Hi, I am trying to get Raspberry PI 3 B+ to work simultaneously in AP+STA mode.
I've found a similar issue about Raspberry PI Zero W (Raspberry Pi Zero W AP+STA mode). It says that this mode isn't possible because of proprietary drivers.
Your device seems capable. It can run one client (managed) and one Master (AP) simultaneously. In addition, the AP and Client must be on the same channel.
I am trying to use the travelmate package and what happens is that as soon as I enable the AP the client gets disassociated. Then reconnects, then drops again although both are set to the very same channel.
This is what the logs are saying:
[ 2058.724889] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_link_down: WLC_DISASSOC failed (-52)
[ 2059.290992] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered disabled state
[ 2059.420122] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_link_down: WLC_DISASSOC failed (-52)
[ 2059.522393] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered blocking state
[ 2059.530246] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered forwarding state
[ 2060.158924] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_link_down: WLC_DISASSOC failed (-52)
[ 2060.731103] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered disabled state
[ 2060.860348] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_link_down: WLC_DISASSOC failed (-52)
[ 2060.965919] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered blocking state
[ 2060.973826] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered forwarding state
[ 2061.593558] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_link_down: WLC_DISASSOC failed (-52)
[ 2062.904239] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_link_down: WLC_DISASSOC failed (-52)
[ 2063.470335] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered disabled state
[ 2063.640724] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_link_down: WLC_DISASSOC failed (-52)
[ 2063.743858] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered blocking state
[ 2063.751547] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered forwarding state
[ 2064.220475] device wlan0-1 left promiscuous mode
[ 2064.228164] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered disabled state
[ 2064.289660] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_run_escan: error (-512)
[ 2064.297256] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_cfg80211_scan: scan error (-512)
[ 2064.305781] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_cfg80211_escan_handler: scan not ready, bsscfgidx=0
[ 2064.310116] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_fweh_event_worker: event handler failed (69)
[ 2064.314324] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_cfg80211_escan_handler: scan not ready, bsscfgidx=0
[ 2064.318346] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_fweh_event_worker: event handler failed (69)
[ 2064.322315] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_cfg80211_escan_handler: scan not ready, bsscfgidx=0
[ 2064.326335] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_fweh_event_worker: event handler failed (69)
Any advice on using an RPI3+ as a wifi extender? Is there a working solution?