Phone having problem connecting to AX3000T AP

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hello, I'm currently using three Xiaomi AX3000T router, like so:

  • Main router, taking care of DHCP, DNS, PPPoE to ISP
  • Dumb AP, two AP that has been configured as dumb AP.

But recently, my phone and my families phone (Mine is Pixel running Android 17 Beta 2, have 5GHz Wi-Fi issue. Another two is Samsung A5x series phone) suddenly unable to connect to the internet.

Upon investigation, I noticed this problem seems only applies to phone with Wi-Fi 6 or higher capability. Older device, incl. IoT cameras, and laptops are not affected for some reason.

Here's the steps I've tried:

  • Disable Management Frame Protection
  • Change from DFS channel & 160MHz channel width to non DFS and 80MHz
  • Change from 802.11ax to 802.11ac
  • Reboot
  • Upgrade firmware from 24.10.5 to 25.12.0-rc5
  • Create another Wi-Fi network with different name and WPA2 only. (Mine is using WPA2/3)

And still, those device couldn't connect to the Wi-Fi. Interestingly, when I connect to the AP from Samsung phone, the log shows:

Mon Mar  2 20:41:13 2026 daemon.info hostapd: phy1-ap1: STA MAC_REDACTED IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Mon Mar  2 20:41:13 2026 daemon.info hostapd: phy1-ap1: STA MAC_REDACTED IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Mon Mar  2 20:41:14 2026 daemon.notice hostapd: phy1-ap1: AP-STA-CONNECTED MAC_REDACTED auth_alg=open
Mon Mar  2 20:41:14 2026 daemon.info hostapd: phy1-ap1: STA MAC_REDACTED WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Mon Mar  2 20:41:14 2026 daemon.notice hostapd: phy1-ap1: EAPOL-4WAY-HS-COMPLETED MAC_REDACTED
Mon Mar  2 20:41:32 2026 daemon.notice hostapd: phy1-ap1: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED MAC_REDACTED
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post your /etc/config/wireless ?

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config wifi-device 'radio0'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option path 'platform/soc/18000000.wifi'
        option band '2g'
        option channel 'auto'
        option htmode 'HE40'
        option country 'TW'
        option cell_density '0'
        option noscan '1'
        option log_level '2'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
        option device 'radio0'
        option network 'lan'
        option mode 'ap'
        option ssid 'xxxxxx'
        option encryption 'sae-mixed'
        option key 'xxxxxx'
        option ieee80211r '1'
        option mobility_domain 'e47f'
        option ft_over_ds '0'
        option ieee80211k '1'
        option ieee80211w '0'

config wifi-device 'radio1'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option path 'platform/soc/18000000.wifi+1'
        option band '5g'
        option channel 'auto'
        option htmode 'HE80'
        option country 'TW'
        option cell_density '0'
        option log_level '2'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
        option device 'radio1'
        option network 'lan'
        option mode 'ap'
        option ssid 'xxxxxx'
        option encryption 'sae-mixed'
        option key 'xxxxxx'
        option ieee80211r '1'
        option mobility_domain 'e47f'
        option ft_over_ds '0'
        option ieee80211k '1'
        option ieee80211w '0'
        option wpa_disable_eapol_key_retries '1'
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Remove 11w disablement, sae-mixed requires it to be 1 or 2.

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Seems like the solution. Will continue testing.

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