WiFi interface broken after update to 26.1

Started by sandy, January 29, 2026, 01:33:45 PM

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Quote from: apraile on January 31, 2026, 04:03:43 PMSame here on PC Engines APU2C4 and wle200nx card (Atheros AR9280).
The upgrade log is available at the following link, in case it is helpful:
https://paste.debian.net/hidden/22cde1ad

Thanks.



I just checked your upgrade log. It appears you have the same issue I encountered. On line 2285, "ath0: only 1 sta vap supported".

However, looks like you have two Atheros adapter installed. The other one (ath1) is not reporting that message, but neither is working.

Can you check if you have a "wlan0" (and "wlan1" in your case for your second adapter) interface with OPNsense 26.1? You can use "ifconfig" from console but Interfaces -> Overview will also work. From my experience, those interfaces would be in a red "no carrier" state.

Quote from: franco on January 31, 2026, 02:34:48 PMWould somebody check the logs for command errors? I have the feeling most reports around the last weeks omit obvious log entries in their installations.


Cheers,
Franco

I'm not seeing anything out of ordinary from that upgrade log, other than the line regarding "only 1 sta vap supported" which happened after finishing update from 25.7 to 26.1.

From my experience, that error message seems to be what was preventing OPNsense Web UI from adding new devices in Interface -> Wireless -> Devices. As soon as I tried adding a new device there and failed with error, I get that message printed on the console.

Still, I wonder what might be responsible for the creation of interfaces "wlan0" (without the ath0 prefix) that I saw with "ifconfig" or Interfaces -> Overview.