I have OpenWRT installed on a BCM MX45GM, and I'm trying to set up an access point with a Linksys AE1000 (13b1:002f). I installed the drivers, and the interface appears in LuCI. However, when I create an AP, all I get is the SSID saying 'Wireless is not associated' and the radio showing 'Device is not active'. In the shell, 'wifi up' followed by 'wifi status' shows the interface with a pending status, but then the pending goes away after some time. I seem to be missing something. Is there a step that i'm supposed to be doing to enable the wifi interface? I can also scan and find wifi APs, so it seems OpenWRT is at least connecting and is able to use the interface.
Many usb WiFi adapters do not support ap mode. I suspect that this one does not.
It works fine under PFSense. Output of iw list:
Wiphy phy0
wiphy index: 0
max # scan SSIDs: 4
max scan IEs length: 2257 bytes
max # sched scan SSIDs: 0
max # match sets: 0
Retry short long limit: 2
Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
Available Antennas: TX 0 RX 0
Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* AP/VLAN
* monitor
* mesh point
Band 1:
Capabilities: 0x2fe
HT20/HT40
SM Power Save disabled
RX Greenfield
RX HT20 SGI
RX HT40 SGI
TX STBC
RX STBC 2-streams
Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes
No DSSS/CCK HT40
Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 2 usec (0x04)
HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15, 32
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)
* 2467 MHz [12] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 2472 MHz [13] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 2484 MHz [14] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
Band 2:
Capabilities: 0x2fe
HT20/HT40
SM Power Save disabled
RX Greenfield
RX HT20 SGI
RX HT40 SGI
TX STBC
RX STBC 2-streams
Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes
No DSSS/CCK HT40
Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 2 usec (0x04)
HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15, 32
Frequencies:
* 5180 MHz [36] (20.0 dBm)
* 5190 MHz [38] (20.0 dBm)
* 5200 MHz [40] (20.0 dBm)
* 5220 MHz [44] (20.0 dBm)
* 5230 MHz [46] (20.0 dBm)
* 5240 MHz [48] (20.0 dBm)
* 5260 MHz [52] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5270 MHz [54] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5280 MHz [56] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5300 MHz [60] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5310 MHz [62] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5320 MHz [64] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5500 MHz [100] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5510 MHz [102] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5520 MHz [104] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5540 MHz [108] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5550 MHz [110] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5560 MHz [112] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5580 MHz [116] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5590 MHz [118] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5600 MHz [120] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5620 MHz [124] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5630 MHz [126] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5640 MHz [128] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5660 MHz [132] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5670 MHz [134] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5680 MHz [136] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5700 MHz [140] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5745 MHz [149] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5755 MHz [151] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5765 MHz [153] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5785 MHz [157] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5795 MHz [159] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5805 MHz [161] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5825 MHz [165] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
* 5835 MHz [167] (disabled)
* 5845 MHz [169] (disabled)
* 5855 MHz [171] (disabled)
* 5865 MHz [173] (disabled)
valid interface combinations:
* #{ managed, AP, mesh point } <= 8,
total <= 8, #channels <= 1
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
max # scan plans: 1
max scan plan interval: -1
max scan plan iterations: 0
Supported extended features:
* [ RRM ]: RRM
* [ CQM_RSSI_LIST ]: multiple CQM_RSSI_THOLD records
* [ CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211 ]: control port over nl80211
* [ SCAN_RANDOM_SN ]: use random sequence numbers in scans
* [ SCAN_MIN_PREQ_CONTENT ]: use probe request with only rate IEs in scans
* [ CONTROL_PORT_NO_PREAUTH ]: disable pre-auth over nl80211 control port support
* [ DEL_IBSS_STA ]: deletion of IBSS station support
* [ SCAN_FREQ_KHZ ]: scan on kHz frequency support
* [ CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211_TX_STATUS ]: tx status for nl80211 control port support
Seems I'm missing a package. I was missing hostapd, and installed it, but it still seems to be failing. I'm getting
Sun Jun 5 13:49:46 2022 daemon.notice netifd: radio1 (5894): Command failed: Request timed out
Sun Jun 5 13:49:46 2022 daemon.notice netifd: radio1 (5894): Command failed: Not found
Sun Jun 5 13:49:46 2022 daemon.notice netifd: radio1 (5894): Device setup failed: HOSTAPD_START_FAILED
Sun Jun 5 13:49:46 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Wireless device 'radio1' set retry=0
Sun Jun 5 13:49:46 2022 daemon.crit netifd: Wireless device 'radio1' setup failed, retry=0
Sun Jun 5 13:49:46 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Wireless device 'radio1' is now down
Sun Jun 5 13:54:35 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Wireless device 'radio1' is now down
Sun Jun 5 13:55:05 2022 daemon.notice netifd: radio1 (7593): Command failed: Request timed out
Sun Jun 5 13:55:05 2022 daemon.notice netifd: radio1 (7593): Command failed: Not found
Sun Jun 5 13:55:05 2022 daemon.notice netifd: radio1 (7593): Device setup failed: HOSTAPD_START_FAILED
Sun Jun 5 13:55:05 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Wireless device 'radio1' set retry=0
Sun Jun 5 13:55:05 2022 daemon.crit netifd: Wireless device 'radio1' setup failed, retry=0
Sun Jun 5 13:55:05 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Wireless device 'radio1' is now down
Turns out I needed hostapd-openssl. Installed that, AP came up. I think it'd be helpful for the system logs to say what command was missing so users can look to see what package fulfills it.
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