I have a NanoPI R5C with FriendlyWRT 22.03, based on OpenWRT.
The wifi m2 card is an RTL8822CE.
The odd behaviour is that the card can do a scan of existing wifi networks, ex with "iwinfo wlan0 scan". But when I try to define a simple AP (using mac80211), the radio0 won't go up.
From what I understood, the RTL8822CE should be capable of doing the AP mode. The kernel modules are loaded, as a matter of fact, the scan goes fine).
Anything I can do to better diagnose the problem?
Many thanks.
Not what you want to hear, but get a Qualcomm or MediaTek based card,
RTL in AP mode is usually a no go.
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I'm happy to buy a card. Any m2 card you can suggest?
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Apologies for the delay.
After a few attempts, I bought a Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 card.
The ath10k wasn't in the FriendlyWRT distribution, but I recompiled the ath10k_pci kernel module from FriendlyElec's source tree and I also installed the firmware. The module goes up with modprobe and the card is recognised as per ifconfig.
But it has the same behaviour as the RTL8822CE. It doesn't go in AP mode and I can't understand why.
This is the output of the iwinfo:
wlan0 ESSID: "OpenWrt"
Access Point: E8:6F:38:3B:55:5F
Mode: Master Channel: 64 (5.320 GHz) HT Mode: NOHT
Center Channel 1: unknown 2: unknown
Tx-Power: 0 dBm Link Quality: unknown/70
Signal: unknown Noise: -100 dBm
Bit Rate: unknown
Encryption: none
Type: nl80211 HW Mode(s): 802.11ac/b/g/n
Hardware: 168C:003E 1028:364A [Generic MAC80211]
TX power offset: unknown
Frequency offset: unknown
Supports VAPs: yes PHY name: phy0
Any idea how can I debug this? Thanks
More info:
Wiphy phy0
wiphy index: 0
max # scan SSIDs: 16
max scan IEs length: 195 bytes
max # sched scan SSIDs: 16
max # match sets: 16
Retry short limit: 7
Retry long limit: 4
Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
Device supports AP-side u-APSD.
Available Antennas: TX 0x3 RX 0x3
Configured Antennas: TX 0x3 RX 0x3
Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* monitor
* mesh point
* P2P-client
* P2P-GO
* P2P-device
Band 1:
Capabilities: 0x19ef
RX LDPC
HT20/HT40
SM Power Save disabled
RX HT20 SGI
RX HT40 SGI
TX STBC
RX STBC 1-stream
Max AMSDU length: 7935 bytes
DSSS/CCK HT40
Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15
Frequencies:
* 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm)
* 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm)
* 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm)
* 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm)
* 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm)
* 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm)
* 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm)
* 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm)
* 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm)
* 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm)
* 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm)
* 2467 MHz [12] (disabled)
* 2472 MHz [13] (disabled)
* 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)
Band 2:
Capabilities: 0x19ef
RX LDPC
HT20/HT40
SM Power Save disabled
RX HT20 SGI
RX HT40 SGI
TX STBC
RX STBC 1-stream
Max AMSDU length: 7935 bytes
DSSS/CCK HT40
Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15
VHT Capabilities (0x339071b2):
Max MPDU length: 11454
Supported Channel Width: neither 160 nor 80+80
RX LDPC
short GI (80 MHz)
TX STBC
SU Beamformee
MU Beamformee
RX antenna pattern consistency
TX antenna pattern consistency
VHT RX MCS set:
1 streams: MCS 0-9
2 streams: MCS 0-9
3 streams: not supported
4 streams: not supported
5 streams: not supported
6 streams: not supported
7 streams: not supported
8 streams: not supported
VHT RX highest supported: 0 Mbps
VHT TX MCS set:
1 streams: MCS 0-9
2 streams: MCS 0-9
3 streams: not supported
4 streams: not supported
5 streams: not supported
6 streams: not supported
7 streams: not supported
8 streams: not supported
VHT TX highest supported: 0 Mbps
Frequencies:
* 5180 MHz [36] (23.0 dBm)
* 5200 MHz [40] (23.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5220 MHz [44] (23.0 dBm)
* 5240 MHz [48] (23.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5260 MHz [52] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5280 MHz [56] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5300 MHz [60] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5320 MHz [64] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5500 MHz [100] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5520 MHz [104] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5540 MHz [108] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5560 MHz [112] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5580 MHz [116] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5600 MHz [120] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5620 MHz [124] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5640 MHz [128] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5660 MHz [132] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5680 MHz [136] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5700 MHz [140] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5720 MHz [144] (24.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5745 MHz [149] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5765 MHz [153] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5785 MHz [157] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5805 MHz [161] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5825 MHz [165] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5845 MHz [169] (27.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5865 MHz [173] (disabled)
valid interface combinations:
* #{ managed } <= 2, #{ AP, mesh point, P2P-client, P2P-GO } <= 2, #{ P2P-device } <= 1,
total <= 4, #channels <= 1
* #{ managed } <= 2, #{ P2P-client } <= 2, #{ AP, mesh point, P2P-GO } <= 1, #{ P2P-device } <= 1,
total <= 4, #channels <= 2
* #{ managed } <= 1, #{ IBSS } <= 1,
total <= 2, #channels <= 1
HT Capability overrides:
* MCS: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
* maximum A-MSDU length
* supported channel width
* short GI for 40 MHz
* max A-MPDU length exponent
* min MPDU start spacing
max # scan plans: 2
max scan plan interval: 7200
max scan plan iterations: 100
Maximum associated stations in AP mode: 32
Supported extended features:
* [ VHT_IBSS ]: VHT-IBSS
* [ RRM ]: RRM
* [ SET_SCAN_DWELL ]: scan dwell setting
* [ FILS_STA ]: STA FILS (Fast Initial Link Setup)
* [ CQM_RSSI_LIST ]: multiple CQM_RSSI_THOLD records
* [ CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211 ]: control port over nl80211
* [ TXQS ]: FQ-CoDel-enabled intermediate TXQs
* [ AIRTIME_FAIRNESS ]: airtime fairness scheduling
* [ AQL ]: Airtime Queue Limits (AQL)
* [ CONTROL_PORT_NO_PREAUTH ]: disable pre-auth over nl80211 control port support
* [ DEL_IBSS_STA ]: deletion of IBSS station support
* [ SCAN_FREQ_KHZ ]: scan on kHz frequency support
* [ CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211_TX_STATUS ]: tx status for nl80211 control port support
Thanks
It appears you are using firmware that is not from the official OpenWrt project.
When using forks/offshoots/vendor-specific builds that are "based on OpenWrt", there may be many differences compared to the official versions (hosted by OpenWrt.org). Some of these customizations may fundamentally change the way that OpenWrt works. You might need help from people with specific/specialized knowledge about the firmware you are using, so it is possible that advice you get here may not be useful.
You may find that the best options are:
- Install an official version of OpenWrt, if your device is supported (see https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org).
- Ask for help from the maintainer(s) or user community of the specific firmware that you are using.
- Provide the source code for the firmware so that users on this forum can understand how your firmware works (OpenWrt forum users are volunteers, so somebody might look at the code if they have time and are interested in your issue).
If you believe that this specific issue is common to generic/official OpenWrt and/or the maintainers of your build have indicated as such, please feel free to clarify.
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Funny, Dr Falken 
The FriendlyARM's FriendlyWRT repository is pointing to OpenWRT.
Quoting "All issues should be reported at: https://bugs.openwrt.org"
Ref: https://github.com/friendlyarm/friendlywrt
Go figure 
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