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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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Also don't expect to see that Radio on a PCIe or USB Bus as it's one of those SoC Bus things.
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>

Latest revision as of 21:31, 28 February 2026

Can one make the 88W8887 'Third Radio' on the WRT32X and WRT3200ACM actually work in a reliable manner? Let's try.

wifi down radio2
rmmod mwifiex_sdio
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 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

usbreset 0e8d:7961
service network restart