[Madwifi-users] Re: bridge problem

[Jaroslav J. <ji...@sa...>]

you must switch on wds on ap and sta

Jarda


"Pawe³ Staszewski" <pst...@ar...> pí¹e v diskusním pøíspìvku 
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>i have ap with one atheros card and one ethernet card and:
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> modprobe ath_pci autocreate=none
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> wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta
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> iwconfig ath0 essid test
> ifconfig ath0 0.0.0.0 up
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> ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up
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> (now ath0 is connected to ap)
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> brctl addbr br0
> brctl addif br0 ath0
> brctl addif br0 eth0
> ifconfig br0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
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> (host is connected to eth0 with ip 192.168.0.10)
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> ath0 is connected to planex ap with ip address 192.168.0.1
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> when i ping :
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> ping 192.168.0.1 from host connected to ap i have no response
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> and on ap with ath0 and eth0 i have:
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> br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state
> br0: topology change detected, propagating
> br0: port 1(ath0) entering forwarding state
> br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state
> br0: topology change detected, propagating
> br0: port 1(ath0) entering forwarding state
> br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state
> br0: topology change detected, propagating
> br0: port 1(ath0) entering forwarding state
> br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state
> br0: topology change detected, propagating
> br0: port 1(ath0) entering forwarding state
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> ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"test"
>          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 
> 00:90:CC:0F:8A:AF
>          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:16 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
>          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>          Encryption key:off
>          Power Management:off
>          Link Quality=37/94  Signal level=-58 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
>          Rx invalid nwid:12  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
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> but ath0 card is always connected and up
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> tested with:
> bridge-utils 1.0.6
> kernel 2.6.15.1
> ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
> ath_hal: 0.9.16.16 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, 
> RF5413)
> wlan: 0.8.4.2 (svn 1489)
> ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (svn 1489)
> ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (svn 1489)
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> this setup is wrking when i bridge two ethernet cards on ap:
> eth0 and eth1
> then forwarding is working.
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> anyone ????
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