New SSID on existing LAN interface

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Hi, apologies for such a simple question, all I’ve found are answers to more complex questions.

All I’m hoping to achieve is adding another SSID to my existing LAN interface.
I will end up with:
Default_Main_Wifi
Default_New_Wifi
Within same subnet as the main wifi. No vlans or anything like that yet.

I went to LuCI > Network > Wireless, then Add to the 2.4ghz network card.

Flint2 & LuCI with latest firmware.
Shows as “Wireless is not associated”
Is set as ‘Access Point’ and lan interface is attached.

When searching my wifi networks I see HT_AP1 & HT_AP4 which I presume are from my two attempts at doing this.

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Hi!

Could you please provide more details about the issue you encountered?

If you are having trouble creating a new SSID on the LAN, please follow these steps:

  1. First, reset the device by following this tutorial to clear any wireless settings configured via Luci and prevent future conflicts.
    Repair network or reset - GL.iNet Router Docs 4

  2. SSH into the router and add a new SSID to the LAN interface by running the following command:

# For the 5GHz SSID
uci del wireless.mt798612.disabled
uci set wireless.wifinet4=wifi-iface
uci set wireless.wifinet4.device='mt798612'
uci set wireless.wifinet4.mode='ap'
uci set wireless.wifinet4.ssid='GL Router-IoT-5G'
uci set wireless.wifinet4.encryption='psk2'
uci set wireless.wifinet4.key='goodlife'
uci set wireless.wifinet4.network='lan'
uci set wireless.wifinet4.ifname='rax2'

# For the 2.4GHz SSID

uci del wireless.mt798611.disabled
uci set wireless.wifinet5=wifi-iface
uci set wireless.wifinet5.device='mt798611'
uci set wireless.wifinet5.mode='ap'
uci set wireless.wifinet5.ssid='GL Router-IoT-2.4G'
uci set wireless.wifinet5.encryption='psk2'
uci set wireless.wifinet5.key='goodlife'
uci set wireless.wifinet5.network='lan'
uci set wireless.wifinet5.ifname='ra2'

#  Save the configuration and restart to take effect.
uci commit

reboot
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Thanks for this, I will try SSH if I don’t find a GUI guide/method first. Much of what I found jumps straight into SSH which is fine, but would still prefer to use the interface someone took time to build.
I should be familiar with most of this from setting up my Pi VPN router years ago, but it has been a while.
What does mt798611 refer to that I need to delete and recreate it?

As mentioned, I want to create an additional 2.4 wifi access point in addition to the 2.4 and 5 main defaults and guests.
This additional 2.4 will be for most of my smarthome devices on vlans but that is later after I am more familiar with LuCI.
When I created the new SSID it just says “Wireless is not associated” and is broadcasting HT_AP instead of the SSID I named.

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Since the stock firmware is built on the MTK SDK, compatibility between its Luci interface and the underlying closed-source wireless driver may be suboptimal.
We recommend configuring relevant options via SSH and UCI.

mt798611 is the identifier for the Wi-Fi chip.
The previous provided command just removes its disabled entry, thereby enabling it.

uci del wireless.mt798611.disabled

If you prefer configuring these through Luci, we recommend using the openwrt24 version, which uses open-source drivers and have good compatibility with Luci.

Download link:

Upgrade guide:

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This worked, except now my 2 x 2.4 wifi networks share the same channel.
If i change one to say CH3 the others setting is also changed to 3 also. This is because they share the same radio right?

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Yes, right.