MT300N v2 firmware wifi issues

I followed the instructions on this page

for the simple luci firmware with wifi to make room for install of a ~3mb package. However, the wifi does not work.

The configuration from the Network-Wireless menu is displaying error

Wireless is disabled or not associated

There are also issues with the interface (can’t operate the dropdown menus for mode, band, channel, width) and there is only WEP for security.

Tried uninstalling wpad-mini and using wpa-supplicant, but no change. Also tried a manual configuration but got error message

‘nl80211’ generic netlink not found

Any ideas about what to try next?

Can you share your packaging configuration?

Just ran the command as described on that page, did not alter anything. Tried again today, same result.

by packaging configuration, do you mean this line?

Packages: kmod-mt7628 uci2dat mtk-iwinfo luci base-files busybox dnsmasq dropbear firewall fstools ip6tables iptables kernel kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-leds-gpio kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb2 libc libgcc logd mtd netifd odhcp6c odhcpd opkg ppp ppp-mod-pppoe swconfig uci uclient-fetch wpad-mini

Pls check all modules

base-files - 194-r7258-5eb055306f
blkid - 2.32-2
bridge - 1.5-5
busybox - 1.28.3-6
ca-bundle - 20180409
ca-certificates - 20180409
chat - 2.4.7-12
comgt - 0.32-30
comgt-directip - 0.32-30
comgt-ncm - 0.32-30
curl - 7.60.0-3
ddns-scripts - 2.7.7-6
dnscrypt-proxy - 1.9.5-8
dnscrypt-proxy-resolvers - 1.9.5+git-20171001-2d43be3-8
dnsmasq-full - 2.80test2-3
dropbear - 2017.75-5
ethtool - 4.15-1
fcgi - 2.4.0-1
firewall - 2018-05-14-b45e162e-1
fstools - 2018-04-16-e2436836-1
fwtool - 1
getdns - 1.4.2-1
gl-base-files - 3.0.309-1
gl-base-files-mt - 3.0.309-1
gl-cloud-ui - 3.0.20-1
gl-crond - 3.0.4-1
gl-ddns - 3.0.22-1
gl-files-brower - 3.0.4-1
gl-firewall - 3.0.4-1
gl-fw - 3.0.17-1
gl-modem - 3.0.113-1
gl-monitor - 3.0.87-1
gl-mqtt - 3.0.99-1
gl-portal - 3.0.22-1
gl-qos-internal - 3.0.34-1
gl-repeater - 3.1.1-1
gl-route-policy - 3.0.40-1
gl-s2s - 1.0.23-1
gl-sdk - 3.0.498-1
gl-software - 3.0.24-1
gl-tertf-mt76x8 - 3.2.5-1
gl-ui - 3.0.532-1
gl-util - 3.0.165-1
gl-vpn - 3.0.89-1
gl-vpn-server - 3.0.89-1
gl-wan-detect - 3.0.1-1
gl-wg - 3.0.60-1
gl-wg-server - 3.0.60-1
gl-wifi-core - 3.0.159-1
hostapd-common - 2018-04-09-fa617ee6-5
ip-full - 4.16.0-3
ip-tiny - 4.16.0-4
ip6tables - 1.6.2-1
ipset - 6.34-1
iptables - 1.6.2-1
iptables-mod-conntrack-extra - 1.6.2-1
iptables-mod-hashlimit - 1.6.2-1
iptables-mod-ipopt - 1.6.2-1
iptables-mod-u32 - 1.6.2-1
iwinfo - 2018-07-24-94b1366d-2
jshn - 2018-04-12-6eff829d-1
jsonfilter - 2018-02-04-c7e938d6-1
kernel - 4.14.63-1-8a0053fabfacb4ce8da3e3f9d95f998f
kmod-crypto-aead - 4.14.63-1
kmod-crypto-crc32c - 4.14.63-1
kmod-crypto-ecb - 4.14.63-1
kmod-crypto-hash - 4.14.63-1
kmod-crypto-manager - 4.14.63-1
kmod-crypto-null - 4.14.63-1
kmod-crypto-pcompress - 4.14.63-1
kmod-crypto-sha1 - 4.14.63-1
kmod-fs-exfat - 4.14.63+2017-06-20-de4c760b-1
kmod-fs-ext4 - 4.14.63-1
kmod-fs-ntfs - 4.14.63-1
kmod-fs-vfat - 4.14.63-1
kmod-fuse - 4.14.63-1
kmod-gpio-button-hotplug - 4.14.63-2
kmod-ip6tables - 4.14.63-1
kmod-ipt-compat-xtables - 4.14.63+2.14-4
kmod-ipt-conntrack - 4.14.63-1
kmod-ipt-conntrack-extra - 4.14.63-1
kmod-ipt-core - 4.14.63-1
kmod-ipt-hashlimit - 4.14.63-1
kmod-ipt-ipmark - 4.14.63+2.14-4
kmod-ipt-ipopt - 4.14.63-1
kmod-ipt-ipset - 4.14.63-1
kmod-ipt-nat - 4.14.63-1
kmod-ipt-offload - 4.14.63-1
kmod-ipt-u32 - 4.14.63-1
kmod-leds-gpio - 4.14.63-1
kmod-lib-crc-ccitt - 4.14.63-1
kmod-lib-crc16 - 4.14.63-1
kmod-lib-textsearch - 4.14.63-1
kmod-mii - 4.14.63-1
kmod-mppe - 4.14.63-1
kmod-mt7628 - 4.14.63+4.0.3-5
kmod-nf-conntrack - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nf-conntrack-netlink - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nf-conntrack6 - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nf-flow - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nf-ipt - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nf-ipt6 - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nf-nat - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nf-nathelper - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nf-nathelper-extra - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nf-reject - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nf-reject6 - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nfnetlink - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nls-base - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nls-cp437 - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nls-iso8859-1 - 4.14.63-1
kmod-nls-utf8 - 4.14.63-1
kmod-ppp - 4.14.63-1
kmod-pppoe - 4.14.63-1
kmod-pppox - 4.14.63-1
kmod-sched - 4.14.63-1
kmod-sched-connmark - 4.14.63-1
kmod-sched-core - 4.14.63-1
kmod-scsi-core - 4.14.63-1
kmod-slhc - 4.14.63-1
kmod-tun - 4.14.63-1
kmod-udptunnel4 - 4.14.63-1
kmod-udptunnel6 - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-acm - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-core - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-ehci - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-net - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-net-cdc-ether - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-net-cdc-ncm - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-net-huawei-cdc-ncm - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-net-ipheth - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-net-qmi-wwan - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-net-rndis - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-net-sierrawireless - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-ohci - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-serial - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-serial-cp210x - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-serial-option - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-serial-sierrawireless - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-serial-wwan - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-storage - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-storage-uas - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-uhci - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb-wdm - 4.14.63-1
kmod-usb2 - 4.14.63-1
kmod-wireguard - 4.14.63+0.0.20191012-1
libblkid - 2.32-2
libblobmsg-json - 2018-04-12-6eff829d-1
libc - 1.1.19-1
libcares - 1.14.0-1
libcurl - 7.60.0-3
libgcc - 7.3.0-1
libgmp - 6.1.2-1
libimobiledevice - 1.2.1-2
libip4tc - 1.6.2-1
libip6tc - 1.6.2-1
libipset - 6.34-1
libiwinfo - 2018-07-24-94b1366d-2
libiwinfo-lua - 2018-07-24-94b1366d-2
libjson-c - 0.12.1-1
libjson-script - 2018-04-12-6eff829d-1
liblua - 5.1.5-1
liblucihttp - 2018-05-18-cb119ded-1
liblucihttp-lua - 2018-05-18-cb119ded-1
liblzo - 2.10-1
libmbedtls - 2.8.0-1
libmnl - 1.0.4-1
libnetfilter-conntrack - 2017-07-25-e8704326-1
libnettle - 3.3-1
libnfnetlink - 1.0.1-1
libnl-tiny - 0.1-5
libopenssl - 1.0.2o-1
libpcre - 8.41-2
libplist - 2.0.0-3
libpthread - 1.1.19-1
librt - 1.1.19-1
libsodium - 1.0.16-1
libsqlite3 - 3230100-1
libubox - 2018-04-12-6eff829d-1
libubus - 2018-01-16-5bae22eb-1
libubus-lua - 2018-01-16-5bae22eb-1
libuci - 2018-03-24-5d2bf09e-1
libuclient - 2017-11-02-4b87d831-1
libusb-1.0 - 1.0.22-1
libusbmuxd - 1.1.0-2
libustream-openssl - 2018-05-24-189cd38b-4
libuuid - 2.32-2
libxml2 - 2.9.8-2
libxtables - 1.6.2-1
libyaml - 0.1.6-1
lighttpd - 1.4.48-1
lighttpd-mod-access - 1.4.48-1
lighttpd-mod-cgi - 1.4.48-1
lighttpd-mod-expire - 1.4.48-1
lighttpd-mod-fastcgi - 1.4.48-1
lighttpd-mod-openssl - 1.4.48-1
lighttpd-mod-proxy - 1.4.48-1
logd - 2018-02-14-128bc35f-2
lua - 5.1.5-1
luci - git-18.196.56128-9112198-1
luci-app-firewall - git-18.196.56128-9112198-1
luci-base - git-18.196.56128-9112198-1
luci-lib-ip - git-18.196.56128-9112198-1
luci-lib-json - git-18.196.56128-9112198-1
luci-lib-jsonc - git-18.196.56128-9112198-1
luci-lib-nixio - git-18.196.56128-9112198-1
luci-mod-admin-full - git-18.196.56128-9112198-1
luci-mod-rpc - git-18.196.56128-9112198-1
luci-proto-ipv6 - git-18.196.56128-9112198-1
luci-proto-ppp - git-18.196.56128-9112198-1
luci-theme-bootstrap - git-18.196.56128-9112198-1
mqtt - 3.0.1-1
mtd - 23
mwan3 - 2.6.22-1
netifd - 2018-05-30-a580028d-1
nodogsplash - 1.0.2-1
ntfs-3g - 2017.3.23-1-fuseint
odhcp6c - 2018-04-29-5316d7f8-12
odhcpd-ipv6only - 1.7-1
openssl-util - 1.0.2o-1
openvpn-openssl - 2.4.5-3
opkg - 2020-01-25-c09fe209-1
ppp - 2.4.7-13
ppp-mod-pppoe - 2.4.7-13
procd - 2018-03-28-dfb68f85-1
relayd - 2016-02-07-ad0b25ad-2
resolveip - 2
rpcd - 2018-05-13-82062195-1
rpcd-mod-rrdns - 20170710
samba36-server - 3.6.25-11
smstools3 - 3.1.21-2
stubby - 0.2.3-1
swconfig - 11
tc - 4.16.0-3
ubox - 2018-02-14-128bc35f-2
ubus - 2018-01-16-5bae22eb-1
ubusd - 2018-01-16-5bae22eb-1
uci - 2018-03-24-5d2bf09e-1
uci2dat - 3.0.4-5
uclient-fetch - 2017-11-02-4b87d831-1
uhttpd - 2018-06-26-796d42bc-1
uhttpd-mod-ubus - 2018-06-26-796d42bc-1
unzip - 6.0-6
uqmi - 2016-12-19-8ceeab69-1
usb-modeswitch - 2017-12-19-f40f84c2-1
usbmuxd - 1.1.1-4
wireguard - 0.0.20191012-1
wireguard-tools - 0.0.20191012-1
wireless-tools - 29-5
wpad - 2018-04-09-fa617ee6-5
wwan - 2014-07-17-1
zlib - 1.2.11-2

Kernel modules
root@GL-MT300N-V2:~# lsmod
act_connmark 2080 0
act_ipt 3520 0
act_mirred 3424 0
act_police 3200 0
act_skbedit 2400 0
aead 3553 0
cdc_acm 13824 0
cdc_ether 4610 1 rndis_host
cdc_ncm 13176 1 huawei_cdc_ncm
cdc_wdm 7509 2 qmi_wwan,huawei_cdc_ncm
cls_basic 2992 0
cls_flow 5456 0
cls_fw 3728 0
cls_route 4720 0
cls_tcindex 5008 0
cls_u32 8384 0
compat_xtables 587 0
cp210x 10608 0
crc_ccitt 1035 1 ppp_async
crc16 1031 1 ext4
crc32c_generic 1424 0
crypto_hash 9874 6 ppp_mppe,sha1_generic,ext4,jbd2,crypto_null,crc32c_generic
crypto_null 2978 1 aead
cryptomgr 1945 0
ecb 1424 0
ehci_hcd 33143 1 ehci_platform
ehci_platform 4464 0
em_cmp 816 0
em_meta 5328 0
em_nbyte 752 0
em_text 1424 0
em_u32 592 0
exfat 98715 0
ext4 350512 0
fat 49054 1 vfat
fuse 70012 0
gpio_button_hotplug 6256 0
huawei_cdc_ncm 1520 0
ip_set 22026 16 xt_set,ip_set_list_set,ip_set_hash_netiface,ip_set_hash_netport,ip_set_hash_netnet,ip_set_hash_net,ip_set_hash_netportnet,ip_set_hash_mac,ip_set_hash_ipportnet,ip_set_hash_ipportip,ip_set_hash_ipport,ip_set_hash_ipmark,ip_set_hash_ip,ip_set_bitmap_port,ip_set_bitmap_ipmac,ip_set_bitmap_ip
ip_set_bitmap_ip 6640 0
ip_set_bitmap_ipmac 6640 0
ip_set_bitmap_port 5872 0
ip_set_hash_ip 18896 0
ip_set_hash_ipmark 18992 0
ip_set_hash_ipport 19536 0
ip_set_hash_ipportip 20304 0
ip_set_hash_ipportnet 24336 0
ip_set_hash_mac 10096 0
ip_set_hash_net 21648 2
ip_set_hash_netiface 23152 0
ip_set_hash_netnet 24528 0
ip_set_hash_netport 23024 0
ip_set_hash_netportnet 25584 0
ip_set_list_set 6672 1
ip_tables 10317 3 iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
ip6_tables 10081 2 ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
ip6_udp_tunnel 1463 1 wireguard
ip6t_REJECT 976 2
ip6table_filter 688 1
ip6table_mangle 1168 1
ipheth 5008 0
ipt_ECN 1424 0
ipt_MASQUERADE 720 1
ipt_REJECT 944 2
iptable_filter 688 1
iptable_mangle 912 1
iptable_nat 752 1
jbd2 49986 1 ext4
leds_gpio 2832 0
mbcache 3086 1 ext4
mii 5110 1 usbnet
mt7628 1247512 1
nf_conntrack 60733 37 nf_nat_pptp,nf_conntrack_pptp,nf_conntrack_ipv6,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_state,xt_nat,xt_helper,xt_conntrack,xt_connmark,xt_connlimit,xt_connbytes,xt_REDIRECT,xt_CT,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_snmp_basic,nf_nat_sip,nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4,nf_nat_irc,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_nat_ipv4,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat_amanda,nf_nat,nf_flow_table,nf_conntrack_tftp,nf_conntrack_snmp,nf_conntrack_sip,nf_conntrack_rtcache,nf_conntrack_proto_gre,nf_conntrack_netlink,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_conntrack_h323,nf_conntrack_ftp,nf_conntrack_broadcast,nf_conntrack_amanda,act_connmark
nf_conntrack_amanda 1776 1 nf_nat_amanda
nf_conntrack_broadcast 861 1 nf_conntrack_snmp
nf_conntrack_ftp 5232 1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack_h323 34591 1 nf_nat_h323
nf_conntrack_ipv4 5008 15
nf_conntrack_ipv6 5120 7
nf_conntrack_irc 2944 1 nf_nat_irc
nf_conntrack_netlink 20976 0
nf_conntrack_pptp 3536 1 nf_nat_pptp
nf_conntrack_proto_gre 2622 1 nf_conntrack_pptp
nf_conntrack_rtcache 2512 0
nf_conntrack_sip 17949 1 nf_nat_sip
nf_conntrack_snmp 800 1 nf_nat_snmp_basic
nf_conntrack_tftp 2832 1 nf_nat_tftp
nf_defrag_ipv4 1142 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_defrag_ipv6 9166 1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
nf_flow_table 12892 2 xt_FLOWOFFLOAD,nf_flow_table_hw
nf_flow_table_hw 2064 1
nf_log_common 2895 2 nf_log_ipv4,nf_log_ipv6
nf_log_ipv4 3312 0
nf_log_ipv6 3440 0
nf_nat 10140 12 nf_nat_pptp,xt_nat,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_sip,nf_nat_redirect,nf_nat_proto_gre,nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4,nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_ipv4,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat_amanda
nf_nat_amanda 816 0
nf_nat_ftp 1264 0
nf_nat_h323 5104 0
nf_nat_ipv4 4017 1 iptable_nat
nf_nat_irc 1072 0
nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 1596 1 ipt_MASQUERADE
nf_nat_pptp 1744 0
nf_nat_proto_gre 928 1 nf_nat_pptp
nf_nat_redirect 1211 1 xt_REDIRECT
nf_nat_sip 7248 0
nf_nat_snmp_basic 6400 0
nf_nat_tftp 592 0
nf_reject_ipv4 2275 1 ipt_REJECT
nf_reject_ipv6 2696 1 ip6t_REJECT
nfnetlink 4295 2 nf_conntrack_netlink,ip_set
nls_base 5056 8 vfat,fat,ntfs,nls_utf8,nls_iso8859_1,nls_cp437,exfat,usbcore
nls_cp437 4432 0
nls_iso8859_1 2896 0
nls_utf8 880 0
ntfs 88531 0
ohci_hcd 22719 1 ohci_platform
ohci_platform 4016 0
option 30544 0
ppp_async 6256 0
ppp_generic 21570 4 pppoe,ppp_async,pppox,ppp_mppe
ppp_mppe 5120 0
pppoe 8112 0
pppox 1386 1 pppoe
qmi_wwan 14608 0
rndis_host 4873 0
sch_cbq 11600 0
sch_codel 5904 0
sch_dsmark 4112 0
sch_fq 6608 0
sch_gred 6928 0
sch_hfsc 13296 0
sch_htb 13312 0
sch_ingress 1232 0
sch_multiq 3376 0
sch_pie 4176 0
sch_prio 3280 0
sch_red 5264 0
sch_sfq 8848 0
sch_tbf 5392 0
sch_teql 3568 0
scsi_mod 91666 3 uas,usb_storage,sd_mod
sd_mod 27360 0
sha1_generic 2261 0
sierra 6272 0
sierra_net 5792 0
slhc 4443 1 ppp_generic
ter_traffic 23001 0
ts_bm 1424 0
ts_fsm 2608 0
ts_kmp 1296 5
tun 19441 0
uas 10896 0
udp_tunnel 2767 1 wireguard
uhci_hcd 17920 0
usb_common 2519 1 usbcore
usb_storage 40619 1 uas
usb_wwan 4551 1 option
usbcore 126129 22 option,usb_wwan,sierra_net,sierra,rndis_host,qmi_wwan,huawei_cdc_ncm,cp210x,cdc_ncm,cdc_ether,usbserial,usbnet,ipheth,cdc_wdm,cdc_acm,uas,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ohci_platform,ohci_hcd,ehci_platform,ehci_hcd
usbnet 17333 6 sierra_net,rndis_host,qmi_wwan,huawei_cdc_ncm,cdc_ncm,cdc_ether
usbserial 18123 4 option,usb_wwan,sierra,cp210x
vfat 7888 0
wireguard 107172 0
x_tables 13583 44 ipt_REJECT,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_time,xt_tcpudp,xt_tcpmss,xt_statistic,xt_state,xt_recent,xt_nat,xt_multiport,xt_mark,xt_mac,xt_limit,xt_length,xt_hl,xt_helper,xt_hashlimit,xt_ecn,xt_dscp,xt_conntrack,xt_connmark,xt_connlimit,xt_connbytes,xt_comment,xt_TCPMSS,xt_REDIRECT,xt_LOG,xt_IPMARK,xt_HL,xt_FLOWOFFLOAD,xt_DSCP,xt_CT,xt_CLASSIFY,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter,ipt_ECN,ip_tables,xt_u32,act_ipt,xt_set,ip6t_REJECT,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables
xt_CLASSIFY 624 0
xt_CT 2576 0
xt_DSCP 1520 0
xt_FLOWOFFLOAD 2688 0
xt_HL 1360 0
xt_IPMARK 912 0
xt_LOG 816 0
xt_REDIRECT 752 0
xt_TCPMSS 2768 2
xt_comment 528170
xt_connbytes 1552 0
xt_connlimit 3584 0
xt_connmark 1264 4
xt_conntrack 2256 16
xt_dscp 1040 0
xt_ecn 1360 0
xt_hashlimit 9536 0
xt_helper 912 0
xt_hl 848 0
xt_length 752 0
xt_limit 1040 20
xt_mac 656 0
xt_mark 720 26
xt_multiport 1264 0
xt_nat 1584 0
xt_recent 6816 0
xt_set 6512 3
xt_state 752 0
xt_statistic 848 0
xt_tcpmss 1104 0
xt_tcpudp 1808 16
xt_time 1648 0
xt_u32 976 0

This pointed me in the right direction to solve the wifi issues, thanks