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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