I try to setup 2 mesh node on the same wireless card.
I am using the ath9k driver from Compat 2013-02-22 (openwrt package).
The command line sequence is
Create mesh node 1
iw phy0 interface add wlan0 type mp
iw wlan0 set channel 44 HT20
ifconfig wlan0 up
iw wlan0 mesh join test
Create mesh node 2
iw phy0 interface add wlan1 type mp
iw wlan1 set channel 44 HT20
ifconfig wlan1 hw ether 00:09:90:aa:11:22 up
iw wlan1 mesh join test2
With wireshark and air pcap adapter, I cannot see the beacon for the
second mesh node.
If I execute each mesh node separately, it works correctly (I see the
beacon on wireshark)
Is it possible to execute 2 mesh node on one ath9k wireless card?
Cedric Voncken
Hi Thomas,
I do not know if I will have a time this week to test it.
I come back to you when I have tested this modification.
Thanks for your help.
Cedric Voncken | R&d Engineer
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Envoy??: vendredi 26 avril 2013 18:07
??: voncken
Cc?: linux-wireless
Objet?: Re: Mutli vif in mesh mode
Hi Cedric,
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:07 AM, voncken <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Thomas for your answer,
>
> In ath9k_hw_beaconinit() the mesh mode use the hadhoc beacon
> mode. I try to change it, and ath9k_set_beacon in
> driver/net/Wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c, but after these modifications,
> no beacon are sent (I think my change are wrong).
>
> Could you give me the old patch, I can try to update it with
> the latest compat, and I will send to you an updated patch.
Sorry for the late response.
You need to change the hardware operating mode in
ath9k_hw_set_operating_mode() to AP as well. See [1] and please let me know
if that helps.
[1]
https://github.com/cozybit/open80211s/commit/380bf3ad4c2ccd92658943e978f8d94
2611a3d6d
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Thomas
Hi Cedric,
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:07 AM, voncken <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Thomas for your answer,
>
> In ath9k_hw_beaconinit() the mesh mode use the hadhoc beacon mode. I
> try to change it, and ath9k_set_beacon in
> driver/net/Wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c, but after these modifications, no
> beacon are sent (I think my change are wrong).
>
> Could you give me the old patch, I can try to update it with the
> latest compat, and I will send to you an updated patch.
Sorry for the late response.
You need to change the hardware operating mode in
ath9k_hw_set_operating_mode() to AP as well. See [1] and please let me
know if that helps.
[1] https://github.com/cozybit/open80211s/commit/380bf3ad4c2ccd92658943e978f8d942611a3d6d
--
Thomas
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Cedric VONCKEN
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I try to setup 2 mesh node on the same wireless card.
> I am using the ath9k driver from Compat 2013-02-22 (openwrt package).
>
> The command line sequence is
> Create mesh node 1
> iw phy0 interface add wlan0 type mp
> iw wlan0 set channel 44 HT20
> ifconfig wlan0 up
> iw wlan0 mesh join test
>
> Create mesh node 2
> iw phy0 interface add wlan1 type mp
> iw wlan1 set channel 44 HT20
> ifconfig wlan1 hw ether 00:09:90:aa:11:22 up
> iw wlan1 mesh join test2
>
> With wireshark and air pcap adapter, I cannot see the beacon for the
> second mesh node.
> If I execute each mesh node separately, it works correctly (I see the
> beacon on wireshark)
>
> Is it possible to execute 2 mesh node on one ath9k wireless card?
This is because ath9k currently uses the hardware's adhoc beaconing
mode for mesh. See ath9k_hw_beaconinit() in
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c. This is probably wrong, and we
have a patch to beacon with AP mode, but I'll have to dig it up.
--
Thomas
Thanks Thomas for your answer,
In ath9k_hw_beaconinit() the mesh mode use the hadhoc beacon mode. I
try to change it, and ath9k_set_beacon in
driver/net/Wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c, but after these modifications, no
beacon are sent (I think my change are wrong).
Could you give me the old patch, I can try to update it with the
latest compat, and I will send to you an updated patch.
Thanks for your help.
Cedric Voncken
-----Message d'origine-----
De?: Thomas Pedersen [mailto:[email protected]]
Envoy??: vendredi 19 avril 2013 18:14
??: Cedric VONCKEN
Cc?: linux-wireless
Objet?: Re: Mutli vif in mesh mode
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Cedric VONCKEN <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I try to setup 2 mesh node on the same wireless card.
> I am using the ath9k driver from Compat 2013-02-22 (openwrt package).
>
> The command line sequence is
> Create mesh node 1
> iw phy0 interface add wlan0 type mp
> iw wlan0 set channel 44 HT20
> ifconfig wlan0 up
> iw wlan0 mesh join test
>
> Create mesh node 2
> iw phy0 interface add wlan1 type mp
> iw wlan1 set channel 44 HT20
> ifconfig wlan1 hw ether 00:09:90:aa:11:22 up iw wlan1 mesh join test2
>
> With wireshark and air pcap adapter, I cannot see the beacon for the
> second mesh node.
> If I execute each mesh node separately, it works correctly (I see the
> beacon on wireshark)
>
> Is it possible to execute 2 mesh node on one ath9k wireless card?
This is because ath9k currently uses the hardware's adhoc beaconing mode for
mesh. See ath9k_hw_beaconinit() in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c. This
is probably wrong, and we have a patch to beacon with AP mode, but I'll have
to dig it up.
--
Thomas