Hello,
My radio1 has stopped working. I'm not sure what happened. I've restarted it, even restarted the whole router. It will not come back up. If I hit "scan", it does browse and find networks. But aside from that, it doesn't work.
Any suggestions are welcome!
Could you please provide more information, see How to get support quickly
Firmware version and a screenshot of the Wi-Fi settings from the GL GUI would be needed.
Did that screenshot not come through?
Anyway, the firmware is v4.6.2
No, you posted a screenshot of LuCI but I would like to see a screenshot of the GL main GUI showing the Wi-Fi settings.
I can see that you have 3 tabs for "Wi-Fi", which isn't normal.
Did you modify your Wi-Fi using LuCI or SSH?
Dd you upgrade your firmware to beta or openwrt flavour with keeping settings?
Yes, I did add those through Luci and the config files.
I did not upgrade my firmware to beta or OpenWRT.
I've created new WIFI in the past, and it never disabled a radio.
For getting support you should revert the changes you did and see if the Wi-Fi radio goes online again.
Maybe even resetting the router might be a good way to get it back working.
Can you take a look at my config files?
I really need to keep the wifi access points I created.
If you manually add the new radio, please add the parameter in the new radio interface:
option ifname 'rax2'
‘raxn’, n≤3
Please post your config flies if still no luck:
cat /etc/config/wireless
I found the guest wireless interface that was attached to radio1 disabled '1', so I enabled it, this made no difference. It disappeared from the config file on it's own, so I tried adding it back. This disabled the other networks attached to radio0, so I removed it and they came back. Here is my wireless config file:
root@GL-AX1800:~# cat /etc/config/wireless
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/soc/c000000.wifi'
option band '5g'
option htmode 'HE80'
option country 'US'
option channel 'auto'
option hwmode '11a'
option cell_density '0'
option channels '36,40,44,48'
option random_bssid '1'
config wifi-device 'radio1'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/soc/c000000.wifi+1'
option band '2g'
option country 'US'
option channel 'auto'
option htmode 'HE40'
option cell_density '0'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
option device 'radio0'
option mode 'ap'
option encryption 'psk2'
option wds '1'
option ifname 'wlan1'
option key '<REDACTED>'
option network 'Work5G'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-Work5G'
option macaddr '<REDACTED>'
config wifi-iface 'guest2g'
option mode 'ap'
option ifname 'wlan0-1'
option encryption 'psk2'
option guest '1'
option wds '1'
option isolate '1'
option key '<REDACTED>'
option hidden '0'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'guest1'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-5.0-Guest1'
option macaddr '<REDACTED>'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet2'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-5.0-Guest2'
option encryption 'psk2'
option device 'radio0'
option mode 'ap'
option network 'guest2'
option key '<REDACTED>'
option macaddr '<REDACTED>'
This one radio is you manually added, please add option ifname 'rax2', and other parameters do not edit in the file, but can edit in the Luci or GL GUI.
Kindly refer this image I posted before:
Just to be clear, ALL of the access points in the file were manually added. I'm only trying to bring back radio1. radio0 is fine.
What does option ifname 'rax2' do exactly?
It is not recommended to manually add the radio/interface in the wireless part.
Can try to add the radio in the Luci, finish/apply, and then go the SSH, find the manually added radio group, and add option ifname 'raxn' (for 5GHz radio, 'n'≤3), option ifname 'ran' (for 2.4GHz, 'n'≤3).
ifname wrong, must 'raxn' or 'ran', such as the 2GHz is 'ra2'.
This group less the option ifname 'raxn', such as the 5GHz is option ifname 'rax2'
If the /etc/config/wireless configuration rule/format is wrong or less, the radio will be unable to start and work.
I re-created the 2.4 (radio1) guest network through LuCi, then added the option ifname 'ran' to the wireless config file. The issue now is that there are 2 duplicate entries in the GL interface for the 2.4 guest network, and they seem to be the same network. I can't connect to it. I rebooted the router, this didn't help. I've tried ran, ra0, ra1, & ra2. This did not help.
And here is my wireless config:
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/soc/c000000.wifi'
option band '5g'
option htmode 'HE80'
option country 'US'
option channel 'auto'
option hwmode '11a'
option cell_density '0'
option channels '36,40,44,48'
option random_bssid '1'
config wifi-device 'radio1'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/soc/c000000.wifi+1'
option band '2g'
option country 'US'
option channel 'auto'
option htmode 'HE40'
option cell_density '0'
option random_bssid '1'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
option device 'radio0'
option mode 'ap'
option encryption 'psk2'
option wds '1'
option ifname 'wlan1'
option key '<REDACTED>'
option network 'Work5G'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-Work5G'
option macaddr '<REDACTED>'
config wifi-iface 'guest2g'
option mode 'ap'
option ifname 'wlan0-1'
option encryption 'psk2'
option guest '1'
option wds '1'
option isolate '1'
option key '<REDACTED>'
option hidden '0'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'guest1'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-5.0-Guest1'
option macaddr '<REDACTED>'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet2'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-5.0-Guest2'
option encryption 'psk2'
option device 'radio0'
option mode 'ap'
option network 'guest2'
option key '<REDACTED>'
option macaddr '<REDACTED>'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet3'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-2.4-Guest'
option encryption 'psk2'
option device 'radio1'
option mode 'ap'
option network 'guest'
option key '<REDACTED>'
option macaddr '<REDACTED>'
option ifname 'ra0'
The 5.0 (radio0) networks are working fine, it's just the 2.4 (radio1) that's having the issue.
Perhaps there is an error in the configuration file of wireless.
Please refer to:
root@GL-AX1800:~# cat /etc/config/wireless
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/soc/c000000.wifi'
option band '5g'
option htmode 'HE80'
option channels '36,40,44,48'
option country 'US'
option channel '44'
option cell_density '0'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-f4e-5G'
option encryption 'psk2'
option key 'goodlife'
option wds '1'
option isolate '0'
option ifname 'wlan1'
config wifi-device 'radio1'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/soc/c000000.wifi+1'
option band '2g'
option country 'US'
option channel 'auto'
option htmode 'HE40'
option cell_density '0'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
option device 'radio1'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-f4e'
option encryption 'psk2'
option key 'goodlife'
option wds '1'
option isolate '0'
option ifname 'wlan0'
config wifi-iface 'guest5g'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'guest'
option mode 'ap'
option ifname 'wlan1-1'
option encryption 'psk2'
option key 'goodlife'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-f4e-5G-Guest'
option guest '1'
option disabled '1'
option wds '1'
option isolate '1'
config wifi-iface 'guest2g'
option device 'radio1'
option network 'guest'
option mode 'ap'
option ifname 'wlan0-1'
option encryption 'psk2'
option key 'goodlife'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-f4e-Guest'
option guest '1'
option disabled '1'
option wds '1'
option isolate '1'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet4'
option encryption 'psk2'
option device 'radio0'
option mode 'ap'
option network 'guest'
option key 'goodlife'
option ifname 'rax2'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-f4e-5G-add-2'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet5'
option encryption 'psk2'
option device 'radio1'
option mode 'ap'
option network 'guest'
option key 'goodlife'
option ifname 'ra2'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-f4e-add-3'
I have looked over my configuration files and the settings in the GUI and LuCi. I have re-created the 2.4 wireless network manually, and through LuCi, I get the same results.
I have not found anything wrong, but I could be missing something.
My configuration is the same as my last post.
Do you see anything wrong?
Reset the router and refer to my post #16 to configure it again: config wifi-iface 'wifinet4' and config wifi-iface 'wifinet5'
The 5G interface configuration is there.
There is an ifname entry for each interface.
root@GL-AX1800:~# cat /etc/config/wireless
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/soc/c000000.wifi'
option band '5g'
option htmode 'HE80'
option country 'US'
option channel 'auto'
option hwmode '11a'
option cell_density '0'
option channels '36,40,44,48'
option random_bssid '1'
config wifi-device 'radio1'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/soc/c000000.wifi+1'
option band '2g'
option country 'US'
option channel 'auto'
option htmode 'HE40'
option cell_density '0'
option random_bssid '1'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
option device 'radio0'
option mode 'ap'
option encryption 'psk2'
option wds '1'
option ifname 'wlan1'
option key '<REDACTED>'
option network 'Work5G'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-Work5G'
option macaddr '<REDACTED>'
config wifi-iface 'guest2g'
option mode 'ap'
option ifname 'wlan0-1'
option encryption 'psk2'
option guest '1'
option wds '1'
option isolate '1'
option key '<REDACTED>'
option hidden '0'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'guest1'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-5.0-Guest1'
option macaddr '<REDACTED>'
option disabled '1'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet2'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-5.0-Guest2'
option encryption 'psk2'
option device 'radio0'
option mode 'ap'
option network 'guest2'
option key '<REDACTED>'
option ifname 'rax2'
option macaddr '<REDACTED>'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet3'
option ssid 'GL-AX1800-2.4-Guest'
option encryption 'psk2'
option device 'radio1'
option mode 'ap'
option network 'guest'
option key '<REDACTED>'
option macaddr '<REDACTED>'
option ifname 'ra0'
I still have the duplicate entries for the 2.4G network in the GL interface, and I cannot connect to it.
Probably can try to configurate from Luci, remove all WiFi radio, manually readd new radio -> SSH to the device, add 'ifname' in /etc/config/wireless
If feasible, why not reset the router? This is suggested because I'm unaware of any specific configurations you may have previously applied to the router.