Join WLAN: Incorrect Network Types on Scan

Technical Support for Routers
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Hi All,

I connect to Internet over wifi from the GL-AXT1800.
I run 2 wifi it “could” connect to.
JOLLYBOYZ - This is the house network running on 5G and 2.4GHz, on a Cisco RV260W. Channel 58 and 11.
JOLLYBOYZ_INT - This is solely to connect GL-INET router to wifi, runs on a Cisco Meraki G on a different channel to stop the 2 SSIDs from slowing each other down. This runs only on 5G. Channel 44.

However when I scan to Join the network, I see:
JOLLYBOYZ 2.4GHz
JOLLYBOYZ_INT Mixed.

Seemed to have swapped these around.

Edit: The device connects on channel 44, and shows 5G in the Internet page. It is only in scanning it seems incorrect.
Simon

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Can you try scan multiple times to see if it find them correctly?

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Its pretty stuck on the idea that JOLLYBOYZ is on the 2.4GHz, and JOLLYBOYZ_INT is on the both.

I did iw scan on the a raspberry pi 4 and got:
JOLLYBOYZ_INT

BSS e6:cb:ac:b6:03:56(on wlan0)
last seen: 74528.361s [boottime]
TSF: 0 usec (0d, 00:00:00)
freq: 5220
beacon interval: 100 TUs
capability: ESS Privacy SpectrumMgmt ShortSlotTime RadioMeasure (0x1511)
signal: -80.00 dBm
last seen: 0 ms ago
SSID: JOLLYBOYZ_INT
Supported rates: 12.0* 18.0 24.0* 36.0 48.0 54.0
DS Parameter set: channel 44

BSS e6:cb:bc:b6:03:56(on wlan0)
last seen: 74528.361s [boottime]
TSF: 0 usec (0d, 00:00:00)
freq: 2462
beacon interval: 100 TUs
capability: ESS Privacy ShortPreamble ShortSlotTime RadioMeasure (0x1431)
signal: -56.00 dBm
last seen: 0 ms ago
SSID: JOLLYBOYZ_INT
Supported rates: 11.0* 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
DS Parameter set: channel 11

JOLLYBOYZ:

BSS 4c:a6:4d:f6:84:22(on wlan0)
last seen: 74528.361s [boottime]
TSF: 0 usec (0d, 00:00:00)
freq: 2462
beacon interval: 100 TUs
capability: ESS Privacy ShortPreamble SpectrumMgmt ShortSlotTime (0x0531)
signal: -57.00 dBm
last seen: 0 ms ago
SSID: JOLLYBOYZ
Supported rates: 1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 6.0* 9.0 11.0* 12.0* 18.0 24.0* 36.0 48.0 54.0
DS Parameter set: channel 11

BSS 4c:a6:4d:f6:84:26(on wlan0)
last seen: 74528.361s [boottime]
TSF: 0 usec (0d, 00:00:00)
freq: 5260
beacon interval: 100 TUs
capability: ESS Privacy SpectrumMgmt (0x0111)
signal: -83.00 dBm
last seen: 0 ms ago
SSID: JOLLYBOYZ
Supported rates: 6.0* 9.0 12.0* 18.0 24.0* 36.0 48.0 54.0
DS Parameter set: channel 52

So I am actually fairly certain that they both actually mixed, despite what the Meraki G Cloud tells me.

JOLLYBOYZ has a beacon of 100 milliseconds, so I would have expected it to be picked up as mixed.

Not sure how to get the iw scan result over to you as I cannot attach here.

Simon

Simon

4

Do you have guest wifi on in your GL-AXT1800?

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ip phy phy0 interface add sta0 type mgd
ip link set sta0 address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
ip link set sta0 up
iw dev sta0 scan or iwinfo sta0 s

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No Guest Turned on,

WWAN on the 5G radio.
LAN on 5G and 2.4GHz.

Simon

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I assumed this was on the GL-AXT1800, but phy not recognized.

root@GL-AXT1800:~# ip phy phy0 interface add sta0 type mgd
Object “phy” is unknown, try “ip help”.
root@GL-AXT1800:~#

Were the instructions for the AXT1800?

Simon

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Sorry, I have a typo.

iw phy phy0 interface add sta0 type mgd
ip link set sta0 address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
ip link set sta0 up
iw dev sta0 scan or iwinfo sta0 s
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Hello Mr JerryZhao,

When I try to ip link set sta0 up - I get a Resource Busy error.
ip link show sta0 gives:
19: sta0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 4096
link/ether aa:17:62:0b:89:f4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

I alredy have wla-sta0 for my wwan interface, so I can scan on that?
I think radio only allows one sta connection.

10: wlan-sta0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 4096
link/ether 94:83:c4:19:93:27 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

I have been scanning through the Luci and the GL-INET interface.
In LuCI Radio 0 (which I believe wlan-sta0) can scan. Radio 1 cannot scan in either, I presume the GL-Inet does something funky to get its scan list.

Simon

10

You need to set a unique macaddr for sta0.

ip link set sta0 address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
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Hello JerryZhao,

I think it is unique:
root@GL-AXT1800:~# ip link show | grep aa:17:62:0b:89:f4
link/ether aa:17:62:0b:89:f4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
root@GL-AXT1800:~#

Only one entry back from sta0.

Simon