From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 9 19:33:16 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E0990431 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 19:33:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-x231.google.com (mail-qa0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c00::231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0DEA1969 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 19:33:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f49.google.com with SMTP id ii20so2951467qab.15 for ; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:33:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=mlj+SWNzxZ6JXbIbOX/rbKAvJ1UYxkaWuXC6I9/YpeQ=; b=Dqj3t3OIA87+XFZ/pPEwD1EslaVzkHK8Q1OpBgyKvyIPH+4y41yva4W1ndxfUeCVsq oKExedOQdRxnJB+2g0Vtahi3JuiBAkz0Hn/0vwlK9Ggh5+qJcTUOK3d9WaGDUdi2ugNf YcyWtq7sg8QWdzlV/Vit3nRTY/2xjrZhzV4GNt903+WilJqcTIEvdNTYTGTHWE5RL7GK ZTQPYTJPI5UdXoGvqZCl7R+ifXiVYMR4UkpVoSHfg7MSXdQautR+WEm3WQh47XN9dOu3 H0nutbQDYaosvZYVXZGWtgZiiMAQWBguq2E0/+TZWGhtL6hBKTIEkpjFtALOIQd1TavB rEzg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.49.17.232 with SMTP id r8mr36540827qed.74.1386617595832; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:33:15 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.224.53.200 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 11:33:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1386594359-sup-3602@luwak.koffein.net> References: <1386594359-sup-3602@luwak.koffein.net> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 11:33:15 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: SmhmxESlocpbdngLscW3ApEoI-w Message-ID: Subject: Re: WDS and WPA From: Adrian Chadd To: Steven Lawrance Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-wireless X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:33:16 -0000 Hi, I've not played with DWDS at all, I'm sorry. I was hoping that someone else would sit down and make all of that work better. I have no idea how it is supposed to sit down and work. Sorry! -a On 9 December 2013 06:14, Steven Lawrance wrote: > Greetings! > > Over the weekend I attempted to extend my existing wireless network > (an AP running FreeBSD with an ath card (AR5212) and WPA-PSK) using > DWDS without much success. > > I followed the scripts in tools/tools/net80211/scripts/ but never saw > anything about DWDS show up in the logs (with wlandebug > state+scan+assoc+auth+wds+11n) on the main AP -- just the normal > association messages when the relay node connects. > > The additional nodes have very similar hardware (ath cards) and all > are running recent 10-stable i386 builds. > > So my first question is whether DWDS is supposed to work at all in > combination with WPA? (I have not yet tried it without auth/privacy.) > > I'm also not sure I understand the intended topology in the scripts > setup.wds{main,relay}. In that scenario, would "normal" clients only > connect directly to the relays? Can multiple relays use the exact > same config such as in setup.wdsrelay or should they present unique > SSIDs? (I thought the point of WDS was to use the same SSID for > seamless roaming between APs.) > > Can relays be chained or does each need to associate directly with the > "main" AP? Does each relay perform need to perform its own > authentication for client stations or is that supposed to get handed > over to the main AP? > > thanks! > Steven. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"