Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 18:49 Post subject: Guest wireless network
I have a guest wireless network setup on my Asus RT-AC68U running DD-WRT v3.0-r37305 std (10/10/1. Any time the router is rebooted, the guest wireless network is not up (can't find the SSID). If I do an ifconfig, I can see the wl0.1 interface is up. I have go to the wireless settings page and click on apply settings to have the guest ssid show up. How can I get it to auto-start on reboot?
Joined: 08 May 2018 Posts: 14126 Location: Texas, USA
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 21:48 Post subject:
From many a build thread:
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5. VAPs not working at boot; workaround startup command:
sleep 10;stopservice nas;stopservice wlconf;startservice wlconf;startservice nas
This appears to be fixed for some routers (different kernels, modes, and radios) since build 39508.
Joined: 08 May 2018 Posts: 14126 Location: Texas, USA
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 11:45 Post subject:
Were you putting it into recovery mode? There's the built-in recovery mode option and restoration utility option AFAIK. You shouldn't need to do serial recovery. I am guessing ASUS devices are oddly affected: https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1169521#1169521 = So, probably 40065 or 40167 are your better options, if you upgrade.
It may take a few tries to get the original FW back on and converting back to DD-WRT. Honestly, unless there is specific reasons to use DD-WRT, I would probably opt for RMerlin or FreshTomato.