SSID not publishing (WiFi)

Installing and Using OpenWrt
1

I have a mini PC with a WiFi and an Ethernet port.
I am trying to set it up as an AP (simplest case).
I have 2 radios (0 /1) and I have configured radio0 to the 2.4GHz band (default/auto).
Following the docs, I believe I have the setup correct ... but it doesn't work! :slight_smile:
/etc/config/network

config device
        option name 'br-lan'
        option type 'bridge'
        list ports 'eth0'

config interface 'lan'
        option device 'br-lan'
        option proto 'dhcp'

config device
        option name 'eth0'

config device
        option name 'wlan0'
        option ipv6 '0'

and /etc/config/wireless

config wifi-device 'radio0'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option path 'virtual/mac80211_hwsim/hwsim0'
        option country 'GB'
        option cell_density '0'
        option band '2g'
        option legacy_rates '1'
        option channel 'auto'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
        option device 'radio0'
        option network 'lan'
        option mode 'ap'
        option key '******'
        option ssid 'LabNet2'
        option encryption 'none'

config wifi-device 'radio1'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option path 'virtual/mac80211_hwsim/hwsim1'
        option band '5g'
        option country 'GB'
        option cell_density '0'
        option channel 'auto'
        option disabled '1'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
        option device 'radio1'
        option network 'lan'
        option mode 'ap'
        option ssid 'LabNet5'
        option encryption 'psk2'
        option key '******'
        option disabled '1'

The problem is that I cannot see the configured LabNet2 SSID from my phone/analyser - and running scan from the WebUI doesn't find my (seperate) router, which is on both bands.
I have tried various combinations of bands/channels/encryption to no avail.
I'm new to OpenWRT, but I think I understand what it's doing ... but obviously not well enough.

Please suggest anything I can do to determine the problem (or, preferably, fix it).

Many thanks

tim

2

yeah, there's only on radio hw out there, you did the right thing, by not to writing it out ...

virtual ?

3

Not sure about that one - it got put into the wireless file when I made it. I had to install

opkg install libnl
opkg install libnl-tiny
opkg install kmod-cfg80211
opkg install kmod-lib80211 
opkg install kmod-mac80211
opkg install kmod-mac80211-hwsim

and I assume the last is for the hardware simulation, so the single h/w device can be configured for both bands.

4

hwsim is only a purely virtual wireless card, unless you're doing development, you'll never need it - it's useless for the task you want to use it for.

5

Ah. I grabbed the above list from a dev post (with no knowledge of the packages at all).
I'll try with a fresh install (and w/out the hwsim).
Thx