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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Hi All<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Im in the process of creating a wireless network in
a star topology using alix boxes and voyage with 2x atherous wireless cards. Being
new to this type of setup im not sure what im doing wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Basically I can get two of the boxes to communicate
via the following config on each device. The issue is when I add a third box I lose
connectivity with the second one. If I comment out the second wds section the
first will work and vice versa.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Any help would be greatly appreciated<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Luke<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'># create and configure AP interface<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi1 wlanmode ap<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>iwconfig ath0 essid backhaul channel 160<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>iwpriv ath0 mode 1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'># create first WDS interface, tell about WDS
partner, enable WDS mode<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>wlanconfig wdsath10 create wlandev wifi1 wlanmode
wds<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>iwpriv wdsath10 wds_add <mac address of
partner><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>iwpriv wdsath10 wds 1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'># create second WDS interface, tell about WDS
partner, enable WDS mode<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>wlanconfig wdsath11 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode
wds<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>iwpriv wdsath11 wds_add
<mac_address_of_wds_partner_2><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>iwpriv wdsath11 wds 1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>###MAKE ACCESS POINT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>wlanconfig ath1 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>iwpriv ath1 mode 2<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>iwconfig ath1 essid WIFIAP channel 11<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>### set distance<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>athctrl auth0 -d 40<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'># bring all interfaces up<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'># NOTE: Bringing up the AP interface first is
important at this time<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>ifconfig ath0 up<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>ifconfig ath1 up<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>ifconfig wdsath10 up<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>ifconfig eth0 up<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>ifconfig wdsath11 up<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'># create the bridge and enslave all needed
interfaces<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>brctl addbr br0<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>brctl addif br0 ath0<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>brctl addif br0 ath1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>brctl addif br0 wdsath10<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>#brctl addif br0 wdsath11<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>brctl addif br0 eth0<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'># bring up the bridge<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>ifconfig br0 192.168.16.6 255.255.255.0 up<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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