BPI-BE14 Wi-Fi 7 NIC Module 6GHz not working

Banana Pi Router design BPI-R4(MT7988)
1

The 6GHz band remains in a disabled state and cannot be activated.

OpenWrt version: SNAPSHOT (r28062-be3e7a84bd)

The MP4.0 image works properly, but due to various issues with the MP4.0 image, I do not plan to use it.

config wifi-device 'radio0'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option path 'soc/11300000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0'
        option band '2g'
        option channel 'auto'
        option htmode 'EHT40'
        option cell_density '0'
        option country 'JP'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
        option device 'radio0'
        option network 'lan'
        option mode 'ap'
        option ssid 'OpenWrt_2G'
        option encryption 'none'

config wifi-device 'radio1'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option path 'soc/11300000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0+1'
        option band '5g'
        option channel 'auto'
        option htmode 'EHT160'
        option cell_density '0'
        option country 'JP'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
        option device 'radio1'
        option network 'lan'
        option mode 'ap'
        option ssid 'OpenWrt_5G'
        option encryption 'none'

config wifi-device 'radio2'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option path 'soc/11300000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0+2'
        option band '6g'
        option htmode 'EHT320'
        option cell_density '0'
        option channel 'auto'
        option country 'JP'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio2'
        option device 'radio2'
        option network 'lan'
        option mode 'ap'
        option ssid 'OpenWrt_6G'
        option encryption 'none'
2

Have you tried smaller band with 6g? Maybe there is no eht320 block allowed in japan

3

I tried. no matter if it’s BE mode or AX mode, it’s always disabled.

4

I guess it is because of the missing password, but it is just a guess. Try config like:

config wifi-device 'radio0'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option path 'soc/11300000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0'
        option band '2g'
        option channel '8'
        option htmode 'EHT40'
        option txpower '20'
        option country 'PL'
        option cell_density '0'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
        option device 'radio0'
        option network 'lan'
        option mode 'ap'
        option ssid 'Network_2G'
        option encryption 'psk2'
        option skip_inactivity_poll '1'
        option max_listen_interval '86400'
        option key 'Password1234'
        option wnm_sleep_mode '1'
        option bss_transition '1'

config wifi-device 'radio1'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option path 'soc/11300000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0+1'
        option band '5g'
        option channel '100'
        option htmode 'HE160'
        option txpower '20'
        option country 'PL'
        option cell_density '0'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
        option device 'radio1'
        option network 'lan'
        option mode 'ap'
        option ssid 'Network'
        option encryption 'sae'
        option key 'Password1234'
        option ieee80211k '1'
        option wnm_sleep_mode '1'
        option bss_transition '1'
        option ocv '0'

config wifi-device 'radio2'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option path 'soc/11300000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0+2'
        option band '6g'
        option channel '53'
        option htmode 'EHT160'
        option country 'PL'
        option cell_density '0'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio2'
        option device 'radio2'
        option network 'lan'
        option mode 'ap'
        option ssid 'Network_6G'
        option encryption 'sae'
        option key 'Password1234'
        option ieee80211k '1'
        option wnm_sleep_mode '1'
        option bss_transition '1'
        option ocv '0'

and should be working fine. If 320MHz is needed, just change to JP and set 320.

5

WPA3 must be used when using 6G band. Hostpad or wpad will refuse encryption modes other than WPA3 to be used with 6G when processing wifi profiles.

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