WiFi interface broken after update to 26.1

[Monviech (Cedrik)]

I think you dont understand, you can execute the above command in the shell of your opnsense and it will patch it.

[binaryx]

Patched yesterday opensense with as bundle so with router restart, when the interface is configured with mode it will fail as mode is non-empty:

in the log you can see
/usr/local/etc/rc.linkup: The command </sbin/ifconfig wlan create wlandev 'ath0' 'wlanmode hostap' bssid name 'ath0_wlan1'> returned exit code 1 and the output was "ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2 (wlan): Input/output error"

the issue is that escapeshellarg() convert "wlanmode hostap" into "'wlanmode hostap'" which isn't valid param as there must not be any ''

correct cmd:
/sbin/ifconfig wlan create wlandev 'ath0' wlanmode hostap bssid name 'ath0_wlan1'
what we get from escape ..
/sbin/ifconfig wlan create wlandev 'ath0' 'wlanmode hostap' bssid name 'ath0_wlan1'

this also makes the new fix/commit not requried, but no overwiew on whole code so just statement base on the troubleshooting

[lss4]

As of commit 4912a67 WLAN appears to work again.
On a freshly-updated 26.1, apply the following two patches in order.

# opnsense-patch 45597a9
# opnsense-patch 4912a67

After reboot WLAN interfaces should be configured.
Haven't checked other possible issues regarding WLAN yet, as right now I've a lot of other things to do for 26.1, like migrating old firewall rules.

[franco]

Yes, make sure to only apply 4912a67 on 26.1.1 otherwise you'll get an apply failure because it undoes the other fix.


Cheers,
Franco

[cercle]

Thank you Monviech, now I understand, I applied the patch and everything works again.

[suur13]

I think you dont understand, you can execute the above command in the shell of your opnsense and it will patch it.

Can you please point out which command exactly.

opnsense-patch 4912a67 ?

[franco]

Yes, make sure you are on 26.1.1 and run this from the console:

# opnsense-patch 4912a67


Cheers,
Franco

[suur13]

Yes, make sure you are on 26.1.1 and run this from the console:

# opnsense-patch 4912a67

Thanks, did it last night and it helped and works !

[Monju0525]

Yes, make sure you are on 26.1.1 and run this from the console:

# opnsense-patch 4912a67

Thanks, did it last night and it helped and works !

What WiFi card are u using in opnsense 26.1.1? I want to do the same thing.

Is there a recommended WiFi 7 card that is opnsense compatible?

[tcris]

Hi,
running OPNsense 26.1.2_5, I still have the wifi issue.
Did not apply any patch until now.

I saw some suggestions above in the thread,
not sure which one is correct,
and not sure if they still apply to 26.1.2_5

I saw these two being suggested
# opnsense-patch 45597a9
# opnsense-patch 4912a67

Is this the way to go for  26.1.2_5?

Any ideas?
Thank you

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ifconfig
wlan0: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,DRV_OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        description: OPT3_WIFI (opt3)
        options=0
        ether ...
        inet 192.168.99.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.99.255
        groups: wlan MyGrpAllClients MyGrpUntrusted
        ssid "" channel 11 (2462 MHz 11g)
        regdomain FCC country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 30 bmiss 7
        scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme
        parent interface: run0
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
        nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>


dmesg | grep -i wlan
[1] wlan: mac acl policy registered
[2] ugen0.2: <Ralink 802.11 n WLAN> at usbus0
[2] run0: <Ralink 802.11 n WLAN, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.01, addr 1> on usbus0
[32] wlan0: Ethernet address: ...

[tcris]

Yes, make sure you are on 26.1.1 and run this from the console:

# opnsense-patch 4912a67


Cheers,
Franco

Hey Franco,

does the above still make sense on opnsense 26.1.2_5? (where I still have the wifi issue)


only the above patch (4912a67), or maybe both of these?
# opnsense-patch 45597a9
# opnsense-patch 4912a67

Thanks