I was trying to figure out for hours why I could not have multiple SSIDs… turns out it is a hardware defect and also not not working with 2.4g either! I consider this a hardware defect because the hardware supplier won’t fix their drivers! I am a little disappointed by this. I am in the United States, it’s a little difficult to get more modules for the Mox here, so this thing will be relegated to a single 2.4g signal and stored in my closet as a dump AP. I hope cz.nic will be sending replacement parts soon! I received mine from being a kickstarter backer.
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Hi guys,
I’m very sad about SDIO wifi. No mlutiple SSID, no stable 5Ghz 
Unfortunately I cannot connect more than 8 devices to 2.4Gh SDIO. Is it also known issue?
[28590.029517] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
[28590.356284] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
[28593.830071] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
[28594.136561] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
[28597.687091] wlp3s0: authenticate with d0:c5:d3:34:10:39
[28597.688928] wlp3s0: send auth to d0:c5:d3:34:10:39 (try 1/3)
[28597.710967] wlp3s0: send auth to d0:c5:d3:34:10:39 (try 2/3)
[28597.822340] wlp3s0: send auth to d0:c5:d3:34:10:39 (try 3/3)
[28597.932373] wlp3s0: authentication with d0:c5:d3:34:10:39 timed out
[28611.257342] wlp3s0: authenticate with d0:c5:d3:34:10:39
[28611.258751] wlp3s0: send auth to d0:c5:d3:34:10:39 (try 1/3)
[28611.371989] wlp3s0: send auth to d0:c5:d3:34:10:39 (try 2/3)
[28611.481940] wlp3s0: send auth to d0:c5:d3:34:10:39 (try 3/3)
[28611.591923] wlp3s0: authentication with d0:c5:d3:34:10:39 timed outAny news with SDIO module?
SDIO module in MOX functionality is somehow locked with channel 36. I have tried to set another channel or automatic and SDIO module stopped working. It took me sometime, but I finally made it working as netboot, two wifi modules with the same SSID. I have HBT branch means TOS 5.1 latest update.
It turns out what was stated to be fixed
edit: … is fixed (at least for running 3 SSIDs on 5GHz mode and channel 36). Thanks alot to Turris team, you are fantastic! 
There’s some small thing that drove me absolutely crazy (which is by no means the fault of the Turris guys - this is an OpenWrt problem): Even if you are parametrising a 5GHz-SSID you have still this options in luci configuration:
And if you uncheck the box for 802.11b legacy rates (equivalent uci option
option legacy_rates '0') the complete cards will not come up until you delete wifi-configuration and reboot your MOX. And this might also be the same if you choose “force 40MHz mode” (equivalent uci option option noscan '1') - those options only belong to 2,4GHz networks and the mwifiex_sdio will crash if their default options are changed in luci.
What doesn’t work either is uci option option require_mode '<n/ac>' (at least for 5GHz band) which is quite nice to force older devices to fall back on 2,4GHz band and leave 5GHz band to the newer devices.
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I tried the SDIO-module with a slidely different usecase again after some time. But even though the above mentioned functionality stays correct, even on 2,4GHz I create only three SSIDs in parallel. More SSIDs will cause the WI-FI to fail:
Nov 22 00:05:53 turris kernel: [ 315.639814] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: CMD_RESP: cmd 0x20 error, result=0x1
Nov 21 23:05:53 turris mac80211: Failed command: iw phy phy0 set antenna 0xffffffff 0xffffffff
Nov 21 23:05:53 turris netifd: radio0 (7045): command failed: Not supported (-95)
Nov 21 23:05:53 turris mac80211: Failed command: iw phy phy0 set antenna_gain 0
Nov 21 23:05:53 turris hostapd: Configuration file: /var/run/hostapd-phy0.conf
Nov 22 00:05:53 turris kernel: [ 316.168854] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Nov 22 00:05:53 turris kernel: [ 316.181310] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered blocking state
Nov 22 00:05:53 turris kernel: [ 316.186954] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
Nov 22 00:05:53 turris kernel: [ 316.193135] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
Nov 21 23:05:53 turris hostapd: wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
Nov 21 23:05:53 turris hostapd: wlan0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->HT_SCAN
Nov 21 23:05:55 turris hostapd: Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr and ssid "<SSID>"
Nov 22 00:05:56 turris kernel: [ 319.218213] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
Nov 22 00:05:56 turris kernel: [ 319.225076] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered blocking state
Nov 22 00:05:56 turris kernel: [ 319.230637] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.262929] br-lan: port 3(wlan0-1) entered blocking state
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.268729] br-lan: port 3(wlan0-1) entered disabled state
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.274820] device wlan0-1 entered promiscuous mode
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.286530] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0-1: link is not ready
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.292878] br-lan: port 3(wlan0-1) entered blocking state
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.298340] br-lan: port 3(wlan0-1) entered forwarding state
Nov 21 23:05:57 turris hostapd: Using interface wlan0-1 with hwaddr d2:c5:d3:33:dd:f1 and ssid "<SSID2>"
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.381764] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0-1: link becomes ready
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.408178] br-lan: port 4(wlan0-2) entered blocking state
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.414885] br-lan: port 4(wlan0-2) entered disabled state
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.420737] device wlan0-2 entered promiscuous mode
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.442373] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0-2: link is not ready
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.450026] br-lan: port 4(wlan0-2) entered blocking state
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.455727] br-lan: port 4(wlan0-2) entered forwarding state
Nov 21 23:05:57 turris hostapd: Using interface wlan0-2 with hwaddr d6:c5:d3:33:dd:f1 and ssid "<SSID3>"
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.565954] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0-2: link becomes ready
Nov 22 00:05:57 turris kernel: [ 319.574600] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: cannot create multiple AP ifaces
Nov 21 23:05:57 turris hostapd: Failed to create interface wlan0-3: -22 (Invalid argument)
Nov 21 23:05:57 turris hostapd: Failed to add BSS (BSSID=da:c5:d3:33:dd:f1)
Nov 22 00:05:58 turris kernel: [ 320.349140] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: EVENT: BT coex wlan param update
Nov 22 00:05:58 turris kernel: [ 320.366696] br-lan: port 4(wlan0-2) entered disabled state
Nov 22 00:05:58 turris kernel: [ 320.377110] device wlan0-2 left promiscuous mode
Nov 22 00:05:58 turris kernel: [ 320.382287] br-lan: port 4(wlan0-2) entered disabled state
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: nl80211: Failed to remove interface wlan0-2 from bridge br-lan: No such device
Nov 22 00:05:58 turris kernel: [ 320.575533] br-lan: port 3(wlan0-1) entered disabled state
Nov 22 00:05:58 turris kernel: [ 320.585380] device wlan0-1 left promiscuous mode
Nov 22 00:05:58 turris kernel: [ 320.590088] br-lan: port 3(wlan0-1) entered disabled state
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: nl80211: Failed to remove interface wlan0-1 from bridge br-lan: No such device
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: Interface initialization failed
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: wlan0: interface state HT_SCAN->DISABLED
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: wlan0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: wlan0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: wlan0-3: AP-DISABLED
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: wlan0-3: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0-3 wasn't started
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: wlan0-2: AP-DISABLED
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: wlan0-2: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0-2 wasn't started
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: wlan0-1: AP-DISABLED
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: wlan0-1: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0-1 wasn't started
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: wlan0: AP-DISABLED
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Nov 22 00:05:58 turris kernel: [ 320.779599] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
Nov 22 00:05:58 turris kernel: [ 320.784899] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=28 eloop_data=0x55990cc6e0 user_data=0x7fb15b2cc0 handler=0x55917f2598
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris hostapd: ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=31 eloop_data=0x55990cc8a0 user_data=0x55990cd300 handler=0x55917f2598
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris netifd: radio0 (7045): WARNING (wireless_add_process): executable path /usr/sbin/wpad does not match process 3386 path ()
Nov 22 00:05:58 turris kernel: [ 320.945842] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris netifd: radio0 (7045): Cannot find device "wlan0-1"
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris netifd: radio0 (7045): Interface 1 setup failed: IFUP_ERROR
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris netifd: radio0 (7045): Cannot find device "wlan0-2"
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris netifd: radio0 (7045): Interface 2 setup failed: IFUP_ERROR
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris netifd: radio0 (7045): Cannot find device "wlan0-3"
Nov 21 23:05:58 turris netifd: radio0 (7045): Interface 3 setup failed: IFUP_ERROR
I didn’t add wifi-config because it doesn’t make any difference what options you use - if there are more than 3 SSIDs in total, it will fail.
@Pepe Could you please confirm that the SDIO-firmware doesn’t allow for more than 3 SSIDs? If yes I do not have any usecase for the SDIO-module anymore…
What also doesn’t work for me (smartphone XZ2c lineageOS 17.1; laptop Win10x64 21H1 with Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211) is roaming - when activating the option 802.11r via LuCI the WI-FI will come up but my devices will fail to connect:
Nov 22 00:19:12 turris hostapd: wlan0: STA <MAC> IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Nov 22 00:19:26 turris hostapd: wlan0: STA <MAC> IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Nov 22 00:19:36 turris hostapd: wlan0: STA <MAC> IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Nov 22 00:19:47 turris hostapd: wlan0: STA <MAC> IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Nov 22 00:19:54 turris hostapd: wlan0: STA <MAC> IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Uhh, this one is complicated. I spoke with one of our kernel gurus. Unfortunately, Marvell SDIO FW allows up to 4 SSID, but the driver (mwifiex) has a hardcoded limit for SSID for 3. It is the same even in mainline kernel. But, I also have good news about what we can do, and it was tested for this card. We will increase the limit globally from 3 to 4 in one of the upcoming updates by creating a patch that will not be in upstreamed shape. Moving the global limit into the card-specific structure needs to be done, and it will take time.
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I assume that the 4 SSIDs-limit coming from firmware is a hard fact that will not be changed, right? But thanks for your efforts!
What about the other functionality like 802.11r - can you reproduce that it is not working for you as well on SDIO-SSIDs (conducting to such an SSID is not possible for me). Can this be activated via driver as well?
Edit: I think I accepted this ridiculous fact too fast - why would one restrict allowed number of SSIDs in general and to such a small number in detail?! (sorry, but that’s what it is 
- again, no blame on Turris team, you had to learn this the hard way just like us). The mwifiex-card inside the Linksys WRT3200/32x was causing the OpenWrt-developers also only problems for several versions (17, 18 and 19 - it is only fixed for 21 afaik, but that one is in total unstable for me yet that is a totally different story) btw…
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