[Voyage-linux] how to configure wds if iwpriv always reports "no private ioctls."

[Alfonso Fiore]

Hello,

I'm trying to setup wds using voyage 0.8.0 and an ALIX 3d3 with a
dcma81 (Atheros AR5414).

I first want to setup the wds from command line but every time I try a
iwpriv command I get "no private ioctls." error.

I'm not sure if this really my problem, but I read here (
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/99432 ) that some
driver doesn't support iwpriv (despite the HW).

But now if I want to setup a bridge between wlan0 and eth0 what should I do?

/etc/network/interfaces suggests:

#auto br0
#iface br0 inet static
#        address 192.168.1.2
#        netmask 255.255.255.0
#        network 192.168.1.0
#        broadcast 192.168.1.255
#        gateway 192.168.1.1
#        bridge_ports eth0 wlan0 wlan0wds0
#        pre-up iwconfig wlan0 mode Master essid voyage-wds channel 1
#        pre-up iwpriv wlan0 wds_add AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF

but it doesn't work due to iwpriv not working (and I need my wireless
to be in Managed mode, but this is irrelevant to this problem).

I tried to manually bring up wlan0 like this:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
        wpa-driver wext
        wpa-ssid
        wpa-psk
        wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
        wpa-pairwise TKIP
        wpa-group TKIP
        wpa-proto WPA
        wireless-mode Managed

and then manually creating a bridge but it doesn't work (and this is
why wds exists as far I understand).

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you,
alfonso