Re: [leaf-wisp] WDS Configuration on Soekris 4501 WISP-Dist

Vladimir Ivaschenko <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.leaf.wisp-dist
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
I'm afraid that the hostap driver included in WISP-Dist is not 
compatible with standards-based WDS. You need to upgrade the driver to 
a new version.

The reason why I didn't upgrade the driver is due to the fact that I 
have found later releases to be less stable. Maybe the situation is 
different now.

Kelly Hogan wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> We are trying to configure the WISP-DIst distribution to support WDS to
> other APs.   We are using Soekris 4501 SBCs and a current build of
> WISP-Dist.
> 
> We have firmware 1.5.6 running in each 2511MP card, and level 2 bridging
> configured within the Wisp Dist build.  The proc tables indicate the
> auto wds registration is taking place, and we see the opposite macs
> associate within each machine.  We only want to bridge the wireless
> interfaces since we are using eth0 as a gateway.  All iptables have been
> flushed.
> 
> We can not however, get traffic between the two machines.  Pings die and
> we do not see packets from the other AP.   We are unsure of the correct
> setup process, but have looked through the hostap README and followed it
> carefully, with no joy.  It must be something simple that we are
> missing.
> 
> Any ideas/help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> KH - (RHCE Instructor)
> 
> Config Machine A
> # ifconfig
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           Collisions:0
>                                                                                 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:24:C1:C1:88
>           inet addr:192.168.0.131  Bcast:192.168.0.255 
> Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:754 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:74 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:1 carrier:1
>           Collisions:0
>           Interrupt:11 Base address:0xb000
>                                                                                 
> netcs0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:6F:09:9F:DD
>           unspec addr:[NONE SET]  Bcast:[NONE SET]  Mask:[NONE SET]
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:6908 errors:0 dropped:54 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:274 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           Collisions:0
>           Interrupt:10 Memory:c4875000-c4876000
>                                                                                 
> br0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:6F:09:9F:DD
>           inet addr:10.0.1.5  Bcast:0.0.0.0  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           Collisions:0
> 
> #iwconfig
>   netcs0    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"www.test.com"
>           Mode:Master  Frequency:2.427GHz  Access Point:
> 00:02:6F:09:9F:DD
>           Bit Rate=2Mb/s   Tx-Power=23 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
>           Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:624  Invalid misc:6158   Missed beacon:0
> 
> # cat wds
> netcs0wds15     00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds14     00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds13     00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds12     00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds11     00:02:6f:09:9f:df
> netcs0wds10     00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds9      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds8      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds7      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds6      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds5      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds4      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds3      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds2      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds1      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds0      00:02:6f:20:7f:6d
> 
>                                                                               
> ifconfig Machine B
> # ifconfig
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           Collisions:0
>                                                                                 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:24:C1:C1:78
>           inet addr:192.168.0.141  Bcast:192.168.0.255 
> Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:1878 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:833 errors:4 dropped:0 overruns:4 carrier:4
>           Collisions:0
>           Interrupt:11 Base address:0xb000
>                                                                                 
> netcs0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:6F:09:9F:DF
>           unspec addr:[NONE SET]  Bcast:[NONE SET]  Mask:[NONE SET]
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:7153 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:299 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           Collisions:0
>           Interrupt:10 Memory:c4875000-c4876000
> 
> br0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:6F:09:9F:DF
>           inet addr:10.0.1.1  Bcast:0.0.0.0  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           Collisions:0
> 
> # iwconfig
> netcs0    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"www.test.com"
>           Mode:Master  Frequency:2.427GHz  Access Point:
> 00:02:6F:09:9F:DF
>           Bit Rate=2Mb/s   Tx-Power=23 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
>           Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:3711   Missed beacon:0
> 
> # cat wds
> netcs0wds15     00:02:6f:09:9f:dd
> netcs0wds14     00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds13     00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds12     00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds11     00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds10     00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds9      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds8      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds7      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds6      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds5      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds4      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds3      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds2      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds1      00:00:00:00:00:00
> netcs0wds0      00:02:6f:20:7f:6d
> 
> 
> 
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Best Regards,
Vladimir Ivashchenko
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Senior Systems Designer/Engineer



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