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5Ghz Wi-Fi doesn't work if DFS channel used on TP-Link Archer C6(EU) Ver3.20

Open kt315ua opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments

Basic working configuration: dmesg.txt wireless.txt

Known non-DFS channels: 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, and 161

Steps to reproduce:

  • Set Wi-Fi 5GHz channel to 52 (dfs channel)

Result:

  • 5GHz Wi-Fi stops working:
    Mon Sep 12 07:54:17 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: interface state HT_SCAN->DFS
    Mon Sep 12 07:54:17 2022 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: DFS-CAC-START freq=5260 chan=52 sec_chan=1, width=1, seg0=58, seg1=0, cac_time=60s
    Mon Sep 12 07:54:17 2022 daemon.err hostapd: DFS start_dfs_cac() failed, -1
    Mon Sep 12 07:54:17 2022 daemon.err hostapd: Interface initialization failed
    
  • Can't use 160Mhz bandwidth, seems because it overlaps with DFS-channels

logread.txt

System

Hostname OpenWrt
Model TP-Link Archer C6 v3
Architecture MediaTek MT7621 ver:1 eco:3
Target Platform ramips/mt7621
Firmware Version OpenWrt 22.03.0 r19685-512e76967f / LuCI openwrt-22.03 branch git-22.245.77528-487e58a
Kernel Version 5.10.138

Hardware: TP-Link Archer C6(EU) Ver3.20

kt315ua avatar Sep 12 '22 08:09 kt315ua

The MT7613BE radio does not support DFS by design.

Borromini avatar Sep 15 '22 11:09 Borromini

Not exactly a solution but setting list hostapd_options 'ieee80211h=0' in /etc/config/wireless should disable DFS and seems to avoid channels where it is necessary.

sad-goldfish avatar Sep 30 '22 17:09 sad-goldfish

The MT7613BE radio does not support DFS by design.

Ok, maybe it's a fact, but it's not solution for a system bug. If this chipset/platform doesn't support DFS, why it trying to be used? Where i can look for that?

kt315ua avatar Oct 03 '22 20:10 kt315ua