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Date:      Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:37:58 +0000
From:      Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org>
To:        Kim Culhan <w8hdkim@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: TDMA link cannot pass data
Message-ID:  <4112669B-27E0-4C4C-8107-8960F4F99BD3@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <89dbfdc31001030423s3a209a59p6a16b4e86cd58b37@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <89dbfdc31001030423s3a209a59p6a16b4e86cd58b37@mail.gmail.com>

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On 3 Jan 2010, at 12:23, Kim Culhan wrote:

> Have setup a TDMA link with Atheros hardware but cannot pass any data
> over the link.
>=20
> The hardware is:
>=20
> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xfeb90000-0xfeb9ffff irq 17 at device 1.0 on =
pci5
> ath0: [ITHREAD]
> ath0: AR2413 mac 7.9 RF2413 phy 4.5
>=20
> The setup on either end:
>=20
> ifconfig wlan create wlandev ath0 wlanmode tdma ssid freebsd-tdma
> tdmaslotcnt 2 tdmaslotlen 2500 tdmaslot 0 up
> ifconfig bridge create
> ifconfig bridge0 addm wlan0 addm em1 192.168.1.17 netmask =
255.255.255.0 up
> ifconfig em1 up
>=20
> ifconfig wlan create wlandev ath0 wlanmode tdma ssid freebsd-tdma
> tdmaslotcnt 2 tdmaslotlen 2500 tdmaslot 1 up
> ifconfig bridge create
> ifconfig bridge0 addm wlan0 addm em1 192.168.1.18 netmask =
255.255.255.0 up
> ifconfig em1 up
>=20
>> =46rom machines connected to the bridged em interfaces on either end =
of
> the link it is not possible to
> ping the opposite end or the bridge0 address on the opposite end.
>=20
> Monitoring the traffic on bridge0 it is possible to see arp packets
> from the opposite ends, this is
> the only evidence of the link passing any traffic.
>=20
> The radio interfaces:
>=20
> wlan0: flags=3D8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
> metric 0 mtu 1500
>        ether 00:22:3f:fd:d6:57
>        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/24Mbps mode 11g =
<flag0,adhoc>
>        status: running
>        ssid freebsd-tdma channel 10 (2457 Mhz 11g) bssid =
00:22:3f:fd:d6:57
>        country US ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 22.5 ucastrate =
24
>        mcastrate 24 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme burst tdmaslot 0
>        tdmaslotcnt 2 tdmaslotlen 2500 tdmabintval 5
>=20
> wlan0: flags=3D8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
> metric 0 mtu 1500
>        ether 00:22:3f:fd:70:ca
>        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/24Mbps mode 11g =
<flag0,adhoc>
>        status: running
>        ssid freebsd-tdma channel 10 (2457 Mhz 11g) bssid =
00:22:3f:fd:d6:57
>        country US ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 22 ucastrate =
24
>        mcastrate 24 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme burst tdmaslot 1
>        tdmaslotcnt 2 tdmaslotlen 2500 tdmabintval 5
>=20
> Any help on this is very greatly appreciated.
>=20
> Some background on the FreeBSD TDMA work can be found here:
>=20
> http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/FreeBSD_TDMA-20090921.pdf
>=20

This is odd. What happens without the bridge?

--
Rui Paulo




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