000 : "reserve"
[    1.333481] libphy: GPIO Bitbanged MDIO: probed
[    1.354784] switch0: Atheros AR8337 rev. 2 switch registered on gpio-0
[    2.194133] ar8327: qca,phy-rgmii-en is not specified
[    2.194515] libphy: Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[    2.200262] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37200000.ethernet: PTP uses main clock
[    2.202548] stmmac - user ID: 0x10, Synopsys ID: 0x37
[    2.208673] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37200000.ethernet: Ring mode enabled
[    2.213785] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37200000.ethernet: DMA HW capability register supported
[    2.219787] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37200000.ethernet: Enhanced/Alternate descriptors
[    2.227860] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37200000.ethernet: Enabled extended descriptors
[    2.235394] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37200000.ethernet: RX Checksum Offload Engine supported
[    2.242355] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37200000.ethernet: COE Type 2
[    2.250325] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37200000.ethernet: TX Checksum insertion supported
[    2.256134] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37200000.ethernet: Wake-Up On Lan supported
[    2.263510] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37200000.ethernet: Enable RX Mitigation via HW Watchdog Timer
[    2.271802] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet: PTP uses main clock
[    2.279069] stmmac - user ID: 0x10, Synopsys ID: 0x37
[    2.285221] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet: Ring mode enabled
[    2.290182] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet: DMA HW capability register supported
[    2.296338] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet: Enhanced/Alternate descriptors
[    2.304305] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet: Enabled extended descriptors
[    2.311798] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet: RX Checksum Offload Engine supported
[    2.318894] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet: COE Type 2
[    2.326797] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet: TX Checksum insertion supported
[    2.332605] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet: Wake-Up On Lan supported
[    2.339923] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet: Enable RX Mitigation via HW Watchdog Timer
[    2.347417] i2c /dev entries driver
[    2.356195] Calibration not found.
[    2.359613] Speed bin: 0
[    2.361962] PVS bin: 2
[    2.366055] cpuidle: enable-method property 'qcom,kpss-acc-v1' found operations
[    2.366899] cpuidle: enable-method property 'qcom,kpss-acc-v1' found operations
[    2.374696] sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
[    2.381324] sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
[    2.387650] sdhci-pltfm: SDHCI platform and OF driver helper
[    2.393378] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[    2.399120] Segment Routing with IPv6
[    2.402056] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    2.405884] bridge: filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables is no longer available by default. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if you need this.
[    2.410658] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[    2.423322] Registering SWP/SWPB emulation handler
[    2.439669] qcom_rpm 108000.rpm: RPM firmware 3.0.16777336
[    2.450982] s1a: supplied by regulator-dummy
[    2.451073] s1a: Bringing 0uV into 1050000-1050000uV
[    2.454686] s1b: supplied by regulator-dummy
[    2.459321] s1b: Bringing 0uV into 1050000-1050000uV
[    2.463853] s2a: supplied by regulator-dummy
[    2.468517] s2a: Bringing 0uV into 800000-800000uV
[    2.473050] s2b: supplied by regulator-dummy
[    2.477379] s2b: Bringing 0uV into 800000-800000uV
[    2.482691] thermal thermal_zone0: failed to read out thermal zone (-110)
[    2.489881] UBI: auto-attach mtd5
[    2.493326] ubi0: attaching mtd5
[    2.545655] random: crng init done
[    2.664412] ubi0: scanning is finished
[    2.673997] ubi0: attached mtd5 (name "ubi", size 22 MiB)
[    2.674020] ubi0: PEB size: 131072 bytes (128 KiB), LEB size: 126976 bytes
[    2.678368] ubi0: min./max. I/O unit sizes: 2048/2048, sub-page size 2048
[    2.685216] ubi0: VID header offset: 2048 (aligned 2048), data offset: 4096
[    2.691996] ubi0: good PEBs: 176, bad PEBs: 0, corrupted PEBs: 0
[    2.698826] ubi0: user volume: 2, internal volumes: 1, max. volumes count: 128
[    2.705080] ubi0: max/mean erase counter: 2/0, WL threshold: 4096, image sequence number: 1229807046
[    2.712053] ubi0: available PEBs: 0, total reserved PEBs: 176, PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling: 20
[    2.721485] ubi0: background thread "ubi_bgt0d" started, PID 59
[    2.722156] block ubiblock0_0: created from ubi0:0(rootfs)
[    2.736255] ubiblock: device ubiblock0_0 (rootfs) set to be root filesystem
[    2.741738] hctosys: unable to open rtc device (rtc0)
[    2.755562] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 254:0.
[    2.757556] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1024K
[    3.113770] init: Console is alive
[    3.113903] init: - watchdog -
[    3.702807] kmodloader: loading kernel modules from /etc/modules-boot.d/*
[    3.903368] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[    3.906904] SCSI subsystem initialized
[    3.913115] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[    3.917377] ahci 29000000.sata: forcing port_map 0x0 -> 0x1
[    3.917475] ahci 29000000.sata: AHCI 0001.0300 32 slots 1 ports 6 Gbps 0x1 impl platform mode
[    3.921875] ahci 29000000.sata: flags: ncq sntf pm led clo only pmp pio slum part ccc apst 
[    3.931708] scsi host0: ahci
[    3.938788] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 mmio [mem 0x29000000-0x2900017f] port 0x100 irq 26
[    4.275091] ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    4.278254] ehci-platform: EHCI generic platform driver
[    4.283077] qcom-dwc3-usb-phy 100f8830.phy: cannot get HSIO settings from device node, using default values
[    4.285077] qcom-dwc3-usb-phy 110f8830.phy: cannot get HSIO settings from device node, using default values
[    4.296031] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[    4.304653] ohci-platform: OHCI generic platform driver
[    4.438830] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.0.auto: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.438908] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.0.auto: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    4.443587] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.0.auto: hcc params 0x0228f065 hci version 0x100 quirks 0x0000000002010010
[    4.450811] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.0.auto: irq 105, io mem 0x11000000
[    4.460701] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.466486] hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[    4.470240] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.0.auto: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.474123] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.0.auto: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[    4.479330] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.0.auto: Host supports USB 3.0  SuperSpeed
[    4.487040] usb usb2: We don't know the algorithms for LPM for this host, disabling LPM.
[    4.493911] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.501830] hub 2-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[    4.505687] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.509457] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[    4.514958] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: hcc params 0x0228f065 hci version 0x100 quirks 0x0000000002010010
[    4.522324] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: irq 106, io mem 0x10000000
[    4.532136] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.538032] hub 3-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[    4.541662] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: xHCI Host Controller
[    4.545618] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[    4.550854] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.1.auto: Host supports USB 3.0  SuperSpeed
[    4.558583] usb usb4: We don't know the algorithms for LPM for this host, disabling LPM.
[    4.565425] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    4.573454] hub 4-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[    4.578531] kmodloader: done loading kernel modules from /etc/modules-boot.d/*
[    4.583652] init: - preinit -
[    6.430711] Generic PHY fixed-0:01: attached PHY driver [Generic PHY] (mii_bus:phy_addr=fixed-0:01, irq=POLL)
[    6.432229] dwmac1000: Master AXI performs any burst length
[    6.439729] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet eth1: IEEE 1588-2008 Advanced Timestamp supported
[    6.445242] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet eth1: registered PTP clock
[    6.455122] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[    7.512884] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet eth1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off
[    7.512966] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
[    9.645962] UBIFS (ubi0:1): background thread "ubifs_bgt0_1" started, PID 142
[    9.698007] UBIFS (ubi0:1): recovery needed
[    9.841570] UBIFS (ubi0:1): recovery completed
[    9.841643] UBIFS (ubi0:1): UBIFS: mounted UBI device 0, volume 1, name "rootfs_data"
[    9.844988] UBIFS (ubi0:1): LEB size: 126976 bytes (124 KiB), min./max. I/O unit sizes: 2048 bytes/2048 bytes
[    9.852885] UBIFS (ubi0:1): FS size: 15110144 bytes (14 MiB, 119 LEBs), journal size 1015809 bytes (0 MiB, 6 LEBs)
[    9.862752] UBIFS (ubi0:1): reserved for root: 713689 bytes (696 KiB)
[    9.873001] UBIFS (ubi0:1): media format: w4/r0 (latest is w5/r0), UUID 7E7D2E34-9BC3-42DF-90B2-2DE639CC28B3, small LPT model
[    9.892921] mount_root: switching to ubifs overlay
[    9.912968] urandom-seed: Seeding with /etc/urandom.seed
[   10.030126] procd: - early -
[   10.030272] procd: - watchdog -
[   10.664493] procd: - watchdog -
[   10.665115] procd: - ubus -
[   10.744902] procd: - init -
[   11.192107] urngd: v1.0.2 started.
[   11.205655] kmodloader: loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*
[   11.208183] ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[   11.214498] Loading modules backported from Linux version v4.19.120-0-gfdc072324f3c
[   11.216365] Backport generated by backports.git v4.19.120-1-0-g60c3a249
[   11.224921] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[   11.233127] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (4096 buckets, 16384 max)
[   11.254307] xt_time: kernel timezone is -0000
[   11.268197] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[   11.268969] NET: Registered protocol family 24
[   11.277791] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: assign IRQ: got 100
[   11.277813] ath10k 4.19 driver, optimized for CT firmware, probing pci device: 0x3c.
[   11.278233] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
[   11.284760] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: enabling bus mastering
[   11.285146] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[   11.516214] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/fwcfg-pci-0001:01:00.0.txt failed with error -2
[   11.516243] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[   11.609584] firmware ath10k!fwcfg-pci-0001:01:00.0.txt: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
[   11.609776] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0001:01:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[   11.617509] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[   11.668065] firmware ath10k!pre-cal-pci-0001:01:00.0.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
[   11.668393] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0001:01:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[   11.676070] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[   11.719898] firmware ath10k!cal-pci-0001:01:00.0.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
[   11.720440] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/ct-firmware-5.bin failed with error -2
[   11.727520] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[   11.759155] firmware ath10k!QCA988X!hw2.0!ct-firmware-5.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
[   11.759344] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/ct-firmware-2.bin failed with error -2
[   11.767458] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[   11.796308] firmware ath10k!QCA988X!hw2.0!ct-firmware-2.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
[   11.796507] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-6.bin failed with error -2
[   11.804611] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[   11.832091] firmware ath10k!QCA988X!hw2.0!firmware-6.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
[   11.832292] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin failed with error -2
[   11.840056] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[   11.878654] firmware ath10k!QCA988X!hw2.0!firmware-5.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
[   11.878848] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-4.bin failed with error -2
[   11.886589] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[   11.919557] firmware ath10k!QCA988X!hw2.0!firmware-4.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
[   11.919797] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-3.bin failed with error -2
[   11.927502] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[   11.983558] firmware ath10k!QCA988X!hw2.0!firmware-3.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
[   12.036796] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 target 0x4100016c chip_id 0x043202ff sub 0000:0000
[   12.036829] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 1 testmode 0
[   12.045629] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: firmware ver 10.1-ct-8x-__fW-022-b0e1b7cd api 2 features wmi-10.x,has-wmi-mgmt-tx,mfp,txstatus-noack,wmi-10.x-CT,ratemask-CT,txrate-CT,get-temp-CT,tx-rc-CT,cust-stats-CT,retry-gt2-CT,txrate2-CT,beacon-cb-CT,wmi-block-ack-CT crc32 1e527180
[   12.083324] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-2.bin failed with error -2
[   12.083350] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[   12.118852] firmware ath10k!QCA988X!hw2.0!board-2.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
[   12.119188] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 bebc7c08
[   13.046836] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: 10.1 wmi init: vdevs: 16  peers: 127  tid: 256
[   13.056300] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: wmi print 'P 128 V 8 T 410'
[   13.056381] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: wmi print 'msdu-desc: 1424  sw-crypt: 0 ct-sta: 0'
[   13.061434] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: wmi print 'alloc rem: 20904 iram: 26056'
[   13.115300] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: htt-ver 2.1 wmi-op 2 htt-op 2 cal otp max-sta 128 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
[   13.129377] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: NOTE:  Firmware DBGLOG output disabled in debug_mask: 0x10000000
[   13.241021] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
[   13.241032] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
[   13.241040] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[   13.241053] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
[   13.241063] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
[   13.241072] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
[   13.246471] kmodloader: done loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*
[   16.043761] Generic PHY fixed-0:01: attached PHY driver [Generic PHY] (mii_bus:phy_addr=fixed-0:01, irq=POLL)
[   16.044665] dwmac1000: Master AXI performs any burst length
[   16.052741] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet eth1: IEEE 1588-2008 Advanced Timestamp supported
[   16.058135] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet eth1: registered PTP clock
[   16.067229] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[   16.075878] br-lan: port 1(eth1.1) entered blocking state
[   16.079824] br-lan: port 1(eth1.1) entered disabled state
[   16.085601] device eth1.1 entered promiscuous mode
[   16.090669] device eth1 entered promiscuous mode
[   16.107406] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): br-lan: link is not ready
[   17.112704] ipq806x-gmac-dwmac 37400000.ethernet eth1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off
[   17.711184] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: 10.1 wmi init: vdevs: 16  peers: 127  tid: 256
[   17.720655] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: wmi print 'P 128 V 8 T 410'
[   17.720740] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: wmi print 'msdu-desc: 1424  sw-crypt: 0 ct-sta: 0'
[   17.726025] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: wmi print 'alloc rem: 20904 iram: 26056'
[   17.793461] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: pdev param 0 not supported by firmware
[   17.803381] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[   17.803884] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
[   17.808823] br-lan: port 1(eth1.1) entered blocking state
[   17.814501] br-lan: port 1(eth1.1) entered forwarding state
[   17.820506] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): br-lan: link becomes ready
[   17.825522] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered blocking state
[   17.831893] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[   17.837603] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[   21.235160] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[   21.235345] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered blocking state
[   21.240578] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state

Excellent, but I think I may have bad news. From the dmesg this looks like a R7500v1 (or maybe the firmware loaded on it is the r7500v1?). I'm not an expert on this so definitely seek a second opinion. Here is what I see from the dmesg:

OF: fdt: Machine model: Netgear Nighthawk X4 R7500

mine will actually say "R7500v2" (a dmesg from my device is here but this is using a snapshot image i.e. not 19.07.4)

Also the wireless reports in the dmesg as a 988x here:

[   12.036796] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 target 0x4100016c chip_id 0x043202ff sub 0000:0000

My r7500v2 uses the 9980 driver/firmware for both 2.4 and 5 GHz wireless (the openwrt wiki and wikidevi say that the v2 has a 9880 but I think that's wrong - I actually remove the 988x driver/firmware and both wifi bands work fine for me.)

If you are certain your unit is a r7500v2, double check you actually loaded the r7500v2 image. If you suspect its actually a r7500v1 you can try the v1 image. I suppose the v2 image comes with the 988x wifi driver/firmware in case of situations like this...

Did you get this device second hand?

HTH

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I am pretty sure i flashed the v2 firmware because the v1 firmware did not flashed correctly...

I bought this device as new a couple of years ago on Amazon... Always had issues with wifi, so i decided to flash OpenWRT and give it a try. Flashed the image from the NEtgear web gui and bricked it. Then i followed the guied to unbrick by the mrpflash tool... but it did not worked with the v1 image, while it worked at the first try with the v2 image....

How can i actually find if i have a v1 or v2?
At this point it seems more a v1 even if i flashed the v2 image...

By the way, what is a good and cheap device which support mesh? That is something i would like to try with openwrt!

From the kernel log, it looks like a v1. As I don't have a v1 and there is was a warning in the openwrt wiki about flashing a v1 without a serial console, (at least initially when coming from something other than openwrt), I'm hesitant to advise you here. I've seen others post about the v1 so maybe search the forums and see if an existing user is willing to advise you here.

EDIT: it seems the warning about using a serial console has been removed (others have speculated that this warning may be overblown - use your own judgment)

If it is a v1, I don't think you are going to get 5 GHz using openwrt regardless of what you do.

Only if you can afford to replace it and live without it:

I might try flashing netgear_r7500-squashfs-factory.img (a v1) image via tftp and see if that works and if the dmesg is any different. You can also try flashing a v1 "sysupgrade" image via luci web interface but that might be more risky.

After that I might then try flashing netgear_r7500v2-squashfs-factory.img via tftp.

If your unit is actually a v2 and it turns out you accidentally flashed a v1 image from the start, I'm pretty sure you have nothing to worry about. My experience (and others with r7800's - similar to the r7500v2) is that it is really hard to break it by tftp (or luci web interface) flashing the wrong thing.

If it turns out to be a v1, its still a great switch and a decent router. Only having 2.4 GHz would be a disappointment.

Lastly, I don't use mesh so you might search the forums and then open another post about that.

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Thank you...
As soon as i will have time i will try.

I remeber trying to flash the v1 firmware without success twice. One from the netgear GUI and one from mprflash. While the v2 just worked. Also, i downloaded the v1 image twice to be sure. anyway, i just bought a Netgear R6220 which seems to be perfectly supported (and at an amazing pricepoint) so as soon as i get it, i will set it up instead of the R7500, so i can start playing with it without losing wifi. If all goes well, i will have two OpenWRT routers and start playing with mesh stuff. If things goes bad, i have back 5Ghz on the R6220 and that will fit the bill anyway.

A pity for the R7500, but it never worked well for me anyway, it might be defective on the wifi part who knows. with OEM firmware i had to reboot it weekly or i would randomly lose WiFi connection.

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The FCC ID should provide some clarity (so would taking a peek at the PCB and comparing it to the FCC images).

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Sorry for the delay! I finally solved the mistery, and i have a R7500v1, not the v2.

I tried to flash the v2 image and the router will not boot. So i flashed again the v1 image and the router booted fine. At this point, i am pretty sure it's a v1. Quite sad, i did pay a lot for the router a few years ago, and it sucks, but hey, it's the way it is. Still a great 2.4g router.

Thank you all!

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Sorry to here that but I'm glad you worked it out. For the benefit of others that might read this thread, should mark your post above as the one that "solved" it.

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