Re: Setup help request

[James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>]

Hi Mauro,

On 1/2/24 9:45 AM, Mauro Condarelli wrote:
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> On 1/2/24 18:30, James Prestwood wrote:
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>> On 1/2/24 9:09 AM, Mauro Condarelli wrote:
>>> Thanks James,
>>> comments inline below.
>>>
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>>> On 1/2/24 16:36, James Prestwood wrote:
>>>> Hi Mauro,
>>>>
>>>> On 1/2/24 7:11 AM, Mauro Condarelli wrote:
>>>>> SNIP!
>>>>>
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>>>> Ok, so I'm not seeing any request to even connect from the AP side 
>>>> of things. Since your clients aren't even asking for a password I 
>>>> suspect it thinks there is some issue with compatibility. You could 
>>>> try using hostapd with a very basic configuration and see if that 
>>>> works, then we can go from there:
>>>>
>>>> hw_mode=g
>>>> channel=1
>>>> ssid=testssid
>>>>
>>>> wpa=1
>>>> wpa_pairwise=TKIP
>>>> wpa_passphrase=secret123
>>>>
>>> I had to add `interface=wlan0`, but that works... almost.
>>>
>>> It actually asks for password, connects and then fails because 
>>> there's (currently) no DHCP active (so no IP).
>>> I think that's expected.
>>> Behavior is the same with both clients.
>>>
>>> Do you have any further suggestions?
>>
>> Ok perfect, at least it connected. Could you run iwmon before hostapd 
>> and connect (same as you did with IWD), and send me those pcaps/logs. 
>> I'll be able to compare and see what its doing differently.
> I changed the script to:
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> #!/bin/bash
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> iwmon --write /tmp/iwmon.pcap >/tmp/iwmon.log 2>&1 &
> IWMON_PID=$!
> systemctl start hostapd
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> mc
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> systemctl stop hostapd
> kill $IWMON_PID
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> cd /tmp
> tar cJf iw.tar.xz iwmon.pcap iwmon.log

Thanks for doing this. I do see some slight differences between hostapd 
and IWD but its difficult to know exactly what is causing the problem. 
Hostapd is very old compared to IWD and has had a lot of time to get 
working with every possible driver and client device. This also means 
there is a lot of extra cruft that has no effect anymore. I hate to 
"mimic" hostapd to a tee because it would likely add unnecessary bloat. 
What client devices are you using to connect? Also, what wifi hardware 
is in your beelink miniPC? maybe I have something similar I can try and 
replicate the issue.

For the time being it may be easier to use hostapd for your specific 
needs. As I said AP mode is experimental in IWD, and my day-to-day work 
priorities aren't really with AP mode. I can poke around with it on the 
side, and maybe provide patches to try out sometime in the future.

Thanks,

James

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>>> TiA!
>>> Mauro
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