GL-MT300N-V2-ec6 won't connect to WiFi in repeater mode

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The GL-MT300N V2-ec6 running Version 3.102 firmware setup in repeater mode does not automatically connect to wifi at boot. The SSID and password are saved properly.

If I select the remembered WiFi network SSID and press [Join] the message “wifi not in range” will be immediately displayed.

If I select the Scan link in the Repeater section of http://192.168.8.1/#/internet the SSID will be found and I can connect by entering the password.

I would like the MT300N to connect to the saved wifi on boot. Any recommendations on how to resolve this problem?

Thanks.

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Do you have many of the same SSIDs around you?

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This morning I located the issue and this is resolved. Here is the background information.

Internet connectivity is provided by a Cellular to WiFi hotspot. The GL-MT300N-V2 (Mango) subscribes to the SSID provided by the WiFi hotspot. I then have various devices attached to the LAN port. My application does not need a WiFi hotspot provided by the Mango and so I turned that functionality off. By turning off the 2.4G WiFi hotspot, the Mango will no longer connect automatically to Internet WiFi connection.

To resolve this issue I re-enabled the Mango 2.4G WiFi.

To protect the Mango 2.4G WiFi from being accessed by clients, since I cannot disable it without disabling the bridge connection to the cellular hotspot, I hid the SSID and gave it a long random password.

OpenWRT should allow one to subscribe to a WiFi gateway and not enable itself as a WiFi hotspot.

Thanks for replying so promptly and I hope you have a great day.

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in gladmin web\ internet click on “repeater options” and set to autoconnect
in gladmin web\wireless if there is a green dot under 2.4gzh tab click the “on” button on the far right and wait for it to turn off.
then edit router from rj45 jack

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I tried those settings prior to my initial posting. I’ve tried them again. Upon reboot, OpenWRT does not reconnect to the WiFi gateway subscription.

When the web/wireless setting for 2.4GHz is enabled, the Mango will connect to the Internet WiFi subscribed SSID. I suspect a bug, however, I can work around it.

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if you were to reword that with something like:
if you disable “ap” on mango then wisp does not work with wpsk2

wifi gateway subscription makes one think were not using the same terminalogy

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Yes, if one disables the AP on the Mango then the wireless ISP connection no longer automatically connects on boot. One must initiate a scan, locate the wisp SSID and enter the password. If the AP on the Mango is NOT disabled, the wisp automatically reconnects at boot.

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latest testing version is 3.104
try a factory wipe and see if that fixes it.
http://download.gl-inet.com/firmware/mt300n-v2/testing/

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I guess this is probably due to the fact that 300N-v2 uses MTK private WIFI drivers instead of using openWRt’s open source drivers.

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this router is different from other gl routers with MTK driver. there isn’t even a wireless tab in luci-network-wireless.