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Topic: WDR4300 5GHz not working

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Hi Everybody,

I'm new to this forum, I registered because I have an issue I can't seem to fix, and haven't found a solution on the WWW.
I can't seem to get the 5GHz working on my router, whatever I do. It has worked with stock FW.

Router Name    OpenWrt
Router Model    TP-Link TL-WDR4300 v1
Firmware Version    OpenWrt vargalex v1.1.7 r35342 / LuCI Trunk (trunk+svn9655)
Kernel Version    3.7.4

I saw in the logread output that something is not okay with the radio1:

Mar  3 21:21:42 OpenWrt daemon.warn hostapd: wlan1: IEEE 802.11 Hardware does not support configured mode (1) (hw_mode in hostapd.conf)

Here's the ouput of dmesg, iw phy1 info and iw reg get after a radio disable/enable:

root@OpenWrt:~# dmesg
[    0.000000] Linux version 3.7.4 (gavarga@gavarga-Inspiron-N5110) (gcc version 4.6.4 20121210 (prerelease) (Linaro GCC 4.6-2012.12) ) #2 Tue Jan 29 10:01:41 CET 2013
[    0.000000] MyLoader: sysp=f6be3244, boardp=d2934ba2, parts=ace82dc4
[    0.000000] bootconsole [early0] enabled
[    0.000000] CPU revision is: 0001974c (MIPS 74Kc)
[    0.000000] SoC: Atheros AR9344 rev 2
[    0.000000] Clocks: CPU:560.000MHz, DDR:450.000MHz, AHB:225.000MHz, Ref:40.000MHz
[    0.000000] Determined physical RAM map:
[    0.000000]  memory: 08000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
[    0.000000] Initrd not found or empty - disabling initrd
[    0.000000] Zone ranges:
[    0.000000]   Normal   [mem 0x00000000-0x07ffffff]
[    0.000000] Movable zone start for each node
[    0.000000] Early memory node ranges
[    0.000000]   node   0: [mem 0x00000000-0x07ffffff]
[    0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 32768
[    0.000000] free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat 802cfd80, node_mem_map 81000000
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 256 pages used for memmap
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 0 pages reserved
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 32512 pages, LIFO batch:7
[    0.000000] Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
[    0.000000] Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s0 r0 d32768 u32768 alloc=1*32768
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: [0] 0
[    0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 32512
[    0.000000] Kernel command line:  board=TL-WDR4300 console=ttyS0,115200 rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2 noinitrd
[    0.000000] PID hash table entries: 512 (order: -1, 2048 bytes)
[    0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[    0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[    0.000000] __ex_table already sorted, skipping sort
[    0.000000] Writing ErrCtl register=00000000
[    0.000000] Readback ErrCtl register=00000000
[    0.000000] Memory: 126512k/131072k available (2172k kernel code, 4560k reserved, 411k data, 228k init, 0k highmem)
[    0.000000] SLUB: Genslabs=9, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
[    0.000000] NR_IRQS:51
[    0.060000] Calibrating delay loop... 278.93 BogoMIPS (lpj=1394688)
[    0.070000] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[    0.070000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
[    0.080000] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    0.080000] MIPS: machine is TP-LINK TL-WDR3600/4300/4310
[    0.090000] registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset
[    0.310000] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
[    0.310000] PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
[    0.320000] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x10000000-0x13ffffff]
[    0.320000] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io  0x0000]
[    0.330000] pci_bus 0000:00: No busn resource found for root bus, will use [bus 00-ff]
[    0.330000] pci 0000:00:00.0: [168c:0033] type 00 class 0x028000
[    0.330000] pci 0000:00:00.0: invalid calibration data
[    0.340000] pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0x00000000-0x0001ffff 64bit]
[    0.340000] pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 30: [mem 0x00000000-0x0000ffff pref]
[    0.340000] pci 0000:00:00.0: supports D1
[    0.340000] pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D3hot
[    0.340000] pci_bus 0000:00: busn_res: [bus 00-ff] end is updated to 00
[    0.340000] pci 0000:00:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0x10000000-0x1001ffff 64bit]
[    0.340000] pci 0000:00:00.0: BAR 6: assigned [mem 0x10020000-0x1002ffff pref]
[    0.350000] pci 0000:00:00.0: using irq 40 for pin 1
[    0.350000] Switching to clocksource MIPS
[    0.360000] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    0.360000] TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[    0.360000] TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[    0.370000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096)
[    0.370000] TCP: reno registered
[    0.380000] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.380000] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.390000] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    0.390000] PCI: CLS 0 bytes, default 32
[    0.400000] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
[    0.410000] jffs2: version 2.2 (NAND) (SUMMARY) (LZMA) (RTIME) (CMODE_PRIORITY) (c) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
[    0.420000] msgmni has been set to 247
[    0.420000] io scheduler noop registered
[    0.430000] io scheduler deadline registered (default)
[    0.430000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
[    0.460000] serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x18020000 (irq = 11) is a 16550A
[    0.470000] console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled
[    0.480000] ath79-spi ath79-spi: master is unqueued, this is deprecated
[    0.490000] m25p80 spi0.0: found en25q64, expected m25p80
[    0.490000] m25p80 spi0.0: en25q64 (8192 Kbytes)
[    0.500000] 5 tp-link partitions found on MTD device spi0.0
[    0.500000] Creating 5 MTD partitions on "spi0.0":
[    0.510000] 0x000000000000-0x000000020000 : "u-boot"
[    0.520000] 0x000000020000-0x000000103b0c : "kernel"
[    0.520000] mtd: partition "kernel" must either start or end on erase block boundary or be smaller than an erase block -- forcing read-only
[    0.530000] 0x000000103b0c-0x0000007f0000 : "rootfs"
[    0.540000] mtd: partition "rootfs" must either start or end on erase block boundary or be smaller than an erase block -- forcing read-only
[    0.550000] mtd: partition "rootfs" set to be root filesystem
[    0.560000] mtd: partition "rootfs_data" created automatically, ofs=760000, len=90000
[    0.570000] 0x000000760000-0x0000007f0000 : "rootfs_data"
[    0.570000] 0x0000007f0000-0x000000800000 : "art"
[    0.580000] 0x000000020000-0x0000007f0000 : "firmware"
[    0.720000] libphy: ag71xx_mdio: probed
[    0.720000] eth0: Atheros AG71xx at 0xb9000000, irq 4, mode:RGMII
[    1.300000] eth0: Atheros AR8327 switch driver attached.
[    2.460000] ag71xx ag71xx.0 eth0: connected to PHY at ag71xx-mdio.0:00 [uid=004dd033, driver=Atheros AR8216/AR8236/AR8316]
[    2.480000] TCP: cubic registered
[    2.480000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    2.480000] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[    2.490000] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:2.
[    2.500000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 228k freed
[    4.550000] Registered led device: tp-link:blue:qss
[    4.550000] Registered led device: tp-link:blue:system
[    4.550000] Registered led device: tp-link:green:usb1
[    4.550000] Registered led device: tp-link:green:usb2
[    4.550000] Registered led device: tp-link:blue:wlan2g
[    5.470000] eth0: link up (1000Mbps/Full duplex)
[    7.820000] jffs2: notice: (465) jffs2_build_xattr_subsystem: complete building xattr subsystem, 1 of xdatum (1 unchecked, 0 orphan) and 26 of xref (0 dead, 4 orphan) found.
[    8.380000] SCSI subsystem initialized
[    8.510000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    8.520000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    8.530000] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    8.830000] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[    8.840000] ehci-platform ehci-platform: Generic Platform EHCI Controller
[    8.850000] ehci-platform ehci-platform: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    8.890000] ehci-platform ehci-platform: irq 3, io mem 0x1b000000
[    8.910000] ehci-platform ehci-platform: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[    8.910000] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    8.920000] hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[    8.930000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[    8.940000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[    8.950000] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[    8.960000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-alauda
[    8.970000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-cypress
[    8.980000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-datafab
[    9.000000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-freecom
[    9.010000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-isd200
[    9.020000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-jumpshot
[    9.040000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-karma
[    9.050000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-sddr09
[    9.060000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-sddr55
[    9.070000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-usbat
[    9.250000] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform
[    9.400000] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[    9.400000] hub 1-1:1.0: 4 ports detected
[   29.400000] eth0: link down
[   30.930000] Compat-drivers backport release: compat-drivers-2013-01-08-3
[   30.940000] Backport based on wireless-testing.git master-2013-01-07
[   30.950000] compat.git: wireless-testing.git
[   30.980000] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[   30.980000] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[   30.990000] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[   31.000000] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   31.010000] cfg80211:   (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   31.010000] cfg80211:   (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   31.020000] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   31.030000] cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   31.890000] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
[   31.890000] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
[   31.890000] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[   31.890000] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
[   31.890000] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
[   31.890000] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
[   31.890000] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[   31.890000] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0
[   31.890000] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9340 Rev:0 mem=0xb8100000, irq=47
[   31.900000] PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
[   31.910000] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
[   31.910000] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
[   31.910000] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[   31.910000] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
[   31.910000] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
[   31.910000] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
[   31.910000] ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[   31.910000] Registered led device: ath9k-phy1
[   31.910000] ieee80211 phy1: Atheros AR9300 Rev:4 mem=0xb0000000, irq=40
[   31.920000] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
[   31.930000] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US
[   31.940000] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[   31.940000] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm)
[   31.950000] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm)
[   31.960000] cfg80211:   (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm)
[   31.970000] cfg80211:   (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm)
[   31.980000] cfg80211:   (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm)
[   31.980000] cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)
[   32.410000] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[   32.760000] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[   32.930000] NET: Registered protocol family 24
[   32.980000] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (1980 buckets, 7920 max)
[   33.280000] xt_time: kernel timezone is -0000
[   33.650000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
[   33.970000] u32 classifier
[   33.970000]     Performance counters on
[   33.970000]     input device check on
[   33.980000]     Actions configured
[   34.140000] Mirror/redirect action on
[   34.400000] fuse init (API version 7.20)
[   37.420000] eth0: link up (1000Mbps/Full duplex)
[   37.780000] eth0: link down
[   37.790000] device eth0.1 entered promiscuous mode
[   37.800000] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[   37.820000] device eth0.2 entered promiscuous mode
[   38.440000] eth0: link up (1000Mbps/Full duplex)
[   38.470000] br-lan: port 1(eth0.1) entered forwarding state
[   38.470000] br-lan: port 1(eth0.1) entered forwarding state
[   38.480000] br-wan: port 1(eth0.2) entered forwarding state
[   38.480000] br-wan: port 1(eth0.2) entered forwarding state
[   40.470000] br-lan: port 1(eth0.1) entered forwarding state
[   40.480000] br-wan: port 1(eth0.2) entered forwarding state
[   43.230000] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: HU
[   43.240000] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: HU
[   43.240000] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[   43.250000] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2700 mBm)
[   43.260000] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2700 mBm)
[   45.070000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[   45.320000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[   45.330000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[   47.330000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[ 5846.080000] nf_conntrack: automatic helper assignment is deprecated and it will be removed soon. Use the iptables CT target to attach helpers instead.
[73259.310000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[73259.860000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[73264.100000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[73390.290000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[199347.820000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00f!
[201708.500000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x008!
[216073.380000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x009!
[219506.680000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00e!
[223773.990000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x009!
[263660.610000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x009!
[377653.980000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[379889.840000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[397588.030000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10d!
[399671.640000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[399946.840000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[435828.720000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[436078.410000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[436139.390000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[437197.020000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10c!
[437214.160000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[437215.840000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[437218.640000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[437225.740000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[437228.650000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[437396.830000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[437492.520000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10c!
[437499.620000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[437501.610000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10c!
[437502.460000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[437505.980000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[437511.860000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10c!
[440115.130000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x008!
[442563.270000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10d!
[442994.010000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[450439.890000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[453353.650000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[457485.980000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x009!
[457671.880000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[460628.970000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[460690.850000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x008!
[460967.580000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[461609.690000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[461694.630000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[462042.720000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00e!
[462067.850000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[485913.050000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[542747.880000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[542976.890000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10d!
[543349.360000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[543355.750000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[543637.490000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00e!
[543729.890000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[575913.660000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[577564.180000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[658065.390000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[660235.320000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[660238.740000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[665762.230000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10f!
[667745.680000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[669013.860000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x009!
[674853.840000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x009!
[678361.120000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x009!
[679043.870000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[679329.920000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x009!
[682053.310000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[687658.890000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[695093.250000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[699166.820000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[702939.640000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10c!
[704652.560000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10c!
[705014.890000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00e!
[712252.350000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x009!
[712292.430000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[712508.550000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10d!
[712709.810000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[712772.830000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[713038.710000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[713066.810000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10d!
[715362.070000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[715783.290000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[715863.410000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[716101.740000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10d!
[776100.370000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[868000.280000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[880890.320000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x008!
[884059.590000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[891779.300000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x108!
[905434.300000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[1000306.850000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x004!
[1338487.110000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x004!
[1347553.710000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00d!
[1438135.690000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1438135.690000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1438137.740000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1438137.990000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438138.000000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438140.000000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438167.400000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1438167.400000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1438168.710000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1438168.960000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438168.970000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438170.970000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438172.490000] device wlan1 entered promiscuous mode
[1438172.740000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1438172.750000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1438174.750000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1438185.350000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1438185.350000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1438185.540000] device wlan1 left promiscuous mode
[1438185.540000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered disabled state
[1438186.770000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1438187.030000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438187.030000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438189.030000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438190.740000] device wlan1 entered promiscuous mode
[1438191.030000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1438191.040000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1438193.040000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1438244.390000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1438244.390000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1438244.600000] device wlan1 left promiscuous mode
[1438244.600000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered disabled state
[1438245.800000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1438246.050000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438246.060000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438248.060000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438289.390000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1438289.390000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1438290.670000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1438290.920000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438290.930000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438292.930000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438506.450000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1438506.450000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1438508.400000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1438508.650000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438508.660000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1438510.660000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1439880.250000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1439880.250000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1439882.170000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1439882.420000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1439882.420000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1439884.420000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1519237.110000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[1673643.560000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00f!
[1673858.560000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10f!
[1693440.630000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10d!
[1696644.610000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x10d!
[1769004.800000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x004!
[1770228.740000] ath: phy0: Failed to stop TX DMA, queues=0x00c!
[1857166.760000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1857166.760000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1857168.590000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1857168.850000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1857168.850000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1857170.850000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1857173.620000] device wlan1-1 entered promiscuous mode
[1857173.820000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1-1) entered forwarding state
[1857173.830000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1-1) entered forwarding state
[1857175.830000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1-1) entered forwarding state
[1857340.290000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1-1) entered disabled state
[1857340.290000] device wlan1-1 left promiscuous mode
[1857340.300000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1-1) entered disabled state
[1857382.950000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1857382.950000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1857384.820000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1857385.080000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1857385.080000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1857387.080000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1857388.460000] device wlan1 entered promiscuous mode
[1857388.700000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1857388.710000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1857390.710000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1858878.320000] device wlan1 left promiscuous mode
[1858878.320000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered disabled state
[1858951.100000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1858951.100000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1858952.990000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1858953.240000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1858953.250000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1858955.250000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1858956.610000] device wlan1 entered promiscuous mode
[1858956.660000] device wlan1 left promiscuous mode
[1858956.670000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered disabled state
[1858997.510000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1858997.510000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1858999.350000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1858999.600000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1858999.610000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1859001.610000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1859003.000000] device wlan1 entered promiscuous mode
[1859003.050000] device wlan1 left promiscuous mode
[1859003.050000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered disabled state
[1859848.700000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1859848.700000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1859850.610000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1859850.860000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1859850.870000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1859852.870000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1859854.230000] device wlan1 entered promiscuous mode
[1859854.280000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1859854.290000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1859856.290000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1860774.700000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1860774.700000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1860774.850000] device wlan1 left promiscuous mode
[1860774.850000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered disabled state
[1860775.980000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1860776.230000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1860776.240000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1860778.240000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1860819.680000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1860819.680000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1860820.890000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1860821.140000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1860821.150000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1860823.150000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1860860.660000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
[1860860.660000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
[1860861.870000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
[1860862.130000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1860862.140000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1860864.140000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
[1860865.560000] device wlan1 entered promiscuous mode
[1860865.630000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1860865.630000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
[1860867.630000] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state
root@OpenWrt:~#
root@OpenWrt:~# iw phy1 info
Wiphy phy1
        Band 1:
                Capabilities: 0x11ef
                        RX LDPC
                        HT20/HT40
                        SM Power Save disabled
                        RX HT20 SGI
                        RX HT40 SGI
                        TX STBC
                        RX STBC 1-stream
                        Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes
                        DSSS/CCK HT40
                Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
                Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
                HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-23
                Frequencies:
                        * 5180 MHz [36] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 5200 MHz [40] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 5220 MHz [44] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 5240 MHz [48] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 5260 MHz [52] (27.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5280 MHz [56] (27.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5300 MHz [60] (27.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5320 MHz [64] (27.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5500 MHz [100] (27.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5520 MHz [104] (27.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5540 MHz [108] (27.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5560 MHz [112] (27.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5580 MHz [116] (27.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5600 MHz [120] (disabled)
                        * 5620 MHz [124] (disabled)
                        * 5640 MHz [128] (disabled)
                        * 5660 MHz [132] (27.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5680 MHz [136] (27.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5700 MHz [140] (27.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS, radar detection)
                        * 5745 MHz [149] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 5765 MHz [153] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 5785 MHz [157] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 5805 MHz [161] (27.0 dBm)
                        * 5825 MHz [165] (27.0 dBm)
                Bitrates (non-HT):
                        * 6.0 Mbps
                        * 9.0 Mbps
                        * 12.0 Mbps
                        * 18.0 Mbps
                        * 24.0 Mbps
                        * 36.0 Mbps
                        * 48.0 Mbps
                        * 54.0 Mbps
        max # scan SSIDs: 4
        max scan IEs length: 2261 bytes
        Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
        Supported Ciphers:
                * WEP40 (00-0f-ac:1)
                * WEP104 (00-0f-ac:5)
                * TKIP (00-0f-ac:2)
                * CCMP (00-0f-ac:4)
                * CMAC (00-0f-ac:6)
        Available Antennas: TX 0x7 RX 0x7
        Configured Antennas: TX 0x7 RX 0x7
        Supported interface modes:
                 * IBSS
                 * managed
                 * AP
                 * AP/VLAN
                 * WDS
                 * monitor
                 * mesh point
                 * P2P-client
                 * P2P-GO
        software interface modes (can always be added):
                 * AP/VLAN
                 * monitor
        valid interface combinations:
                 * #{ managed, WDS, P2P-client } <= 2048, #{ AP, mesh point, P2P-GO } <= 8, #{ IBSS } <= 1,
                   total <= 2048, #channels <= 1, STA/AP BI must match
        Supported commands:
                 * new_interface
                 * set_interface
                 * new_key
                 * start_ap
                 * new_station
                 * new_mpath
                 * set_mesh_config
                 * set_bss
                 * authenticate
                 * associate
                 * deauthenticate
                 * disassociate
                 * join_ibss
                 * join_mesh
                 * remain_on_channel
                 * set_tx_bitrate_mask
                 * frame
                 * frame_wait_cancel
                 * set_wiphy_netns
                 * set_channel
                 * set_wds_peer
                 * tdls_mgmt
                 * tdls_oper
                 * probe_client
                 * set_noack_map
                 * register_beacons
                 * Unknown command (89)
                 * Unknown command (92)
                 * connect
                 * disconnect
        Supported TX frame types:
                 * IBSS: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * managed: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * AP: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * mesh point: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * P2P-client: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * (null): 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
        Supported RX frame types:
                 * IBSS: 0x40 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * managed: 0x40 0xd0
                 * AP: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * mesh point: 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * P2P-client: 0x40 0xd0
                 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * (null): 0x40 0xd0
        Device supports RSN-IBSS.
        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
        Device supports TX status socket option.
        Device supports HT-IBSS.
root@OpenWrt:~# iw reg get
country HU:
        (2402 - 2494 @ 40), (N/A, 27)
        (5170 - 5835 @ 40), (N/A, 27)

Could someone help me or point to a possible solution here? Thanks in advance!

I tried it but the issue remains. the 5ghz led is on and it seems as though the network is enabled but signal is 0%, tx/rx is 0 etc.
as for the firmware i cant really remember anymore. you think i might be better off with dd-wrt? or where could i find the newest fw with gui? sorry, im quite new to this, and the info i find about this topic in general is so overwhelming and half of it i cant even understand.

(Last edited by jzakarias on 3 Mar 2015, 23:00)

Try this firmware, this is the official latest stable release and it should work fully on your router.  The Atheros chips are well supported by OpenWrt.

http://downloads.openwrt.org/barrier_br … pgrade.bin

Note there is a 'v1-il' version in the same directory-- it is only for the version of the router sold in Israel, so you probably don't want that.

Download the firmware to your PC then use the firmware upgrade page in the GUI to upgrade.  Make sure to uncheck the 'keep settings' box so that you will have a fresh install with default settings.

Also for reference:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr4300

Make sure you are setting a channel that is available in your country.

(Last edited by mk24 on 4 Mar 2015, 01:02)

Definitely better off with Barrier Breaker. Don't bother with DD-WRT (unless you like chaos and random unstable builds!).

Gentlemen (and Ladies to whom it may concern), thank you all very much for the help. I upgraded to Barrier Breaker and everything works like a charm. You saved the day, I hope I will be able to help someone the way you did for me. Have a great one!

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