Multiple SSIDs/networks on Slate 7 Pro

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I have recently purchased Slate 7 Pro as a small home router, and I am trying to relatively isolate my IoT devices from my main devices/internet as a networking novice. However I am facing two main problems:

  1. When I add new WiFi networks via LuCI (MTK menu) , the network does not seem to be accessible (Wireless is disabled or not associated) despite it showing up as active in main admin UI.
  2. Even if the above was not a problem, the only options for a bridge for a new WiFi network seems to be the existing br-lan and br-guest, and newly added bridges/devices do not show up as an option. I tried to change /etc/config/wireless directly, but since the above issue persists, I cannot test the solution.

Thank you in advance, and please let me know if any other information is required.

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Hi,

You can create the custom bridge/interface and firewall rules in LuCI as you have already done.
For example, in our case we created br-iot with the iot interface using 192.168.10.1/24 , enabled DHCP for it, and allowed iot → wan forwarding.

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Then go to LuCI → MTK WiFi , select the desired radio and click Add to create the additional SSID.
For example:

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Temporarily keep br-lan and finish creating the SSID.
After creating the SSID, it may initially show Channel: 0 and Wireless is disabled or not associated .
Then SSH into the router and locate the section corresponding to the new SSID, for example:

grep -n -B 5 -A 20 "option ssid 'IoT-2G'" /etc/config/wireless

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Then changed its network from lan to iot :

uci set wireless.ra4.ifname='ra4'
uci set wireless.ra4.network='iot'
uci commit wireless
reboot

The exact interface number "ra4" depends on the existing wireless configuration, so please use the actual wifi-iface section created on your router and please replace iot with the network interface name you created in LuCI.

After the reboot, the additional SSID should receive the normal channel from its radio and begin broadcasting.

If you encounter any issues during the configuration or are unable to complete the setup successfully, please let us know and we will continue to assist you.

Thank you for your support.

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