Orange Pi Zero Wifi Access Point and Client

[natester]

Anyone know if this is possible?

 

I've tried this: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=138730&start=25, but when I go to start hostapd, get this:

 

nl80211: Could not re-add multicast membership for vendor events: -2 (No such file or directory)
Could not set channel for kernel driver
Interface initialization failed
uap0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->DISABLED
uap0: AP-DISABLED
uap0: Unable to setup interface.
uap0: interface state DISABLED->DISABLED
uap0: AP-DISABLED
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface uap0 wasn't started
nl80211: deinit ifname=uap0 disabled_11b_rates=0

[Igor]

Opi zero has one of the most shitty wireless chip and even basic functioning is questionable.

You will find many similar answers / problems by using search:

https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/search/

 

With any other wireless chip you have chances - Zero v2 has O.K. chip for example and virtually all other Oranges.

[hillz]

If you wanna turn your opiz into an AP you can flash the openwrt image from pulpstone.pw
No need for further configuration, i'll work out of the box

[Bubba]

I don't think even with WRT it will not do both modes, I don't think the hardware / firmware will allow it

[tkaiser]

8 hours ago, Bubba said:

I don't think even with WRT it will not do both modes, I don't think the hardware / firmware will allow it

 

AP mode works (with OpenWRT and with Armbian since if OpenWRT uses Armbian's legacy kernel and firmware then functionality is the same): https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zonamaker.com.br%2Ftransformando-orange-pi-zero-em-um-roteador-wi-fi%2F

 

It's just not worth the efforts since performance sucks (even if OpenWRT users seem not be able to either take notice or measure) and the manufacturer of this chip is not able to provide any technical documentation. So from our point of view this device has no Wi-Fi capabilities and we won't further waste time on this.

 

Further readings:

• https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/topic/3243-orange-pi-zero-wireless-module-status-xradio-st-cw1200/ (technical discussion)
• http://www.cnx-software.com/2017/05/09/allwinner-g202-dual-core-processor-is-designed-for-smart-wifi-speakers/#comment-542287 (intercultural problem)