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Some quick notes on command discovery when playing with the GL iNet OpenWrt based BE3600
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GL iNet OpenWrt raw CLI notes

Some quick notes on command discovery when playing with the GL iNet OpenWrt GL-BE3600.

linux stuff:

iwinfo
iwinfo wlan0 info
iwconfig wlan0
iw dev wlan0 info
iw phy phy1 info 
iw phy phy2 info 
wlanconfig wlan0 list
ifconfig wlan1 down
ifconfig wlan1 up
ps | grep -E "hostapd|wpa_supplicant"

enumeration:

cat /etc/glversion
opkg list-installed | grep -E "ath"
opkg list-installed | grep -E "wifi"

qca driver stuff:

athstats
athdiag

openwrt?

uci set wireless.wifi0.supported_rates='12 24 48 54'
uci set wireless.wifi1.supported_rates='12 24 48 54'
uci commit wireless
wifi reload
log read
logread | grep -i rate
uci show wireless
uci show wireless | grep -i rate

shutting everything down and just running one VAP:

rm -f /var/run/wpa_supplicant-*.lock
rm -f /var/run/hostapd-*.lock
killall -9 hostapd
killall -9 wpa_supplicant
echo "supported_rates=120 240 360 480 540" >> /var/run/hostapd-wlan1.conf
echo "basic_rates=120 240" >> /var/run/hostapd-wlan1.conf
ip link set wlan1 up
hostapd -dd /var/run/hostapd-wlan1.conf
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