[fedora-arm] Re: Latest brcmfmac breaks RPI5 wifi

It does & did connect to an Android 16 AP/hotspot.

It also connects to my AP in what it calls compatibility mode, which I think must just be WPA1.

Other interesting developments:

After upgrading to your (Peter's):

Linux nas6 7.2.5-300.pr3.fc45.aarch64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Sep 11 20:30:22 UTC 2026 aarch64 GNU/Linux

I can now connect to LEGGWLAN:

# nmcli device wifi connect LEGGWLAN
Device 'wlan0' successfully activated with 'c348159a-8ff0-3993-98a9-a7f26a906cad'.

and a phone AP (moto g75 5G_3501) and the EE AP in compatibility mode (LEGGWLANCOMPATIBLE).

On an RPI5 with latest F45 stuff, I get this many channels listed:

# nmcli device wifi list
IN-USE  BSSID              SSID                              MODE   BAND     CHAN  RATE         SIGNAL  BARS  SECURITY   
       06:34:42:1B:59:18  moto g75 5G_3501                  Infra  2.4 GHz  11    1170 Mbit/s  100     ▂▄▆█  WPA2 WPA3  
       BE:0F:F3:4B:60:97  DIRECT-97-HP OfficeJet Pro 9730e  Infra  2.4 GHz  6     65 Mbit/s    97      ▂▄▆█  WPA2       
       92:58:36:2B:A2:E5  EE WiFi                           Infra  2.4 GHz  1     195 Mbit/s   79      ▂▄▆_  --         
       92:58:36:2B:A2:E7  LEGGGUEST                         Infra  2.4 GHz  1     195 Mbit/s   79      ▂▄▆_  --         
       92:58:36:2B:A2:E9  LEGGWLANCOMPATIBLE                Infra  2.4 GHz  1     195 Mbit/s   77      ▂▄▆_  WPA1 WPA2  
       8E:58:36:2B:A2:E7  --                                Infra  5 GHz    36    540 Mbit/s   69      ▂▄▆_  WPA3       
       EC:FD:F8:22:51:EE  AP_2361625852                     Infra  2.4 GHz  1     135 Mbit/s   67      ▂▄▆_  WPA2       
       3C:58:36:2B:A2:E3  LEGGWLAN                          Infra  5 GHz    36    540 Mbit/s   67      ▂▄▆_  WPA2 WPA3  
       8E:58:36:2B:A2:E4  EE WiFi                           Infra  5 GHz    36    540 Mbit/s   67      ▂▄▆_  --         
       8E:58:36:2B:A2:E6  LEGGGUEST                         Infra  5 GHz    36    540 Mbit/s   67      ▂▄▆_  --         
*       3C:58:36:2B:A2:E4  LEGGWLAN                          Infra  2.4 GHz  1     195 Mbit/s   66      ▂▄▆_  WPA2 WPA3  
       58:D6:1F:C8:D3:31  CHEEKYCP                          Infra  5 GHz    48    1170 Mbit/s  39      ▂▄__  WPA2 WPA3

However, on an RPI4 with the latest F45 stuff, I get roughly twice as many.

Thanks for your help.

:D

On 12/09/2026 10:57, Peter Robinson wrote:

Does it connect to a mobile AP from your phone?

On Sat, 12 Sept 2026 at 10:48, David Legg <dwlegg@gmail.com> wrote:

My other RPI5 running latest F43 can see both wifi ranges:

nmcli device wifi list
IN-USE  BSSID              SSID                              MODE   CHAN  RATE        SIGNAL  BARS  SECURITY
*       3C:58:36:2B:A2:E4  LEGGWLAN                          Infra  1     195 Mbit/s  87      ▂▄▆█  WPA2 WPA3
       92:58:36:2B:A2:E7  LEGGGUEST                         Infra  1     195 Mbit/s  87      ▂▄▆█  --
       92:58:36:2B:A2:E8  --                                Infra  1     195 Mbit/s  85      ▂▄▆█  WPA3
       92:58:36:2B:A2:E5  EE WiFi                           Infra  1     195 Mbit/s  85      ▂▄▆█  --
       BE:0F:F3:4B:60:97  DIRECT-97-HP OfficeJet Pro 9730e  Infra  6     65 Mbit/s   84      ▂▄▆█  WPA2
       3C:58:36:2B:A2:E3  LEGGWLAN                          Infra  36    540 Mbit/s  75      ▂▄▆_  WPA2 WPA3
       8E:58:36:2B:A2:E7  --                                Infra  36    540 Mbit/s  75      ▂▄▆_  WPA3
       8E:58:36:2B:A2:E4  EE WiFi                           Infra  36    540 Mbit/s  75      ▂▄▆_  --
       8E:58:36:2B:A2:E6  LEGGGUEST                         Infra  36    540 Mbit/s  75      ▂▄▆_  --

The top 5 are shown in green, the bottom ones in red. The red ones are the 5Ghz ones aren't they?


On 12/09/2026 10:31, Peter Robinson wrote:

But does it? None of your LEGG show up in the 5ghz range?

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