Does your work laptop connect over 5ghz or 2.4ghz WiFi?
The work laptop is connected over 2.4GHz. Tried both actually, no change.
Now looking into OpenWRT system log I can see this:
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: AP-STA-CONNECTED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2191]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.1.208 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2191]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.1.208 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx WIN-HOSTNAME
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: AP-STA-CONNECTED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2191]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.1.208 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2191]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.1.208 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx WIN-HOSTNAME
Thu Dec 2 07:56:46 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx
The only solution I have at the moment is to reboot router every day. Sometimes connection drops anyway during the day. I did not update to latest version of OpenWRT yet, still running on OpenWrt 19.07-SNAPSHOT r11295-365d573af4
Looking into OpenWRT logs now, it is flooded with following.
48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx is my work laptop.
And this fill the system log all day long.
Thu Dec 2 12:20:45 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: STA-OPMODE-SMPS-MODE-CHANGED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx static
Thu Dec 2 12:20:46 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: STA-OPMODE-SMPS-MODE-CHANGED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx off
Thu Dec 2 12:20:47 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: STA-OPMODE-SMPS-MODE-CHANGED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx static
Thu Dec 2 12:20:47 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: STA-OPMODE-SMPS-MODE-CHANGED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx off
Thu Dec 2 12:20:48 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: STA-OPMODE-SMPS-MODE-CHANGED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx static
Thu Dec 2 12:20:48 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: STA-OPMODE-SMPS-MODE-CHANGED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx off
Thu Dec 2 12:20:49 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: STA-OPMODE-SMPS-MODE-CHANGED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx static
Thu Dec 2 12:20:49 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: STA-OPMODE-SMPS-MODE-CHANGED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx off
Thu Dec 2 12:20:51 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: STA-OPMODE-SMPS-MODE-CHANGED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx static
Thu Dec 2 12:20:51 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: STA-OPMODE-SMPS-MODE-CHANGED 48:f1:xx:xx:xx:xx off
Thanks. Yes, I noticed that too, that's why I asked my original question if I should use install file from
xiaomi_mi_router_4a_gbit or xiaomi_miwifi_3g_v2?
Or it does not matter (4A or 3Gv2?
That's why I told you to use the link from the correct device page, to play it safe.
So, assuming xiaomi_miwifi_3g_v2 as OpenWrt admin overview says Xiaomi Mi Router 3G v2?
Really don't wanna mess it up, hence better ask twice .. Hope you don't mind.
I'm not sure what you are asking, which of my four 4a gigabit edition do you want me to test which sysupgrade or factory image on?
Sorry .. I am probably just confused. Let me explain.
There are two versions of Xiaomi Mi Router with identical hardware, 4A Gigabit Edition and 3Gv2.
The difference is in bootloader.
I was under impression I have 4A Gigabit Edition, at least according to the label at the back of the router. After I flashed OpenWrt, System status page says Xiaomi Mi Router 3G v2.
Since I am running 19.07-SNAPSHOT and having some issues I wanted to upgrade to the latest version. I just don't know which one is the correct one.
xiaomi_mi-router-4a-gigabit
or
xiaomi_mi-router-3g-v2
Or are the files the same? (not according to checksum)
Thanks.
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Your confusion is because you're using a custom build of openwrt, the 4a gigabit edition was not official until 21.02.
People were adapting the other device builds to boot on the 4a gigabit.
Please freshly flash the correct version for the 4a gigabit edition.
Thank you. I successfully flashed 21.02.1 for 4A Gigabit version.
Unfortunately I cannot get the ethernet working. I did a fresh install, not keeping any settings.
Now when I try to set it up it does not work.
I can log in to LuCI via browser (192.168.1.1) but when I configure the network (static IP address from ISP, DNS etc, same as before) I have no connection.
For WAN Interface settings the original value for "Device" was "wan". Did not work so I changed it to "eth0" but that does not work either.
192.168.1.237 DNS in LAN is AdGuard running on raspberry pi. Tried with or without, no luck.
Really don't know where's the problem.
Here is the screenshot of router current network settings (/etc/config/network) and the backup I created before flashing.
What am I doing wrong? (I did not set up wifi yet)
Have no connection from where.
There's no internet connection. I also tried Network > Diagnostics, no luck.
I have my desktop PC connected via cable to the router. I can access LuCI but no internet.
Can you ping the ISPs gateway?
no ping to ISPs gateway 
and what does ifconfig say about your interfaces ?
The correct device is wan, so set it back to wan.
Some ISPs map the static IP address to the last know MAC address. Run
ip link show dev wan | grep link | awk '{print $2}'
and check if the MAC is the same as the one in the device section of your old network configuration.
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The MAC address is the same. I made screenshots and saved config before flashing to 21.02.1 and compared this too, as I just did not know where the problem could be.
Ok, will set it back to wan.
(Once I am on version 21.02.1 again. At the end of the night - yes I played with that most of the night - I flashed it back to 19.07, restored my backup and everything is working as before, along with my work laptop disconnection problem).
Hi there .. sorry it took a while, I flashed back version 19.07 and restored settings and it worked fine. Now back on 21.02.1. Below are ifconfig details for both versions.
Can you see any problems there? Many thanks!
ifconfig v19.07 (internet connection working)
br-lan Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:41:XX:XX:XX:XX
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::ee41:18ff:feec:1d5c/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: fdae:6f03:d9f1::1/60 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2217696 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5178974 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:620867122 (592.1 MiB) TX bytes:5328459664 (4.9 GiB)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:41:XX:XX:XX:XX
inet6 addr: fe80::ee41:18ff:feec:1d5c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12295235 errors:405 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4816941 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:6288698700 (5.8 GiB) TX bytes:3724145113 (3.4 GiB)
Interrupt:21
eth0.1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:41:XX:XX:XX:XX
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1134027 errors:0 dropped:70 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2573152 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:207189094 (197.5 MiB) TX bytes:3040593955 (2.8 GiB)
eth0.2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:41:XX:XX:XX:YY
inet addr:37.XXX.XXX.XXX Bcast:37.XXX.XXX.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: 2a03:a900:501:0:ee41:18ff:feec:1d5d/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::ee41:18ff:feec:1d5d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11134357 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2142187 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:5859001345 (5.4 GiB) TX bytes:636796992 (607.2 MiB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:7737 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7737 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:774168 (756.0 KiB) TX bytes:774168 (756.0 KiB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:41:XX:XX:XX:ZZ
inet6 addr: fe80::ee41:18ff:feec:1d5e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:715119 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1342233 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:175070490 (166.9 MiB) TX bytes:898408028 (856.7 MiB)
wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:41:XX:XX:XX:AA
inet6 addr: fe80::ee41:18ff:feec:1d5f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:547467 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1045116 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:268602654 (256.1 MiB) TX bytes:1484691949 (1.3 GiB)
ifconfig v21.02.1 (internet connection not working)
br-lan Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:41:XX:XX:XX:XX
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::ee41:18ff:feec:1d5c/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: fdff:ce41:b221::1/60 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12788 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8902 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1401546 (1.3 MiB) TX bytes:2575572 (2.4 MiB)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:41:XX:XX:XX:XX
inet6 addr: fe80::ee41:18ff:feec:1d5c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1504 Metric:1
RX packets:9755 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11623 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1294190 (1.2 MiB) TX bytes:3085762 (2.9 MiB)
Interrupt:21
lan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:41:XX:XX:XX:XX
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6902 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6808 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:906573 (885.3 KiB) TX bytes:2457835 (2.3 MiB)
lan2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:41:XX:XX:XX:XX
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2853 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4527 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:212027 (207.0 KiB) TX bytes:505637 (493.7 KiB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:7752 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7752 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:716969 (700.1 KiB) TX bytes:716969 (700.1 KiB)
wan Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:41:XX:XX:XX:YY
inet addr:37.XXX.XXX.XXX Bcast:37.XXX.XXX.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::ee41:18ff:feec:1d5d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:1376 (1.3 KiB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:41:XX:XX:XX:ZZ
inet6 addr: fe80::ee41:18ff:feec:1d5e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:962 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2164 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:101211 (98.8 KiB) TX bytes:345800 (337.6 KiB)
wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EC:41:XX:XX:XX:AA
inet6 addr: fe80::ee41:18ff:feec:1d5f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2961 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2074 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:316147 (308.7 KiB) TX bytes:322985 (315.4 KiB)