Orange Pi Zero 3 WiFi Access Point Broken using Ubuntu Image

EMAIL KERJA · December 6, 2023

Problem

I created a Bridge Access Point using Orange Pi Zero 3 with the Ubuntu OS. However, after going through a fairly lengthy configuration, there is an issue when trying to connect to my Orange Pi Zero 3 Access Point.

The problem is: it gets stuck at 'authenticate,' and there is no pop-up to enter the password on my smartphone.

Configuration

Setting file system /etc/network/interfaces

    # Network is managed by Network manager
    #auto lo
    #iface lo inet loopback
    #
    #Eth Static Configuration
    #auto eth0
    #iface eth0 inet dhcp # HiBob Configuration
    #    address 192.168.6.55
    #    netmask 255.255.255.0
    #    gateway 192.168.6.254
    #    dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8
    #
    #Wlan0 Static Configuration
    #auto wlan0
    #allow-hotplug wlan0
    #iface wlan0 inet manual
    #wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
    #iface default inet static
    #    address -
    #    netmask 255.255.255.0
    #    gateway 192.168.6.254
    #
    #Access Point Configuration
    auto lo
    iface lo inet loopback
    # Eth0 Configuration
    auto eth0
    allow-hotplug eth0
    iface eth0 inet manual
    # Wlan0 Configuration
    auto wlan0
    allow-hotplug wlan0
    iface wlan0 inet manual
    #wireless power off
    # Br0 Configuration
    auto br0
    iface br0 inet static
    address 192.168.6.55
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    gateway 192.168.6.254
    bridge_ports eth0 wlan0
    bridge_fd 0
    bridge_stp off

Setting file system /etc/hostapd.conf

    #
    # orangepi hostapd configuration example
    #
    # nl80211 mode
    #
    
    ssid=HBGateway
    interface=wlan0
    hw_mode=g
    channel=40
    bridge=br0
    driver=nl80211
    
    logger_syslog=0
    logger_syslog_level=0
    wmm_enabled=1
    wpa=2
    preamble=1
    
    wpa_psk=66eb31d2b48d19ba216f2e50c6831ee11be98e2fa3a8075e30b866f4a5ccda27
    wpa_passphrase=6666666666
    wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
    wpa_pairwise=TKIP
    rsn_pairwise=CCMP
    auth_algs=1
    macaddr_acl=0
    
    ### IEEE 802.11n
    ieee80211n=1
    ht_capab=[SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40][HT40+]
    country_code=ID
    ieee80211d=1
    ### IEEE 802.11n
    
    ### IEEE 802.11a
    hw_mode=a
    ### IEEE 802.11a
    
    ### IEEE 802.11ac
    ieee80211ac=1
    #vht_capab=[MAX-MPDU-11454][SHORT-GI-80][TX-STBC-2BY1][RX-STBC-1][MAX-A-MPDU-LEN-EXP3]
    vht_oper_chwidth=1
    vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx=42
    ### IEEE 802.11ac
    
    # controlling enabled
    ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
    ctrl_interface_group=0

Result Configuration

ifconfig result

    br0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
            inet 192.168.6.55  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.6.255
            inet6 fe80::a84f:ff:fec0:5cc8  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
            ether aa:4f:00:c0:5c:c8  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
            RX packets 8075  bytes 1468199 (1.4 MB)
            RX errors 0  dropped 2  overruns 0  frame 0
            TX packets 1316  bytes 162441 (162.4 KB)
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
    
    eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
            ether 02:00:08:3d:19:71  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
            RX packets 8118  bytes 1588035 (1.5 MB)
            RX errors 0  dropped 41  overruns 0  frame 0
            TX packets 1316  bytes 162441 (162.4 KB)
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
            device interrupt 43
    
    lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
            inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
            inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
            loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
            RX packets 10  bytes 1612 (1.6 KB)
            RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
            TX packets 10  bytes 1612 (1.6 KB)
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
    
    wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
            ether f8:b4:76:a0:3d:7b  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
            RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
            TX packets 1687  bytes 276151 (276.1 KB)
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

Question

I have used this configuration on Orange Pi Zero 2, and it worked successfully. There are around 100 devices running in production using this setup. However, when I tried to apply the same configuration to Orange Pi Zero 3, it failed, and I haven't found many forums discussing it yet. Could it be because Orange Pi Zero 3 is still relatively new?

How can I resolve this issue? I've heard there are quite a few bugs in the Ubuntu OS for Orange Pi Zero 3.

OS Ubuntu Download : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CJYrhHyyje9dEY4-t7JhcZBJfdAFBJro?usp=drive_link

Orangepizero3_1.0.2_ubuntu_jammy_desktop_xfce_linux6.1.31

Werner · December 6, 2023

Armbian does not support this board. Any OS you might have found in the web are not ours. Therefore support cannot be provided. Ask where you got the image from.