I've got an Orange Pi Zero Plus running Armbian Bionic.

 

I'm trying to add a virtual wifi interface so I can create a wifi hotspot so I can connect to it easily on remote networks. iw list shows that the adapter *should* be capable of adding an additional interface. This works on other Orange Pi boards I've got but not this one. Any ideas?

root@opizero:~# iw list
Wiphy phy0
	max # scan SSIDs: 9
	max scan IEs length: 2304 bytes
	max # sched scan SSIDs: 0
	max # match sets: 0
	max # scan plans: 1
	max scan plan interval: -1
	max scan plan iterations: 0
	Retry short limit: 7
	Retry long limit: 4
	Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
	Supported Ciphers:
		* WEP40 (00-0f-ac:1)
		* WEP104 (00-0f-ac:5)
		* TKIP (00-0f-ac:2)
		* CCMP-128 (00-0f-ac:4)
	Available Antennas: TX 0 RX 0
	Supported interface modes:
		 * IBSS
		 * managed
		 * AP
		 * monitor
		 * P2P-client
		 * P2P-GO

 

iw dev wlan0 interface add vwlan0 type station
command failed: No such device (-19)

iw phy phy0 interface add vwlan0 type station
command failed: No such device (-19)

 

Edited August 17, 20188 yr by gyrex

I think I've figured out the reason and it's because the hardware wifi device doesn't support additional virtual/software interfaces:

 

software interface modes (can always be added):
		 * monitor
	interface combinations are not supported