ap: parallel 2.4GHz AP (hostapd-2g) on the Linksys WUSB6300v2 dongle

Second radio (wlxd8ec5e2faa8c, RTL8822BU/rtw88), same VanLink SSID+PSK,
ch6 HT20, bridged into br0 next to the 5GHz AP. Runs as its own hostapd
instance + own watchdog so a USB wedge on one radio never darkens the
other; van-ap-watchdog now takes conf path + unit name as args (defaults
unchanged). rtw88.conf disables deep power-save (rtw89 gotcha analog)
and the driver's USB2->3 self-upgrade (USB3 noise in the 2.4GHz band —
note: dongle currently sits in a USB3 port, so it still enumerates
SuperSpeed; move to a USB2 port if 2.4GHz range disappoints).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Andreas Wrede
2026-07-06 10:03:16 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Fable 5
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[Match]
Name=wlxd8ec5e2faa8c
[Link]
RequiredForOnline=no
# No IP here: like the 5GHz AP wlan (10-van-ap.network), this is a br0 member —
# hostapd-2g adds it to the bridge after putting the radio into AP mode. networkd
# must NOT enslave it; this file only brings the link up.
[Network]
ConfigureWithoutCarrier=yes