[SOLVED] Trouble rebooting with WIFI AP from dietpi-software

Troubleshooting
1

Hi,

I’ve installed WIFI Hotspot on a TP-LINK TL-WN722N v2, with the driver provided by MrEngMan.

wget http://fars-robotics.net/install-wifi -O /usr/bin/install-wifi
chmod +x /usr/bin/install-wifi
sudo install-wifi

The trouble I’m facing is:

  • When I reboot, I need to:
    a) Disconnect the wifi dongle;
    b) Wait for some seconds:
    c) Connect the wifi dongle again.
    I see when I type iwconfig:
wlan0     unassociated  Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Sensitivity:0/0  
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

d) service hostapd restart
I see when I type iwconfig:

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"My_WIFI"  Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.422 GHz  Access Point: 7C:8B:CA:13:AB:D5   
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Sensitivity:0/0  
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

To be able to connect to the WIFI Hotspot.

Can this be solved?
I have all the config set as it’s supposed to be (allow hotplug, etc.).

For example, /etc/network/interfaces:

#/etc/network/interfaces
#Please use DietPi-Config to modify network settings.

# Local
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# Ethernet
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.11
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.0.10

# Wifi
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.42.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
#gateway 192.168.0.1
wireless-power on
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

# IP tables
up iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.ipv4.nat
2

Ups! I forgot it: using an RPi2, DietPi v6.4 Stretch.

3

Weird! It boots OK, sorry, but it needs like 3 minutes to boot!

So, I thought it was not working, because of the inusual loooooog time to boot.

Although… do you know how to get Bit Rate:150 Mb/s instead of Bit Rate:54 Mb/s???

4

I have checked with an EDIMAX N150 and I get the same results.

5

Solved the speed issue, adding these two lines to /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf:

ieee80211n=1
wmm_enabled=1

I don’t need to reconnect the wifi dongle, just be patient, because it needs 2-3 minutes to boot, strange for me, it usually boots much faster, it seem hostapd needs time to boot :slight_smile:

6

Yeah, I have the same problem. I thought it did not work until one time I forgot to check if it is turned on for several minutes and found my cellphone did connect to the hotspot! It needs 3 minutes to work!