hi sven, thanks, i am too long on the same problem, of course it was the udev!
cheers walter -----Original Message----- From: Sven Eckelmann [mailto:s...@narfation.org] Sent: Montag, 11. Juni 2012 16:35 To: Walter Robert Ditzler; b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] bridging problem On Monday 11 June 2012 15:49:24 Walter Robert Ditzler wrote: > hi sven, > > as promised my final report :-) > > at the end only one question has left, but it is hardware wifi > related. i have several alix hardware boxes, now all with double ath5 wlan cards. > strange is sometimes when i create the vif (iw phy phy1) becomes the > wlan 0 and sometimes wlan1. any glue on that? Sounds a little bit like udev is renaming the device even when you told iw how the device should be named (see persistent net settings). http://www.ducea.com/2008/09/01/remove-debian-udev-persistent-net-rules/ Kind regards, Sven Just for the other people: > *** > as you mentioned hostapd and ath5 are very buggy! under debian i only > could get it to run under following conditions: > > 1) system related > *************** > add to apt source list: > deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports > main > > install hostapd from: > DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive aptitude -y install -t > squeeze-backports batctl hostapd > > (hostapd >= 0.6.10) > > kernel: > *** > root@srv-ldeb-basic1:/etc/hostapd# cat /boot/config-3.4.0-adx-alix > |grep "80211" > CONFIG_CFG80211=m > CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE=y > CONFIG_CFG80211_DEVELOPER_WARNINGS=y > CONFIG_CFG80211_REG_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS=y > CONFIG_CFG80211_DEBUGFS=y > CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB=y > CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT=y > CONFIG_LIB80211=m > CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_WEP=m > CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP=m > CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_TKIP=m > CONFIG_LIB80211_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_MAC80211=m > CONFIG_MAC80211_HAS_RC=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_PID=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL_HT=y > # CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID is not set > CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT="minstrel_ht" > CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_NOINLINE=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_HT_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_TKIP_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_PS_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_MPL_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_MPATH_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_MHWMP_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_TDLS_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG_COUNTERS=y > CONFIG_MAC80211_HWSIM=m > *** > > 2) wifi related > ************ > - ath5 only supports 1 adhoc vif > - ath5 can't run in master mode without hostapd > - ath5 bridging and mesh only possible with 2 wlan cards > - ath9 no problems at all > - ath9 bridging and mesh with one wlan card possible > > !!! attention !!! > > when using ath5 wlan cards hostapd service hast o be restared. only > after restarting the hostapd service you will be able to link second > wlan ath5 card into the bridge br0. i tried many thing but this ist he > only way i succeeded. > > > > *** (/etc/hostapd/hostapd,.conf can be also an adhoc vif) > interface=wlan1 > bridge=br0 > driver=nl80211 > hw_mode=g > channel=1 > ssid=adradix_test > macaddr_acl=0 > auth_algs=1 > ignore_broadcast_ssid=0 > wpa=2 > wpa_passphrase=xxx > wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK > wpa_pairwise=TKIP > rsn_pairwise=CCMP > *** > > *** (network script > of course no need to use static ip's also dhcp > possible) > #!/bin/bash > > # ADRADIX MODIFIED AT 2012-06-09 23:51:24 # echo "1" > > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > ifconfig eth0 down > ifconfig wlan0 down > ifconfig wlan1 down > ifconfig mesh0 down > ifconfig bat0 down > ifconfig br0 down > > brctl delbr br0 > batctl if del mesh0 > > iw dev wlan0 del > iw dev wlan1 del > iw dev mesh0 del > iw dev mon.wlan0 del > iw dev mon.wlan1 del > > iw phy phy0 interface add mesh0 type adhoc ifconfig mesh0 mtu 1528 > iwconfig mesh0 mode ad-hoc essid adradix_mesh ap xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > channel > 10 > batctl if add mesh0 > ifconfig mesh0 0.0.0.0 up > > iw phy phy1 interface add wlan1 type adhoc > > brctl addbr br0 > brctl addif br0 eth0 > brctl addif br0 bat0 > > ifconfig bat0 0.0.0.0 up > ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up > ifconfig br0 10.xx.xx.xx netmask 255.255.255.0 up > > route add default gw 10.41.20.1 > > #echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/mesh0/proxy_arp > #echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/bat0/proxy_arp > #echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/br0/proxy_arp > #echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/proxy_arp > > # > # IMPORTANT: WITHOUT THAT RESTART BRIDGING DOES NOT WORK > /etc/init.d/hostapd restart brctl addif br0 wlan1 > > exit 0; > ***
