GL-AR150 Wifi Scanning stopped abruptly

saumilshah · 2017-11-17T01:40:56.000Z

I have been trying to troubleshoot my 2 GL-AR150’s for almost a year now. The problem is that the AR150’s suddenly stopped scanning for WIFI networks, when used in client mode. A Wifi scan returns no results.

iwinfo wlan0 scan shows “Scanning not possible”. I have posted the details on the following thread:

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When used as an access point, the AR150 works fine. However, I do want to use one of them in client mode and one of them in AP mode.
I tried everything. I replaced the antenna on one of the routers. I also replaced the pigtail connector. I flashed the firmware several times, from Uboot also. I updated to the clean version of OpenWRT LuCi. Everything. Still the Wifi scanning isn’t working. I am suspecting that the ART partition must be damaged somehow. I don’t have a backup of the ART partition. Can you please provide me a BIN file and the procedure to rebuild/restore/reflash the ART partition?

Both my AR-150s are affected. Thanks in advance.

uurrgg · 2018-04-19T20:44:03.471Z

I ve the same problem its the second ar 150 that is affected by the same problem. Any solution?

alzhao · 2018-04-20T09:47:20.470Z

So the router can never do scanning, right?

Can you send back for investigation? Don’t have a clue.

uurrgg · 2018-04-20T13:39:33.836Z

It s the second time it happens the first time I have changed the router for some months it worked fine then it stopped scanning access points.
I use it to repeat an enterprise access point configuring in luci ( advanced settings)
After a total reset (10 second pressure reset button) when I scan for access points it works fine, then I join the access point, I set eap username
& password and after pressing save and apply it connects some time for some seconds and sometimes not at all.
Then when I scan for access points (now its in client mode) the result is zero till reboot or till I enter the basic interface and in repater mode is able to see access points (but in basic interface its not possible configure eap username & password).
Yes I can send back and I would like change with another model you can suggest thats not affected by the problem and able to repeat eap ( wpad preinstalled)

kyson-lok · 2018-04-20T14:12:13.869Z

@uurrgg If it act as repeater and fail to connect to AP, it will fail to scan ap.