openwrt on x86

[Sam11088]

I recently installed openwrt on a mini pc,i have a bit of experience with openwrt by using tp link archer c6 with openwrt,in the router i used to create 8 access points so i can control them easily as follows me, my family, friends iot each nefwork will have a 2.4 ghz n a 5ghz so total 8, in the mini pc i thought it woild be much more capable but i can only create 1 access point at a time,if i create a second one the same settings apply to everyone i create new,first img is router second one is the mini pc,n mini pc only has 1 radio please help

[Eigenvektor]

20 minutes ago, Sam11088 said:

i thought it woild be much more capable but i can only create 1 access point at a time,if i create a second one the same settings apply to everyone i create new,first img is router second one is the mini pc,n mini pc only has 1 radio please help

Probably comes down to the wireless radio and/or what drivers are available for it.

 

The first one shows a particular SoC, while the second on just says "Generic". So likely much less support for special configurations, since the OS doesn't know its actual capabilities.

[Sam11088]

On 6/11/2025 at 9:13 PM, Eigenvektor said:

Probably comes down to the wireless radio and/or what drivers are available for it.

 

The first one shows a particular SoC, while the second on just says "Generic". So likely much less support for special configurations, since the OS doesn't know its actual capabilities.

any work around for this i have mediatek 7921 ax wifi card for the x86 system

[Eigenvektor]

2 hours ago, Sam11088 said:

any work around for this i have mediatek 7921 ax wifi card for the x86 system

I would recommend to ask that on the OpenWRT forums: https://forum.openwrt.org/

 

Maybe it's as easy as recompiling it with the appropriate modules. Maybe the card isn't officially supported yet, due to a lack of FOSS drivers.

 

It's been a while since I've used OpenWRT, but I remember using a kernel-like text interface to select modules and compiling it, to get its size down enough to be able run on my old router.

[Sam11088]

16 hours ago, Eigenvektor said:

I would recommend to ask that on the OpenWRT forums: https://forum.openwrt.org/

 

Maybe it's as easy as recompiling it with the appropriate modules. Maybe the card isn't officially supported yet, due to a lack of FOSS drivers.

 

It's been a while since I've used OpenWRT, but I remember using a kernel-like text interface to select modules and compiling it, to get its size down enough to be able run on my old router.

what router os are u running now, would u recommend what u r using over openwrt ?

[Eigenvektor]

24 minutes ago, Sam11088 said:

what router os are u running now, would u recommend what u r using over openwrt ?

No custom OS anymore, I'm afraid. I have a cable modem/router, and OpenWRT doesn't include drivers for the cable modem part of it, since there are no open drivers for that.