Wifi repeater bcm63xx

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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hi,

i do have one of the Arcadyan EE Brightboxes and I have installed open-wrt on it. I basically want to want to extend my Wifi as well as use the ethernet ports on the device. I have followed many of the guides but none worked. as soon as I have enabled second Wifi i receive not associated error.

is it something related to fact that it is using bcm63xx wifi?

thanks,

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Broadcom chips are not well supported. Likely you have reached a limitation of the open driver.

Run iw list and see which interface combinations are allowed.

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below is the output so I am taking this as it is not possible to do wifi repeater?

root@OpenWrt:~# iw list
Wiphy phy0
        max # scan SSIDs: 4
        max scan IEs length: 2285 bytes
        max # sched scan SSIDs: 0
        max # match sets: 0
        max # scan plans: 1
        max scan plan interval: -1
        max scan plan iterations: 0
        Retry short limit: 7
        Retry long limit: 4
        Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
        Available Antennas: TX 0x3 RX 0x3
        Configured Antennas: TX 0x3 RX 0x3
        Supported interface modes:
                 * IBSS
                 * managed
                 * AP
                 * AP/VLAN
                 * monitor
                 * mesh point
        Band 1:
                Frequencies:
                        * 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm)
        interface combinations are not supported
        HT Capability overrides:
                 * MCS: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
                 * maximum A-MSDU length
                 * supported channel width
                 * short GI for 40 MHz
                 * max A-MPDU length exponent
                 * min MPDU start spacing
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appears to be a death-knell for any "shared" use of the radio. Any repeater-like implementation would likely have to use a different radio (band) than that used for client connections.

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