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From: Steve Lazaridis <slaz@fortresstech.com>
To: Vinod L R <vinodl@aztecsoft.com>
Cc: bridge@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [Bridge] wds not working...help needed
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 18:09:00 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4468FBFC.8090809@fortresstech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <93F0E3CFC1ABB646B8808894FC7CDD250454073D@azindbaex01.aztec.soft>

You probably want to refer to the madwifi list for this.

Recommendations:
Post your script you used to configure the interfaces.
Try not running in repeater mode and create a Vap on one AP
and on the other create a  Vap and a STA.
Bring the STA interface up before brining the Vap up interface.


Steve


Vinod L R wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I am really struck up in WDS !!!!!!!
> 
>  
> 
> I am using madwifi-ng-r1474-20060314 in one of my APs & the other AP has 
> madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427 …..
> 
> I am using Proxim 802.11 a/b/g card ..
> 
> I followed all the steps to setup & configure WDS 
> (http://madwifi.org/users-guide/) for both my APs …
> 
>  
> 
> Both my APs are in mode 802.11a & my client is able to associate with 
> both my APs individually & hence can ping both separately …
> 
> But there is no sign of WDS at all !!!
> 
>  
> 
> The APs can’t ping each other, *_nor_* the client, after associating 
> with one AP, can ping the other AP ..
> 
> Ping says “ Destination Unreachable ” ….
> 
>  
> 
> Outputs from both my AP’s iwconfig & ifconfig commands are :-
> 
>  
> 
> *_1^st AP ::::::::::::::::::::::::_*
> 
> *Iwconfig:::::*
> 
> *ath0      IEEE 802.11a  ESSID:"wds_testing"  *
> 
> *          Mode:Master  Frequency:5.2 GHz  Access Point: 
> **00:20**:A6:54:E0:61   *
> 
> *          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:13 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3  *
> 
> *          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off*
> 
> *          Encryption key:off*
> 
> *          Power Management:off*
> 
> *          Link Quality=41/94  Signal level=-54 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm*
> 
> *          Rx invalid nwid:166  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0*
> 
> *          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0*
> 
> * *
> 
> *ath1      IEEE 802.11a  Mode:Repeater  Frequency:5.2 GHz  *
> 
> *          Access Point: **00:20**:A6:54:E0:75   Bit Rate:0 kb/s   
> Tx-Power:13 dBm   *
> 
> *          Sensitivity=0/3  *
> 
> *          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off*
> 
> *          Encryption key:off*
> 
> *          Power Management:off*
> 
> *          Link Quality=41/94  Signal level=-54 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm*
> 
> *          Rx invalid nwid:112  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0*
> 
> *          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0*
> 
> * *
> 
>  
> 
> *Ifconfig :::::::*
> 
> *ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:20:A6:54:E0:61  *
> 
> *          inet addr:192.168.1.12  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0*
> 
> *          inet6 addr: fe80::220:a6ff:fe54:e061/64 Scope:Link*
> 
> *          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1*
> 
> *          RX packets:485 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0*
> 
> *          TX packets:555 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0*
> 
> *          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 *
> 
> *          RX bytes:21098 (20.6 KiB)  TX bytes:24066 (23.5 KiB)*
> 
> * *
> 
> *ath1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:20:A6:54:E0:61  *
> 
> *          inet6 addr: fe80::220:a6ff:fe54:e061/64 Scope:Link*
> 
> *          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1*
> 
> *          RX packets:47 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0*
> 
> *          TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 carrier:0*
> 
> *          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 *
> 
> *          RX bytes:1930 (1.8 KiB)  TX bytes:378 (378.0 b)*
> 
> * *
> 
> *br0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:20:A6:54:E0:61  *
> 
> *          inet6 addr: fe80::220:a6ff:fe54:e061/64 Scope:Link*
> 
> *          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1*
> 
> *          RX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0*
> 
> *          TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0*
> 
> *          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 *
> 
> *          RX bytes:1020 (1020.0 b)  TX bytes:378 (378.0 b)*
> 
> * *
> 
> *lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  *
> 
> *          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0*
> 
> *          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host*
> 
> *          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1*
> 
> *          RX packets:2712 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0*
> 
> *          TX packets:2712 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0*
> 
> *          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 *
> 
> *          RX bytes:3161874 (3.0 MiB)  TX bytes:3161874 (3.0 MiB)*
> 
> * *
> 
> *wifi0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:20:A6:54:E0:61  *
> 
> *          inet6 addr: fe80::220:a6ff:fe54:e061/64 Scope:Link*
> 
> *          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1*
> 
> *          RX packets:5600 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:622*
> 
> *          TX packets:1933 errors:420 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0*
> 
> *          collisions:0 txqueuelen:199 *
> 
> *          RX bytes:652702 (637.4 KiB)  TX bytes:164100 (160.2 KiB)*
> 
> *          Interrupt:11 Memory:f8a40000-f8a50000 *
> 
> * *
> 
> *_ _*
> 
> *_2^nd AP :::::::::::::_*
> 
> *iwconfig :::*
> 
> *ath0      IEEE 802.11a  ESSID:"wds_testing1"  *
> 
> *          Mode:Master  Frequency:5.22 GHz  Access Point: 
> **00:20**:A6:54:E0:75   *
> 
> *          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:13 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3  *
> 
> *          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off*
> 
> *          Encryption key:off*
> 
> *          Power Management:off*
> 
> *          Link Quality=17/94  Signal level=-78 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm*
> 
> *          Rx invalid nwid:23  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0*
> 
> *          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0*
> 
> * *
> 
> *ath1      IEEE 802.11a  Mode:Repeater  Frequency:5.22 GHz  *
> 
> *          Access Point: **00:20**:A6:54:E0:61   Bit Rate:0 kb/s   
> Tx-Power:13 dBm   *
> 
> *          Sensitivity=0/3  *
> 
> *          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off*
> 
> *          Encryption key:off*
> 
> *          Power Management:off*
> 
> *          Link Quality=17/94  Signal level=-78 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm*
> 
> *          Rx invalid nwid:4  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0*
> 
> *          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0*
> 
> * *
> 
> *Ifconfig :::*
> 
> *ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:20:A6:54:E0:75  *
> 
> *          inet addr:192.168.1.35  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0*
> 
> *          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1*
> 
> *          RX packets:57 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0*
> 
> *          TX packets:135 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0*
> 
> *          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 *
> 
> *          RX bytes:2142 (2.0 KiB)  TX bytes:7856 (7.6 KiB)*
> 
> * *
> 
> *ath1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:20:A6:54:E0:75  *
> 
> *          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:1 overruns:0 carrier:0*
> 
> *          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 *
> 
> *          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)*
> 
> * *
> 
> *br0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:20:A6:54:E0:75  *
> 
> *          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 txqueuelen:0 *
> 
> *          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)*
> 
> * *
> 
> *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:3118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0*
> 
> *          TX packets:3118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0*
> 
> *          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 *
> 
> *          RX bytes:4203616 (4.0 MiB)  TX bytes:4203616 (4.0 MiB)*
> 
> * *
> 
> *wifi0     Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 
> 00-20-A6-54-E0-75-58-0B-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  *
> 
> *          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1*
> 
> *          RX packets:7092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:35*
> 
> *          TX packets:334 errors:4 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0*
> 
> *          collisions:0 txqueuelen:199 *
> 
> *          RX bytes:1037700 (1013.3 KiB)  TX bytes:24075 (23.5 KiB)*
> 
> *          Interrupt:11 Memory:d4a80000-d4a90000 *
> 
> * *
> 
> *_ _*
> 
> Anybody could help me out please !!!
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks & regards, 
> 
> vinod 
> 
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2006-05-15  6:58 [Bridge] wds not working...help needed Vinod L R
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