Wireless stops working when applying changes [R8000]

Hi,

I am having some issues with my WiFi whenever I update settings.
It either goes to "Wireless is not associated" or Mode: Client.
These issues occur on both my 2 5GHz's as well as my 1 2.4GHz channels.
I tried restarting the router multiple times, without any luck.
No luck using the latest Development build for my R8000 either.
I did not have these issues with DD-WRT, so not sure what the issue could be.
Perhaps drivers?


Sun Aug 23 07:32:29 2020 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (3693): command failed: No error information (-524)
Sun Aug 23 07:32:29 2020 user.notice mac80211: Failed command: iw dev wlan0 del
Sun Aug 23 07:32:29 2020 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (3711): command failed: No error information (-524)
Sun Aug 23 07:32:29 2020 user.notice mac80211: Failed command: iw dev wlan0 del
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 user.notice mac80211: Failed command: iw phy phy0 set antenna 0xffffffff 0xffffffff
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (3711): command failed: Not supported (-95)
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 user.notice mac80211: Failed command: iw phy phy0 set antenna_gain 0
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (3711): command failed: I/O error (-5)
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 user.notice mac80211: Failed command: iw phy phy0 set distance 0
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (3711): command failed: Too many open files in system (-23)
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 user.notice mac80211: Failed command: iw phy phy0 interface add wlan0 type __ap
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.err hostapd: Configuration file: /var/run/hostapd-phy0.conf
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 kern.info kernel: [  335.659791] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 kern.info kernel: [  335.668137] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered blocking state
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 kern.info kernel: [  335.673551] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 kern.info kernel: [  335.679185] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->HT_SCAN
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.warn hostapd: wlan0: Could not connect to kernel driver
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.err hostapd: Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr PRIVATE MAC ADDRESS and ssid "My SSID"
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.err hostapd: Failed to set beacon parameters
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.warn hostapd: wlan0: Could not connect to kernel driver
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.err hostapd: Interface initialization failed
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state HT_SCAN->DISABLED
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: AP-DISABLED
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: AP-DISABLED
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.err hostapd: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 kern.err kernel: [  336.260095] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_configure_wpaie: Invalid key mgmt info
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 kern.info kernel: [  336.300360] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2020 kern.info kernel: [  336.304986] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
Sun Aug 23 07:32:31 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=22 eloop_data=0xb6d3af80 user_data=0 handler=0x84fb8
Sun Aug 23 07:32:31 2020 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (3711): cat: can't open '/var/run/wifi-phy0.pid': No such file or directory
Sun Aug 23 07:32:31 2020 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (3711): WARNING (wireless_add_process): executable path /usr/sbin/wpad does not match process  path (/proc/exe)
Sun Aug 23 07:32:31 2020 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (3711): Command failed: Invalid argument
Sun Aug 23 07:32:31 2020 kern.info kernel: [  336.914479] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

Netgear Nighthawk X6 R8000
OpenWRT 19.07.3 [ [Firmware OpenWrt Upgrade]

@nigelh92, welcome to the community!

  • If you are making WiFi changes or changes to a network with the SSID is attached, this is normal behavior.
  • I wouldn't advise changing settings over WiFi
  • if you use the command line, be sure to use /etc/init.d/network reload instead of restart

???

Are you saying that your changes are never applied?

???

???

I think we need to see your configs.

To be clear, the config files are located at /etc/config/wireless and /etc/config//network

Just curious...did you revert to OEM firmware first if you were running DD-WRT?