i'm just saying tha if you don't use dfs channels you don't need that. also if you know well how openwrt work, and the patch that openwrt have in the build directory, you will understand that mwlwifi patch is not needed.
i'm trying to say that, please note i did that just for let you see, i ll fix it soon, in a minutes.
that is without any patch.
I think I'm gonna hold off on installing any snapshot builds not because installing Luci from command line is hard, but for the simple fact that I don't want to redo my network config. It doesn't take a long time, just don't want to have to redo the VPN config and all of that. If you find any fixes for this issue I would love to hear about them. I'm also having issues utilizing the DFS channels, anytime I put the channel selection to "auto", it selects one of these channels and refuses to turn the radio on. My area is so congested, all the 5Ghz channels are saturated and I would really like to take advantage of these unused channels.
I think @eduperez was referring to disabling/increasing the rekeying interval. But according to the OpenWrt wireless config docs, rekeying is only configurable for WPA Enterprise, which most people with home routers aren't using?
Thanks for clarifying. I have added option wpa_group_rekey '0' to both "default_radio0" and "default_radio1" I will let you know how the wireless behaves today.
DFS-disabling patch didn't work either on my WRT3200ACM. Like usual, wifi is mostly stable, but on the rare occasion will hang at random occasions throughout the day on an iPhone. Often associated with a "deauthenticated due to inactivity" in the System Log.
This was with wpad-basic, Dissassociate on low ack disabled, and @m_u's linked DFS-disabling patch, using channel 149.
I've gone ahead and flashed to the latest master. I've run out of new ideas to test. Might have to start bisecting backwards between 21.02 and David's builds...
That's a total of 5 disconnects in 12 minutes. This is getting absurd... Has anyone found a potential workaround yet? I'm probably going to have to flash back to 19.07 by the end of the day if not.
If you don't feel comfortable building your own image, you won't be able to use the DFS patch. I might still have my build kicking around that I could post in a few days if you wanted to give it a try.
But in short - I have not found a proper workaround yet. Many users are just downgrading to 19.07 or Davidc502's last build.
Thanks for the reply. A few questions regarding Davidc502's builds. First, do I need to redo all my network configs and install Luci from the command line when flashing this image? Second, will it give me any problems once OpenWRT comes out with an official build to fix this issue and any subsequent builds in the future? Third, will I be able to use the DFS-patch with David502's build by default? Lastly, do you have a link to the most recent build that I can download/flash? Thank you again for all the help!
Unfortunately, Davidc502 stopped supporting it and took down his website. His builds already came with Luci built-in. Someone might be able to send you the last image, but you'll definitely have to redo all your network configs, and once OpenWRT comes out with an official build to fix this issue, you'll have to start fresh all over again. It might not be worth it to put in much work on configuring a Davidc502 build unless you just need something very straightforward to work as a stopgap.
I'm still running Davidc502's last build on a daily basis. One major drawback is not having his package repo available anymore. It is possible to switch repos to OpenWrt's snapshot package repo but I have no idea if all packages would be compatible or not.
I keep 21.02 on the other partition to play around with once in a while. There are far too many random wireless cutouts that it makes every member of my family angry with me.
The problem was definitely introduced somewhere between Davidc502's last build and the branching of 21.02 releases. But determining exactly which component or which commit is next to impossible.
I can relate to my family hating me, they have pretty much lost faith in the Wi-Fi and strictly just use their carrier for internet now. They don't even bother connecting to the wireless after the upgrade I would be willing to try the most recent Davidc502 build as long as it doesn't have this issue. Am I able to natively patch the DFS channel restriction with his build? I don't mind redoing my network config since if I flash back to 19.07 I'll have to do it anyway, at least with his build I'll be able to (hopefully) take advantage of the unused channels in my saturated area. Does anyone have a link?
I would not go back any further than the last 19.x stable due to security issues that have been addressed. As stated above you have to apply the DFS patches to an image being built, not an existing image.
At any rate, if you want to take a stab at a DFS image, earlier today I built current master (kernel 5.10.69) images with the DFS patches applied. Images are to be found from the link off my avatar.
I would be willing to try the most recent Davidc502 build as long as it doesn't have this issue. Am I able to natively patch the DFS channel restriction with his build? I don't mind redoing my network config since if I flash back to 19.07 I'll have to do it anyway, at least with his build I'll be able to (hopefully) take advantage of the unused channels in my saturated area. Does anyone have a link?