Re: virtual access poitns (ath5k/mac80211)

[Ryszard <ryszard99@gmail.com>]

ben,  setting the AP's to the same channel works! thx :-)

On 31 August 2010 10:29, Ryszard <ryszard99@gmail.com> wrote:
> ah, that might be it! i've got them configured on different channels.
> i'm not at home now, but will check it in probably about 10 hours or
> so and let you know..
>
> thanks once again for the quick reply!!
>
> On 31 August 2010 10:05, Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> wrote:
>> On 08/30/2010 04:52 PM, Ryszard wrote:
>>>
>>> hey ben,
>>>
>>> i've set everything up and have all the routing working etc etc. it
>>> seems as tho' there is one last issue i'm hoping you can point me in
>>> the right direction with.
>>>
>>> When the device i'm working on boots i've got hostapd starting up with
>>> two VAP's (vap0 and vap1).  when i connect to on AP everything goes
>>> well and i can send and receive traffic, however when i disconnect and
>>> reconnect to the other AP it seems as tho' the client connection
>>> hangs.
>>>
>>> Inspecting syslog shows all the dhcp information  for the 1st
>>> connection, however there is nothing in syslog for the 2nd connection.
>>>
>>> have you seen this, or have an idea why it may happen by chance?
>>
>> Make sure both APs are configured on the same channel in hostapd?
>>
>> An example of two of my hostapd config files are below, in case that helps:
>>
>> [root@lanforge-D0-20 wifi]# more hostapd_vap0.conf
>> ### Auto-generated by LANforge...do not attempt to modify.
>> interface=vap0
>> driver=nl80211
>> logger_syslog=-1
>> logger_syslog_level=2
>> logger_stdout=-1
>> logger_stdout_level=2
>> dump_file=wifi/hostapd_vap0.dump
>> ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
>> ctrl_interface_group=0
>> ssid=
>> bssid=00:1f:f1:d0:0f:00
>> country_code=US
>> ieee80211d=0
>> hw_mode=a
>> channel=1
>> beacon_int=240
>> dtim_period=2
>> max_num_sta=2007
>> rts_threshold=2347
>> fragm_threshold=2346
>> preamble=0
>> macaddr_acl=0
>> auth_algs=3
>> ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
>> wme_enabled=0
>> wme_ac_bk_cwmin=4
>> wme_ac_bk_cwmax=10
>> wme_ac_bk_aifs=7
>> wme_ac_bk_txop_limit=0
>> wme_ac_bk_acm=0
>> wme_ac_be_aifs=3
>> wme_ac_be_cwmin=4
>> wme_ac_be_cwmax=10
>> wme_ac_be_txop_limit=0
>> wme_ac_be_acm=0
>> wme_ac_vi_aifs=2
>> wme_ac_vi_cwmin=3
>> wme_ac_vi_cwmax=4
>> wme_ac_vi_txop_limit=94
>> wme_ac_vi_acm=0
>> wme_ac_vo_aifs=2
>> wme_ac_vo_cwmin=2
>> wme_ac_vo_cwmax=3
>> wme_ac_vo_txop_limit=47
>> wme_ac_vo_acm=0
>> ieee8021x=0
>> eapol_key_index_workaround=0
>> eap_server=0
>> own_ip_addr=127.0.0.1
>> [root@lanforge-D0-20 wifi]# more hostapd_vap1.conf
>> ### Auto-generated by LANforge...do not attempt to modify.
>> interface=vap1
>> driver=nl80211
>> logger_syslog=-1
>> logger_syslog_level=2
>> logger_stdout=-1
>> logger_stdout_level=2
>> dump_file=wifi/hostapd_vap1.dump
>> ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
>> ctrl_interface_group=0
>> ssid=
>> bssid=00:1f:f1:d0:0f:01
>> country_code=US
>> ieee80211d=0
>> hw_mode=a
>> channel=1
>> beacon_int=240
>> dtim_period=2
>> max_num_sta=2007
>> rts_threshold=2347
>> fragm_threshold=2346
>> preamble=0
>> macaddr_acl=0
>> auth_algs=3
>> ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
>> wme_enabled=0
>> wme_ac_bk_cwmin=4
>> wme_ac_bk_cwmax=10
>> wme_ac_bk_aifs=7
>> wme_ac_bk_txop_limit=0
>> wme_ac_bk_acm=0
>> wme_ac_be_aifs=3
>> wme_ac_be_cwmin=4
>> wme_ac_be_cwmax=10
>> wme_ac_be_txop_limit=0
>> wme_ac_be_acm=0
>> wme_ac_vi_aifs=2
>> wme_ac_vi_cwmin=3
>> wme_ac_vi_cwmax=4
>> wme_ac_vi_txop_limit=94
>> wme_ac_vi_acm=0
>> wme_ac_vo_aifs=2
>> wme_ac_vo_cwmin=2
>> wme_ac_vo_cwmax=3
>> wme_ac_vo_txop_limit=47
>> wme_ac_vo_acm=0
>> ieee8021x=0
>> eapol_key_index_workaround=0
>> eap_server=0
>> own_ip_addr=127.0.0.1
>>
>>
>> If you still have no luck, please send output of:
>>
>> ifconfig -a
>>
>> route -n
>>
>> tail -200 /var/log/messages
>>
>> dmesg
>>
>> on your VAP machine.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
>> Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com
>>
>>
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