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I've installed OpenWRT Snapshot R43972 on a router that is not officially supported (a Swisscom Centro Grande resp. Pirelli / ADB according to the descriptions here and here. However, the PCB layout is slightly different than in the photos there.
So far it seems to work, except for the wireless. I have tried most settings in luci, and severall manual changes to /etc/config/wireless
, but I could neither set it up as an AP nor receive any signals. Hence, I suspect that the problem is somewhere deeper, and I don't see a way to localize the problem further.
It starts nicely with
$> dmesg | grep b43
Sun Jan 18 23:13:32 2015 kern.info kernel: [ 16.196000] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4322 WLAN found (core revision 16)
Sun Jan 18 23:13:32 2015 kern.info kernel: [ 16.236000] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 8, Type 4 (N), Revision 4
Sun Jan 18 23:13:32 2015 kern.info kernel: [ 16.240000] b43-phy0: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, ID 0x2056, Revision 3, Version 0
But then:
$> logread | grep radio
Sun Jan 18 23:13:48 2015 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (692): Configuration file: /var/run/hostapd-phy0.conf
Sun Jan 18 23:13:48 2015 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (692): nl80211 driver initialization failed.
Sun Jan 18 23:13:48 2015 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (692): hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0-1 wasn't started
Sun Jan 18 23:13:48 2015 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (692): hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started
Sun Jan 18 23:13:48 2015 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (692): cat: can't open '/var/run/wifi-phy0.pid': No such file or directory
Sun Jan 18 23:13:49 2015 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (692): Command failed: Invalid argument
Sun Jan 18 23:13:49 2015 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (692): Device setup failed: HOSTAPD_START_FAILED
I would appreciate any hint on how to proceede!
Disclaimer: I haven't gotten a reply to this question on the OpenWRT forums after serveral days, so I'm crossposting here.
Amazing, I would not have thought of that! – mbschenkel – 2015-01-29T22:25:29.327