OpenWRT - Install and Configure Wireless Network Adapter - Wallys DR900VX Dual Band WiFi

In this video, we are going to install a Wireless Network Card (WiFi) on the x86 OpenWRT router. We will also install the driver and firmware for the card. After that, we will perform throughput and signal strength test to ensure the new card is in good working condition.
For this tutorial, I am using the DR900VX Dual Band Wireless from Wallys. It supports IEEE 802.11ac and 802.11a/b/g/n. The card is based on the Qualcomm-Atheros QCA9880 chipset thus it has a high compactivity with OpenWRT. This is my recommended wireless card for OpenWRT.

If you are using this exactly this wireless network card, you just need to run the below command:
opkg update && opkg install ath10k-firmware-qca988x-ct kmod-ath10k-ct hostapd

Video timeframe:

00:00 - Wallys DR900VX Dual Band WiFi Card Introduction
02:30 - Check / List the PCI devices in OpenWRT with pciutils / lspci
04:00 - Identify the chipset of the wireless card and searching for driver & firmware
05:23 - Install device's driver & firmware on OpenWRT
07:55 - Enable and setup WiFi on OpenWRT
08:30 - Enable WiFi WPA Encryption on OpenWRT with hostapd
12:25 - DR900VX throughput test on OpenWRT - AC mode
13:18 - DR900VX signal strength / WiFi coverage test - N mode
15:30 - Thank you Wallys

I would like to thank you Wallys for providing me the wireless module to make this tutorial.
If you are interested in the card, you can get it at https://www.wallystech.com/products_s.... Don't forget to take a tour on their website for other awesome products that supports OpenWRT.

OpenWRT WLAN drivers: https://openwrt.org/docs/techref/driv...
Firmware for Wallys DR900VX Atheros QCA9880:
https://openwrt.org/packages/pkgdata/...
Ath10k-ct driver: https://openwrt.org/packages/pkgdata/...

If there is anything not clear or there is any question, feel free to leave it in the comment section and we will discuss.
As always, please like, share and subscribe to the channel to support me. Thank you!