Openwrt x86 AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)

Hi guys,

I have pc with a AR928X Wireless Network Adapter installed on a pci card.
I installed Openwrt x86 an with ath9k-htc-firmware.

Radio 0 shows:
Generic MAC80211 802.11abgn
Channel: 1 (2.412 GHz) | Bitrate: ? Mbit/s

And wireless is disabled (can't get it online):
SSID: OpenWrt | Mode: Master
BSSID: 00:23:4D:AA:1A:D4 | Encryption: None

I can't get it online...can someone help me out?

Kind regards,
JvR

I have read this treat.....still not be able to get it working:

Does your WiFi card support AP mode? Many (mostly Intel) card do not support AP mode, they only work as "client" cards. I used Atheros AR5BXB92 in my x86. While not working in .ac, it is rock stable as 802.11n adapter.

  • What other packages did you install?
  • Can you try the standard ath9k instead?
  • Did you actually enable the SSID in the config?

I use this adapter:
Atheros ar5bxb92 (HP: 482260-002) Wifi mini PCI card 802.11a/g/n

I Guess that it is the same adapter you use...or are there differents between ar5bxb92 adapters?

-Can you try the standard ath9k instead?
I believe I did?!?

-Did you actually enable the SSID in the config?
Yes I did , but I did not get active..

What other packages did you install?

ath9k-htc-firmware
20190416-1


base-files
204.2-r10947-65030d81f3
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20190416-1
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16
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5.11.0-1
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collectd-mod-wireless
5.11.0-1
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dnsmasq
2.80-15
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dropbear
2019.78-2
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e2fsprogs
1.44.5-2
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firewall
2019-11-22-8174814a-1
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fstools
2020-01-18-189b41b6-1
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fwtool
2
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getrandom
2019-06-16-4df34a4d-3
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glib2
2.58.3-5
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hostapd
2019-08-08-ca8c2bd2-2
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hostapd-common
2019-08-08-ca8c2bd2-2
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ip6tables
1.8.3-1
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1.8.3-1
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iw-full
5.0.1-1
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jshn
2020-02-27-7da66430-1
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jsonfilter
2018-02-04-c7e938d6-1
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kernel
4.14.171-1-e1dd7676…
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kmod-ath
4.14.171+4.19.98-1-1
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kmod-ath10k
4.14.171+4.19.98-1-1
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4.14.171+4.19.98-1-1
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4.14.171+4.19.98-1-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171+4.19.98-1-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171-1
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4.14.171-1
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2.4.48-1
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2.34-1
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2020-02-27-7da66430-1
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1.1.24-2
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1.44.5-2
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1.44.5-2
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1.8.3-1
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1.8.3-1
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2019-10-16-07315b6f-1
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2019-10-16-07315b6f-1
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0.12.1-3
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2020-02-27-7da66430-1
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2.4.6-2
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5.1.5-3
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2019-07-05-a34a17d5-1
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2019-07-05-a34a17d5-1
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0.1-5
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1.1.24-2
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librt
1.1.24-2
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libsmartcols1
2.34-1
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libss2
1.44.5-2
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1.2.5-1
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2020-02-27-7da66430-1
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2019-12-27-041c9d1c-1
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2019-12-27-041c9d1c-1
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2019-09-01-415f9e48-3
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2019-05-30-3b3e368d-1
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2.34-1
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1.8.3-1
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2019-06-16-4df34a4d-3
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git-20.087.56959-ed1fc63-1
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git-20.057.55219-13dd17f-1



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OPKG package management application

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git-20.057.55219-13dd17f-1
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LuCI core libraries

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git-20.057.55219-13dd17f-1
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Lua library for IP calculation and routing information

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git-20.057.55219-13dd17f-1
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Lua binding for JSON-C

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git-20.057.55219-13dd17f-1
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NIXIO POSIX library

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git-20.057.55219-13dd17f-1
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LuCI Administration - full-featured for full control

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LuCI Network Administration

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LuCI Status Pages

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LuCI Administration - Global System Settings

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Support for DHCPv6/6in4/6to4/6rd/DS-Lite

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Support for PPP/PPPoE/PPPoA/PPtP

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Bootstrap Theme (default)

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Utility for creating a Flash-Friendly File System (F2FS)

mtd
24
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This package contains an utility useful to upgrade from other firmware or…

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2019-08-05-5e02f944-1
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OpenWrt Network Interface Configuration Daemon

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2019-01-11-e199804b-16
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Embedded DHCPv6-client for OpenWrt

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2019-12-16-e53fec89-3
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odhcpd is a daemon for serving and relaying IP management protocols to…

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10.3.10-1
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open-vm-tools

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2019-07-25-8080ef34-1
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The keyring of with the developer using and gpg public keys.

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Lightweight package management system…

partx-utils
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contains partx, addpart, delpart

ppp
2.4.7.git-2019-05-25-3
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This package contains the PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) daemon.

ppp-mod-pppoe
2.4.7.git-2019-05-25-3
~11.1 KB
This package contains a PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) plugin for ppp.

procd
2020-01-24-31e4b2df-1
~45.6 KB
OpenWrt system process manager

r8169-firmware
20190416-1
~17.3 KB
RealTek RTL8169 firmware

rpcd
2019-11-10-77ad0de0-1
~22.4 KB
This package provides the UBUS RPC backend server to expose various…

rpcd-mod-file
2019-11-10-77ad0de0-1
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Provides ubus calls for file and directory operations.

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2019-11-10-77ad0de0-1
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Provides ubus calls for accessing iwinfo data.

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20191114
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Provides LuCI backend ubus RPC operations.

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20170710
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Provides rapid mass reverse DNS lookup functionality.

ubox
2019-06-16-4df34a4d-3
~16.6 KB
OpenWrt system helper toolbox

ubus
2019-12-27-041c9d1c-1
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OpenWrt RPC client utility

ubusd
2019-12-27-041c9d1c-1
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OpenWrt RPC daemon

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2019-09-01-415f9e48-3
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Utility for the Unified Configuration Interface (UCI)

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2019-05-30-3b3e368d-1
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Tiny wget replacement using libuclient

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2020-02-12-2ee323c0-1
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uHTTPd is a tiny single threaded HTTP server with TLS, CGI and Lua…

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1.0-1
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/etc/urandom.seed handling for OpenWrt

urngd
2020-01-21-c7f7b6b6-1
~5.7 KB
urngd is OpenWrt's micro non-physical true random number generator based on…

usign
2019-08-06-5a52b379-1
~12.0 KB
OpenWrt signature verification utility

wireless-regdb
2019.06.03
~2.7 KB
Wireless Regulatory Database

zlib
1.2.11-3
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zlib is a lossless data-compression library.…

I have suspicion that's an OEM card.
post output of dmesg | grep -i ath and cat /proc/bus/pci/devices.

[    7.018759] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc
[    7.453495] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x6a
[    7.453497] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[    7.453499] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[    7.453500] ath: Regpair used: 0x6a
[    7.470671] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9280 Rev:2 mem=0xffffc900001c0000, irq=18
[    8.165483] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x8210
[    8.165484] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[    8.165485] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[    8.165486] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x37
[    8.165487] ath: Country alpha2 being used: NL
[    8.165487] ath: Regpair used: 0x37
[    8.165488] ath: regdomain 0x8210 dynamically updated by user

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Strange, the driver is loading fine. Might be that it's set up to run out of spec and hostapd is failing to set it up. If that's a laptop it could be some kind of rfkill switch. Post logread output.

I restarted the adapter:

root@OpenWrt:~# logread -f

Wed Apr 22 19:31:09 2020 daemon.err odhcp6c[2445]: Failed to send DHCPV6 message                                                                               to ff02::1:2 (Permission denied)
Wed Apr 22 19:32:02 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state ENABLED->                                                                              DISABLED
Wed Apr 22 19:32:02 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: AP-DISABLED
Wed Apr 22 19:32:02 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Wed Apr 22 19:32:02 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 dis                                                                              abled_11b_rates=0
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 kern.info kernel: [16035.320788] device wlan0 left prom                                                                              iscuous mode
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 kern.info kernel: [16035.320993] br-wan: port 2(wlan0)                                                                               entered disabled state
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0' link is do                                                                              wn
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wan (2453): udhcpc: performing DH                                                                              CP renew
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wan (2453): udhcpc: sending renew                                                                               to 192.168.0.254
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wan (2453): udhcpc: lease of 192.                                                                              168.0.111 obtained, lease time 86400
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 daemon.err hostapd: Configuration file: /var/run/hostap                                                                              d-phy0.conf
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 kern.info kernel: [16035.590144] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_                                                                              UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state UNINITIAL                                                                              IZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 daemon.err hostapd: Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 0                                                                              0:23:4d:aa:1a:d4 and ssid "OpenWrt"
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 kern.info kernel: [16035.591466] br-wan: port 2(wlan0)                                                                               entered blocking state
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 kern.info kernel: [16035.591622] br-wan: port 2(wlan0)                                                                               entered disabled state
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 kern.info kernel: [16035.591833] device wlan0 entered p                                                                              romiscuous mode
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 kern.info kernel: [16035.591979] br-wan: port 2(wlan0)                                                                               entered blocking state
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 kern.info kernel: [16035.592112] br-wan: port 2(wlan0)                                                                               entered forwarding state
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state COUNTRY_U                                                                              PDATE->ENABLED
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: AP-ENABLED
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 kern.info kernel: [16035.626736] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_                                                                              CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0' link is up
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wan (2453): udhcpc: performing DH                                                                              CP renew
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wan (2453): udhcpc: sending renew                                                                               to 192.168.0.254
Wed Apr 22 19:32:03 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wan (2453): udhcpc: lease of 192.                                                                              168.0.111 obtained, lease time 86400
Wed Apr 22 19:32:58 2020 kern.info kernel: [16090.775338] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
Wed Apr 22 19:32:58 2020 kern.info kernel: [16090.775542] br-wan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
Wed Apr 22 19:32:58 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state ENABLED->DISABLED
Wed Apr 22 19:32:58 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: AP-DISABLED
Wed Apr 22 19:32:58 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Wed Apr 22 19:32:58 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Wed Apr 22 19:32:58 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wan (2453): udhcpc: performing DHCP renew
Wed Apr 22 19:32:58 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wan (2453): udhcpc: sending renew to 192.168.0.254
Wed Apr 22 19:32:58 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wan (2453): udhcpc: lease of 192.168.0.111 obtained, lease time 86400
Wed Apr 22 19:32:58 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: nl80211: Failed to remove interface wlan0 from bridge br-wan: Invalid argument
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 daemon.err hostapd: Configuration file: /var/run/hostapd-phy0.conf
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 daemon.err hostapd: Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 00:23:4d:aa:1a:d4 and ssid "OpenWrt"
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 kern.info kernel: [16102.844600] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 kern.info kernel: [16102.845293] br-wan: port 2(wlan0) entered blocking state
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 kern.info kernel: [16102.845429] br-wan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 kern.info kernel: [16102.845607] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 kern.info kernel: [16102.879212] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 kern.info kernel: [16102.879481] br-wan: port 2(wlan0) entered blocking state
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 kern.info kernel: [16102.879614] br-wan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->ENABLED
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: AP-ENABLED
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0' link is up
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wan (2453): udhcpc: performing DHCP renew
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wan (2453): udhcpc: sending renew to 192.168.0.254
Wed Apr 22 19:33:10 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wan (2453): udhcpc: lease of 192.168.0.111 obtained, lease time 86400
Wed Apr 22 19:33:12 2020 daemon.err odhcp6c[2445]: Failed to send DHCPV6 message to ff02::1:2 (Permission denied)

I see that a state of "AP-ENABLED" is reached, along with "wlan0 link is up", which means there should be wifi.

What is the reason for attaching the wifi AP to the wan network? Conventionally it would be in lan (br-lan) not wan.

ath9k-htc is needed only for USB cards. Though there are some cards that have a USB chip in a PCIe form factor it doesn't look like yours is one of them.

You forget install wpad(-mini) package.
I have ar9285 mpcie card on x86 board, I just need to install kmod-ath9k wpad and it automatically install the related packages. Works as expected.

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I get this error:

Executing package manager

Installing wpad-mini (2019-08-08-ca8c2bd2-2) to root...

Errors

Collected errors: * check_conflicts_for: The following packages conflict with wpad-mini: * check_conflicts_for: hostapd * * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package wpad-mini.

The opkg install command failed with code 255 .

I removed the hostapd package and installed wpad. The a reboot incl reconfiguere of the WiFi config.
Still no signal....

@mk24
It is attached to WAN, because I was trying some things out, in the hope it fix the problem. :wink:

Everything seems fine working , but there is no signal. (I see no SSID)