Raspberry pi zero w can't connect to GL.MT6000

Technical Support for Routers
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Hi,

I have a new MT6000 with the latest firmware (4.6.8). I have 2.4ghz wifi enabled with the out of the box settings. For some reason my raspberry pi zero w cannot see/connect to the router. The pi is right next to the router and it doesn't make a difference. The pi zero w is able to connect to my other older router just fine but i'll need it working with the MT6000.

For what it's worth, i have 2 other linux boxes that weren't able to connect either. However, I was able to overcome that by adding these settings for the iwlwifi driver in each linux box. I have no idea what these settings do or why they work:

  1. options iwlwifi 11n_disable=1 swcrypto=0 bt_coex_active=0 power_save=0
  2. options iwlmvm power_scheme=1
  3. options iwlwifi d0i3_disable=1
  4. options iwlwifi uapsd_disable=1
  5. options iwlwifi lar_disable=1
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Anytime I had any kind of issues with a brand new router, I would flash it with latest firmware using recovery mode, in this case you have to use UBoot. Some times at the factory, the firmware doesn't get flashed correctly and in the process there are random bugs.

So before doing any kind of modifications or applying bandaids, reflash the router via UBoot with out saving any settings.

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And check that your Wi-Fi settings, channels, standards and bandwidths are compatible.

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Interesting. I can't say i'm ready to do that yet. Partially because it seems rather intimidating. I should mention that the first time i powered up the router it wanted to do an update. Is it fair to say that would be the same as reflashing the firmware?

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Would you mind being specific as to what to check? I don't really have any knowledge or experience in this. In fact, every router I've ever owned just worked.

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You can try flashing firmware through Luci which you can access from GUI settings in the router. This will be wipe all settings and configurations of the factory Firmware. But don't keep settings.

Here is the quick link to Luci; http://192.168.8.1/cgi-bin/luci

http://192.168.8.1/cgi-bin/luci/admin/system/flash

Here is where you will find access to Luci in GUI: http://192.168.8.1/#/advanced

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Thanks. I'm gonna hold off touching the firmware for the time being. It has the stock firmware plus a stock firmware upgrade applied. Plus, I did a factory reset after it upgraded the firmware.

I'm more curious to understand what it is about the pi zero w and the router that prevents it from connecting.

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Try to set the 2.4 GHz to 802.11b/g/n and set bandwidth to 20 MHz.
Use a lower channel, not >11

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I'll give that a shot. Thank you.

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That worked! Many thanks!!

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Glad to hear!