I am just testing out wireless mesh networks, using 2 Totolink X5000R routers
Both routers are working as AP in the 5GHz radio
Both routers are configured to use 2.4GHz radio as the mesh backhaul.
Both routers using the same firmware:
This was fixed in a previous version (it is working in a 21.x snapshot) although as I recall it still reported none while the wifi mesh node was starting up, but it has gone back to reporting none for encryption in the 22.x snapshot I'm currently using.
I think the UI is probably either reporting the output of iwinfo, or getting its info from the same source.
mesh0 ESSID:
Access Point:
Mode: Mesh Point Channel: 48 (5.240 GHz)
Center Channel 1: 42 2: unknown
Tx-Power: 20 dBm Link Quality: unknown/70
Signal: unknown Noise: -103 dBm
Bit Rate: unknown
Encryption: none <====================
Type: nl80211 HW Mode(s): 802.11nac
Hardware: 168C:003C 0000:0000 [Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880]
TX power offset: none
Frequency offset: none
Supports VAPs: yes PHY name: phy0
mesh2 ESSID:
Access Point:
Mode: Mesh Point Channel: 13 (2.472 GHz)
Center Channel 1: 11 2: unknown
Tx-Power: 18 dBm Link Quality: unknown/70
Signal: unknown Noise: -95 dBm
Bit Rate: unknown
Encryption: none
Type: nl80211 HW Mode(s): 802.11bgn
Hardware: 168C:002D 168C:209A [Atheros AR9287]
TX power offset: none
Frequency offset: none
Supports VAPs: yes PHY name: phy1
I've also noticed wifi scan wasn't working in the UI on mine although as I haven't updated for a while, I don't know if that's still the case.
Scan from the 21.x router shows the other is encrypted 48 Mesh Point WPA3 SAE (CCMP)
2 routers of the SAME model = Totolink X5000R
I am referring to the 5GHz radios on both routers, they are showing the SAME mac addresses
Already set, please see the picture again on my 1st thread.
Can you see the hostname (next to the Status menu), top left-hand corner of each picture?
I have actually "glued" 2 screenshots of 2 routers' Wireless Overview to become 1 picture. OpenWrtX5000R180 & OpenWrt5000R182
Yep, same thing here, when doing a scan using 2.4GHz radio, you can only see the turning wheel starting wireless scan.....no result output. Not sure if it because I have assigned the 2.4GHz to be a dedicated mesh backhaul, and scanning is disabled.
However 5Hz radio's wireless scanning is working
How did you get Mesh0 & Mesh1 listed like that?
Mine one is showing WLAN0 & WLAN1
If you want to make progress on this, please show the contents of: /etc/config/wireless
and /etc/config/network
Remember to use the "</>" option in the top line of the text box to make sure the contents are formatted correctly here.
It might be, that is the nature of snapshots.
By the way, I see you are using 22.03-snapshot. You do realise this is not even officially available - ..... It might be better to wait for the first release candidate before trying it.
To get the hostname, Luci must do a reverse lookup of the ip address of the remote mesh node.
The mesh network (layer 2) neither knows nor cares about the layer 3 ip networking.
Have you added the mesh network to the lan bridge?
config interface 'loopback'
option device 'lo'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
option netmask '255.0.0.0'
config globals 'globals'
option packet_steering '1'
option ula_prefix 'fd81:6440:7553::/48'
config device
option name 'br-lan'
option type 'bridge'
list ports 'lan1'
list ports 'lan2'
list ports 'lan3'
list ports 'lan4'
list ports 'wan'
option ipv6 '0'
config interface 'lan'
option device 'br-lan'
option proto 'static'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
option ip6assign '60'
option ipaddr '192.168.1.180'
option gateway '192.168.1.1'
list dns '192.168.1.1'
Yes, I notice, I am not using the official OpenWrt firmware, if I am going to use the official one, the
5GHz radio settings will be crashing Luci. 2.4GHz radio doesn't suffer this problem.
You can't use Luci to do any setting within the 5GHz radio. Configuration done on Luci will display
error message.
You are right, disabling the mesh gets wireless scanning working again. This wasn't necessary in earlier versions.
I edited the wireless file, but in luci, setting the mesh point's "Interface Name" in its wireless settings "Interface Configuration"->"Advanced Settings" tab should achieve the same effect.
Appreciated your info given.
But as much as I like to solve the problem, I don't possess the technical
know-how in understanding solutions given to me, as I am not a developer.
I am just a Windows guy(nor a Linux guru), or just an average guy who is trying to learn OpenWrt as much as possible. Please don't be offended, your information is too overwhelming for me to comprehend.
My router is a Wifi 6 802.11 AX router, so it should be using High Efficiency (HE) standard rather than using HT or High Throughput which is 802.11n standard
