MT3000 Repeater not seeing any Wifi network

Routers
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Hello there! Not overly technical guy so bare with me if I take a wrong left turn anywhere...

I just received a new MT3000 here in France (vacation time! My old travel router was annoying me (and was kinda old) so I ordered this as a replacement). Connected fine, changed the password (left everything as is, initially) and tried to scan for networks.... It found... NOTHING.

Initially I thought it was firmware issue (based on google hits that led me to topics on this forum) so I has been updated to v4.6.2 which is the latest and greatest as far as I could tell.... Yet still nothing...

Changed it to 2.4 or 5ghz specically (instead of Auto).... Nothing... :frowning:

Changed the country from the DE (germany) it was on to FR (France) and even Japan since for some reason they might have more channels.... Nothing....

Now while trying this my old travel router was still transmitting its networks... My phone transmitted as an AP which it also didn't pick up...

Hell, I even tried 'Other' and specify my Phones AP specifically to see if that would connect but that also didn't seem to fly... :frowning:

Tried a hard 10 second reset (which for some reason seems to do nothing?) Multiple Resets through the UI to default firmware settings... Just in case I forked something up... But not dice...

I have included some of my logs at least....

logread.tar (231 KB)

So far the only thing a guy like me seems to understand as a potential problem is this line:

Tue Jul 23 18:56:13 2024 daemon.err gl-repeater[21922]: (gl-repeater.lua:337) ./files/lib/repeater-mtk.lua:226: attempt to index a nil value (local 'security')

Anyone have any idea/clue as to what I might need to do to try and fix this... I should note, that through Luci (I think thats what its called) if I hit scan on any of the networks I can actually see a whole list of networks... So seems like for some reason the Gl-inet UI won't play ball and I don't understand Luci enough to get things to work :sweat_smile:

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A little more info, and some more logs....

  • I tried holding the reset button for 10+ seconds (after 2-3 its flashes faster, after 7-10 it flashes REALLY fast) then I let it go after like.... 15? 20? Seconds.... then it just goes back to its regular 'looking for network' flashing
  • When I pick 'other' and aim it at my phones AP it tries to connect.... fails... drops me from the wifi connection (I think? I dont have a USC -> Ethernet with me so I have to do it all through connecting to the MT3000 through wifi).... I've included the logs below from when the AP was connected.

logread (1).tar (225 KB)

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As a test - try the US country code... there has been reports of this happening where this corrected this.. mines failed to find stuff - but that was on one beta snapshot firmware - rolled back to the day snapshot before and it was sorted (they seem to have removed daily snapshot firmware)...

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I did try US as well actually, but I've gotten more proficient at that, so I'll give that a go after Breakfast, just in case. I will also try and actually reset the whole thing agian... and set the password to something easier without special symbols and what not, maybe that will make a difference (although it shouldn't and I doubt it)

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Downgraded to 4.5.16, this version could see the networks around me straight away... But got stuck on not getting an IP address it seemed.

Upgraded back to 4.6.2 which had the same result as before... In general that version seems to have trouble keeping me connected to its own WiFi or something....

Going to try some other fw versions and maybe try 4.5.16 to my phone's AP to see if that does something.... The public WiFi here with it's captive portal might be a problem for 4.5.16

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Okay... Just downgraded to 4.2.0, it was able to spot the network (did specifically set it to 2.4 and not on auto), connect to it and I got the captive portal I was expecting.... Writting this reply through its network....

Now the question is do I upgrade back to 4.6.2 in the hopes it keeps on working or not.... :zipper_mouth_face:

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Spoke too soon, 4.2.0 did show the network and connect but lost it again... Yet on my AP it was fine, so I suspect the public wifi here is being mean... Same thing on 4.5.16, so I'm sticking with that version for now since any time I go to 4.6.2 I can't find any network, or connect to any network (including my own AP).

Sad though because 4.6.2 has a few settings that I think might help with the public Wifi here (captive login portal thingy for example). But it seems to me 4.6.2 has more issues than 4.5.16, not sure if I'm alone in this though...

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Try the OPENWRT 24 from here:
https://dl.gl-inet.com/router/mt3000/
(don't keep settings when updating)

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Hello Meo,

I just downloaded and installed the 4.6.0 beta version I assume that's the one you meant?

Exact same issues as I am having on the 4.6.2, It cannot find any networks (not on DE, VS or FR). Also the same to me seemingly instability of the wifi connections from my laptop to the MT3000s network.

I will attach the log in case, meanwhile I'll revert to 4.5.16 as that seems to be the most stable version for me at the moment :pensive: not perfect since I cant get the public wifi to work, but at least my AP works, and another open Wifi that gives me 15 minutes of internet :sweat_smile:

Also, my wifi connection doesnt seem to randomly get dropped from my laptop, which im not sure if thats the 4.6.X versions for me or because I am changing the regions / trying to scan or what ever it is that is causing some issues.

logread (3).tar (108.5 KB)

Thanks for your assistance so far at least, same to you bytchslappa

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Small status update. running on 4.5.16. Setting the network to 2.4G explicitly finds the network(s).

Connecting to the public wifi did not work, stuck on trying to get an IP address... Found a different thread where someone took the IP of his/her laptop, Maccloning and setting the IP address manually... So far this seems to work... for now (for 5 minutes so lets see what happens).

So this is a now working solution (again, for now, let's see if it holds).

Still silly the 4.6.X versions all seems super unstable / not working for my MT3000 at least :man_shrugging: might be me... :zipper_mouth_face:

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Okay, so that worked for 6 minutes :wink:

My assumption is that the DHCP leases are super short... So it worked for a bit, until it didn't anymore....

So now I am using the worst work around... Which is connect to the public Wifi through my phone and tether that through the Berryl.... Seems to be the most stable solution for now... Although when I leave and take my phone with me my family is all out of luck... xD

I did update to the latest firmware.... I can't actually find any wifi on any o fthe 4.6.X versions but I like being on the most recent unless there are reasons not to... Couldnt get the wifi to work as I wanted it to on the 4.5.16 anyhow so ye....

Basically from what I gathered online I guess I'm running into the same issues rather a lot of people are (at least with this device).

  • Unable to find wifi networks for the repeater (Not on the 4.6.2 or the 4.6.0 OpenWRT 24 beta)
  • Not getting DHCP lease when actually connecting (on 4.5.16, which could find the network)

So yeah... Hoping someone smarter than I will contribute so that the next time I travel in a month from now this device is actually usable otherwise I guess I should have stuck with TP Link :sweat_smile: :zipper_mouth_face:

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What channels and which bandwith do you use on 2,4GHz and 5GHz?

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For searching for other networks? I'm not sure that's even a setting somewhere (if it is, tell me where and I'll answer).

For the networks the Berryl hosts (which seems perfectly fine at the moment when the connection is tethered through my phone):

5GHz = 80Mhz and Channel is set to Auto
2Ghz = 20/40Mhz and Channels also set to Auto

I assume that those settings don't affect anything when trying to find a wireless network as those are the networks hosted? Or is that a novice thing to say/assume? Regardless I believe it was exactly the same settings when I could find them on the 4.5.16 version....

Also doubt it would affect the DHCP lease not being gotten either, or maybe that's naive :slight_smile:

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Try the OpenWrt 24 Version like mentioned before from here:

[GL.iNet download center](Native OpenWrt 24 Firmware )

IMPORTANT: Do not keep settings!

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I can play around again tomorrow, but I did try that version (I did keep settings... but did a firmware reset after... I assume thats the same result no?).

If that isnt the same then I can try again tomorrow I suppose :slight_smile:

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Yes. Reset should be the same :wink:

I had the same network problems, and Version 4.6.0-op24 works very well (at least for me).

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If you start playing around, you can try the following:

Try to avoid DFS-channels, using DFS-channels might cause regular interruptions.

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The logs shows that it find 7 networks. But there is also one error, which may caused the issue you met. I am asking @JerryZhao to have a check.

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That cool thanks, I am still here for another week so if there is anything you'd like me to try that is possible (when not out and about with the family) until friday the 2nd of August, we leave early on the 3rd.

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I think I'm experiencing the same issue. I have tried various firmware versions (including the latest OpenWRT) and none work as expected.

Interestingly if I do a scan for wireless networks in the LUCI environment then i see all of the expected networks listed on both 2.4GHZ and 5GHZ. I can also join a network from here. However, if i go back to the main interface then (even if connected via LUCI) it shows no connection and shows now available networks if i do a scan.