Hi,
I've upgraded my OpenWRT based AP firmware from kernel 3.8 to kernel
3.10.5 with compat-wireless 2013-06-27.
Since then I started to notice that some packets take very long to be
actually sent from AP to STA.
Setting:
The AP serves multiple BSSID which each have one of OPEN/WPA-PSK/WPA-EAP
configured. In the WPA-BSSIDs, stations get split into VLANs and the
VLAN interfaces get bridged into a VPN tap device.
During this test, there were two stations connected to this AP and two
APs served the ESSID locally on different frequencies, although the STA
did not roam. 802.11n was disabled for this test, although the problem
seem to be present with 802.11n too.
Observation:
The client sends a SYN. This is immediately forwarded to the destination
by the AP and a SYN ACK can be seen on the wifi interface on the AP.
Then the client sends another SYN to the same destination. This is also
immediately forwarded and ACKed by the server and the SYN ACK is seen on
the wifi interface on the AP. Now the STA receives both SYN ACKs. Now
the server resends the second ACK which is received by the STA
immediately.
Expected result:
The client receives the first SYN ACK in a timely manner so that neither
the STA nor the Server need to resend.
Output:
tcpdump on the AP wifi vlan interface:
10:30:39.068205 4c:0b:3a:84:06:73 > 00:1b:0d:62:b0:00, ethertype IPv4
(0x0800), length 74: 141.24.44.59.57314 > 141.24.52.243.80: Flags [S],
seq 365111110, win 29200, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 8811670 ecr
0,nop,wscale 6], length 0
10:30:39.069654 00:1b:0d:62:b0:00 > 4c:0b:3a:84:06:73, ethertype IPv4
(0x0800), length 74: 141.24.52.243.80 > 141.24.44.59.57314: Flags [S.],
seq 2849317894, ack 365111111, win 14480, options [mss 1409,sackOK,TS
val 20154381 ecr 8811670,nop,wscale 2], length 0
10:30:39.148863 4c:0b:3a:84:06:73 > 00:1b:0d:62:b0:00, ethertype IPv4
(0x0800), length 74: 141.24.44.59.57315 > 141.24.52.243.80: Flags [S],
seq 614845630, win 29200, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 8811678 ecr
0,nop,wscale 6], length 0
10:30:39.150213 00:1b:0d:62:b0:00 > 4c:0b:3a:84:06:73, ethertype IPv4
(0x0800), length 74: 141.24.52.243.80 > 141.24.44.59.57315: Flags [S.],
seq 1428894719, ack 614845631, win 14480, options [mss 1409,sackOK,TS
val 20154401 ecr 8811678,nop,wscale 2], length 0
10:30:40.666887 00:1b:0d:62:b0:00 > 4c:0b:3a:84:06:73, ethertype IPv4
(0x0800), length 74: 141.24.52.243.80 > 141.24.44.59.57315: Flags [S.],
seq 1428894719, ack 614845631, win 14480, options [mss 1409,sackOK,TS
val 20154781 ecr 8811695,nop,wscale 2], length 0
wireshark sniffing wifi.
No. Time Source Destination
Protocol Length Info
64740 10:30:39.069004000 141.24.44.59 141.24.52.243
TCP 130 57314 > 80 [SYN] Seq=0 Win=29200 Len=0 MSS=1460
SACK_PERM=1 TSval=8811670 TSecr=0 WS=64
64757 10:30:39.149760000 141.24.44.59 141.24.52.243
TCP 130 57315 > 80 [SYN] Seq=0 Win=29200 Len=0 MSS=1460
SACK_PERM=1 TSval=8811678 TSecr=0 WS=64
64780 10:30:39.280128000 141.24.52.243 141.24.44.59
TCP 130 80 > 57314 [SYN, ACK] Seq=0 Ack=1 Win=14480 Len=0
MSS=1409 SACK_PERM=1 TSval=20154381 TSecr=8811670 WS=4
64781 10:30:39.280636000 141.24.52.243 141.24.44.59
TCP 130 80 > 57315 [SYN, ACK] Seq=0 Ack=1 Win=14480 Len=0
MSS=1409 SACK_PERM=1 TSval=20154401 TSecr=8811678 WS=4
65083 10:30:40.668228000 141.24.52.243 141.24.44.59
TCP 130 [TCP Retransmission] 80 > 57315 [SYN, ACK] Seq=0 Ack=1
Win=14480 Len=0 MSS=1409 SACK_PERM=1 TSval=20154781 TSecr=8811695 WS=4
Does anybody have a clue?
Regards,
M. Braun
On 2013-08-06 10:52 AM, Michael Braun wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've upgraded my OpenWRT based AP firmware from kernel 3.8 to kernel
> 3.10.5 with compat-wireless 2013-06-27.
> Since then I started to notice that some packets take very long to be
> actually sent from AP to STA.
Which specific OpenWrt revision are you using? Also, can you please test
with the latest one (I just committed some more fixes).
- Felix
Hi,
On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 12:36:57PM +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2013-08-06 12:36 PM, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> > On 2013-08-06 10:52 AM, Michael Braun wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've upgraded my OpenWRT based AP firmware from kernel 3.8 to kernel
> >> 3.10.5 with compat-wireless 2013-06-27.
> >> Since then I started to notice that some packets take very long to be
> >> actually sent from AP to STA.
> > Which specific OpenWrt revision are you using?
I've been running devel from monday 13h (cfa0f1e910855a04b98d46bda14183dea421d2f8) before writing this mail.
In the meantime I tried removing package/kernel/mac80211/patches/5(6|7).*.patch and it currently looks like it helps.
> > Also, can you please test
> > with the latest one (I just committed some more fixes).
sure
> One more thing, the clients you're talking about - are these 802.11n
> clients or 802.11a/b/g legacy?
these are 802.11n capable clients but I disabled 802.11n in hostapd (ieee80211n=0).
Michael Braun
On 2013-08-06 6:04 PM, Michael Braun wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 01:18:51PM +0200, Michael Braun wrote:
>> > > Also, can you please test
>> > > with the latest one (I just committed some more fixes).
>
> those have been running for for some hours and I could not reproduce the problem anymore, although before it used to reproduce quickly.
Great, thanks for testing. Let me know if any other issues show up.
- Felix
On 2013-08-06 12:36 PM, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2013-08-06 10:52 AM, Michael Braun wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've upgraded my OpenWRT based AP firmware from kernel 3.8 to kernel
>> 3.10.5 with compat-wireless 2013-06-27.
>> Since then I started to notice that some packets take very long to be
>> actually sent from AP to STA.
> Which specific OpenWrt revision are you using? Also, can you please test
> with the latest one (I just committed some more fixes).
One more thing, the clients you're talking about - are these 802.11n
clients or 802.11a/b/g legacy?
- Felix
On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 01:18:51PM +0200, Michael Braun wrote:
> > > Also, can you please test
> > > with the latest one (I just committed some more fixes).
those have been running for for some hours and I could not reproduce the problem anymore, although before it used to reproduce quickly.
Regards,
M. Braun