WiFi issue when connecting to Victron Venus OS on Raspi 3B+

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I am using my GLiNet X3000 in a mobile van and have Victron Equipment for Solar/Battery etc. Victron normally uses their Cerbo GX to collect data from all systems, but alternatively you can run Victron Venus OS on a Raspberry 3/4/5 to collect data. Connecting the PI3 to X3000 via LAN works smooth but WIFI is not working. Victron claims that PMF should be disabled on the router (Venus OS v3.66: Raspberry Pi WiFi connectivity broken with PMF/802.11w enabled - Modifications - Victron Community)

Now my Question: Victron proposes changing a setting in openwrt: OpenWrt: option ieee80211w '0' in /etc/config/wireless

How and where can I change this setting? Can I change it in LUCI or do I need to dive deeper…

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Hi,

This option shoulf be disabled by default.
If it was enabled due to configuration changes, you can disable it via SSH using the following commands:

# Main Wi-Fi
uci set wireless.wifi2g.ieee80211w='0'
uci set wireless.wifi5g.ieee80211w='0'

# Guest Wi-Fi
uci set wireless.guest2g.ieee80211w='0'
uci set wireless.guest5g.ieee80211w='0'

uci commit
/etc/init.d/network restart

# OR
reboot

Please ensure the encryption is set to WPA2 only. Any configuration that includes WPA3 will automatically force this option on.

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Thx very much! this worked immediately!

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