Trying to upgrade to WPA3 via CLI

[pokmoker]

In my router control panel running OpenWrt 19.07.1 I have no option for WPA3 so I tried to follow these instructions https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/basic and install via CLI - but I ran into errors similar to what I have seen other users post:

root@OpenWrt:/# opkg install hostapd-openssl

Installing hostapd-openssl (2019-08-08-ca8c2bd2-2) to root...

Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.1/packages/arm_cortex-a15_neon-vfpv4/base/hostapd-openssl_2019-08-08-ca8c2bd2-2_arm_cortex-a15_neon-vfpv4.ipk

Installing libopenssl1.1 (1.1.1e-1) to root...

Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/19.07.1/packages/arm_cortex-a15_neon-vfpv4/base/libopenssl1.1_1.1.1e-1_arm_cortex-a15_neon-vfpv4.ipk

Configuring libopenssl1.1.

Collected errors:

 * check_data_file_clashes: Package hostapd-openssl wants to install file /usr/sbin/hostapd

But that file is already provided by package * wpad-basic

 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package hostapd-openssl.

root@OpenWrt:/# opkg install wpa-supplicant-openssl

Installing wpa-supplicant-openssl (2019-08-08-ca8c2bd2-2) to root...

Collected errors:

 * check_conflicts_for: The following packages conflict with wpa-supplicant-openssl:

 * check_conflicts_for: wpad-basic * 

 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package wpa-supplicant-openssl.

root@OpenWrt:/# pwd

/

root@OpenWrt:/# opkg install wpad-openssl

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

Collected errors:

 * check_conflicts_for: The following packages conflict with wpad-openssl:

 * check_conflicts_for: hostapd-openssl * check_conflicts_for: wpad-basic * 

 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package wpad-openssl.

root@OpenWrt:/# opkg install wpad-openssl

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

Collected errors:

 * check_conflicts_for: The following packages conflict with wpad-openssl:

 * check_conflicts_for: hostapd-openssl * check_conflicts_for: wpad-basic * 

 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package wpad-openssl.

And this shows the versions:

root@OpenWrt:/# opkg list-installed | grep -iE '(wpa|hostap|ssl)'

hostapd-common - 2019-08-08-ca8c2bd2-2

libopenssl1.1 - 1.1.1e-1

wpad-basic - 2019-08-08-ca8c2bd2-2

Is there something else I should do to upgrade so that I can turn on WPA3?

[castillofrancodamian]

You have to first remove wpad-basic and then install hostapd-openssl.

[slh]

…and unless you have a particular reason to prefer hostapd-openssl, it would be better to stick to wpad-openssl.

[castillofrancodamian]

If you are going to use station, that's fine. If not, hostapd-openssl is enough for ap.