diff --git a/core/openwrt/src/wifi_scan.rs b/core/openwrt/src/wifi_scan.rs
index a39626e7..8cb569c0 100644
--- a/core/openwrt/src/wifi_scan.rs
+++ b/core/openwrt/src/wifi_scan.rs
@@ -19,18 +19,22 @@ pub fn scan_networks(router: &Router) -> Result<Vec<ScannedNetwork>> {
 }
 
 fn find_wireless_iface(router: &Router) -> Result<String> {
-    let (_, code) = router.run("test -d /sys/class/net/wlan0/wireless")?;
-    if code == 0 {
-        return Ok("wlan0".to_string());
-    }
-    let out = router.run_ok(
-        "ls /sys/class/net/ | while read i; do [ -d /sys/class/net/$i/wireless ] && echo $i && break; done",
-    )?;
+    // `iw dev` works on any mac80211 system and handles new-style interface names
+    // (phy0-ap0, phy0-sta0, etc.) used by OpenWrt 25.x mt76 drivers.
+    let (out, _) = router.run("iw dev 2>/dev/null | awk '/Interface/{print $2}' | head -1")?;
     let iface = out.trim().to_string();
-    if iface.is_empty() {
-        anyhow::bail!("No wireless interface found on this router");
+    if !iface.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(iface);
     }
-    Ok(iface)
+    // Fallback: any entry in /sys/class/net with a wireless subdir
+    let (out2, _) = router.run(
+        "for i in /sys/class/net/*/wireless; do [ -d \"$i\" ] && basename $(dirname $i) && break; done 2>/dev/null",
+    )?;
+    let iface2 = out2.trim().to_string();
+    if !iface2.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(iface2);
+    }
+    anyhow::bail!("No wireless interface found on this router")
 }
 
 fn parse_iwinfo_scan(output: &str) -> Result<Vec<ScannedNetwork>> {