WRT32X and WRT3200ACM Third Radio Stability: Difference between revisions
Created page with "Can one make the 88W8887 'Third Radio' on the WRT32X and WRT3200ACM actually work in a reliable manner? Let's try. rmmod mwifiex modprobe mwifiex modprobe mwifiex_sdio wifi up radio2 service network restart ...OK, give a a minute or so to 'settle down' Oh, and make sure to set the '''88W8964 / 802.11a''' Radio to Channel 36 or something above Channel 144 But also remember, it is a 'rinky dink' little Radio, so just more of a statement of 'That can be done', at l..." |
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Can one make the 88W8887 'Third Radio' on the WRT32X and WRT3200ACM actually work in a reliable manner? Let's try. | Can one make the 88W8887 'Third Radio' on the WRT32X and WRT3200ACM actually work in a reliable manner? Let's try.<syntaxhighlight lang="text"> | ||
wifi down radio2 | |||
rmmod mwifiex_sdio | |||
rmmod mwifiex | rmmod mwifiex | ||
modprobe mwifiex | modprobe mwifiex | ||
modprobe mwifiex_sdio | modprobe mwifiex_sdio | ||
wifi up radio2 | wifi up radio2 | ||
</syntaxhighlight>service network restart | |||
service network restart | |||
...OK, give a a minute or so to 'settle down' | ...OK, give a a minute or so to 'settle down' | ||
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But also remember, it is a 'rinky dink' little Radio, so just more of a statement of 'That can be done', at least for OpenWRT 19.07 as the newer versions of OpenWRT make that more difficult, if not impossible. | But also remember, it is a 'rinky dink' little Radio, so just more of a statement of 'That can be done', at least for OpenWRT 19.07 as the newer versions of OpenWRT make that more difficult, if not impossible. | ||
Also don't expect to see that Radio on a PCIe or USB Bus as it's one of those SoC Bus things. | |||
=== Bonus Info === | |||
Normally a USB based Radio could be reset with something like the example below, but not the 'SoC Bus' of the one noted above<syntaxhighlight lang="text">usbreset 0e8d:7961 | |||
service network restart</syntaxhighlight> | |||