Wi-Fi repeater not working after enabling Wi-Fi security

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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Hello,

I would like to use OpenWrt as a Wi-Fi repeater and have followed the guide at https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/relay_configuration . The repeater appears to work fine when the Wi-Fi security of the repeater is disabled, i.e. encryption is set to none. However, once the encryption of the repeater Wi-Fi is set to WPA2 PSK, the repeater stops working -- a client can connect but doesn't seem to get an ip address from main router's DHCP server. Any help would be appreciated.

I am using OpenWrt 18.06.5 on a Xiaomi Mi WiFi Mini.

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Hey, did you solve this issue? If yes, could you please tell me what was the problem and how did you fix it?

I've exactly the same problem now and I can't figure out why just setting up a password would prevent devices to get internet... Makes no sense to me

Thanks for your answer