Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 19:40 Post subject: QCA >1 5GHz WDS Stations Does Not Work / DIR-862
A long-time DD-WRT user and have working WDS installs on Broadcom & Atheros.
Per tatsuya46's suggestion, I purchased 6x (six) DIR-862L off eBay. Great value.
My goal: 1 WDS AP with ~3 WDS Stations over 5GHz.
Individually as APs each unit works fine; hardware seems fine.
2.4GHz with two WDS Stations works fine; no go on 5GHz.
With one 5GHz station it works fine. The moment the 2nd WDS Station powers up it appears to knock the other WDS Station offline and both Stations become erratic. The WDS AP can only ever ping one of the Stations and usually the last one to be powered-up.
Items I've tried without success:
-Use 20MHz (vs VHT80)
-Disable Encryption
-Add MAC addresses into the ath1 WDS tab on both WDS AP & WDS Stations (as I would do for Broadcom).
WDS AP
192.168.1.1
CH149/Upper
United States/Short Preamble
WDS Station A
192.168.1.2
WDS Station
United States/Short Preamble
Disable WAN
Router Mode
Disable Firewall
WDS Station B
192.168.1.3
WDS Station
United States/Short Preamble
Disable WAN
Router Mode
Disable Firewall
...
Any ideas?
Is there a limitation with the ath10k driver?
Thanks.
Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 7568 Location: YWG, Canada
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 21:15 Post subject:
dont touch the wds tab in qualcomm atheros, its broken & not needed too so remove anything u put in there. when i was starting wds i also tried using it, created boot loops..on the wireless settings page just select wds ap for network mode on the host & wds station on the clients with matching security type/passwords. _________________ LATEST FIRMWARE(S)
BrainSlayer wrote:
we just do it since we do not like any restrictions enforced by stupid cocaine snorting managers
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 21:32 Post subject: Tried
I've tried.
Have you attempted more then one WDS station?
I just did another factory reset on all of them again and configured WDS AP and Stations.
No encryption.
Same result. One Starion works fine. Adding a second doesn't work.
FYI - I saw your bug report on odd VHT80 on QCA; I'm seeing the same thing wit very high, unrealistic link speeds.
Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 7568 Location: YWG, Canada
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 21:54 Post subject:
dont think i did, can try that later today. which bug report of mine?
i have an idea, try each dir-862L 1 at a time, what is the mac address displayed for each of them on the host beside ath1.sta#? _________________ LATEST FIRMWARE(S)
BrainSlayer wrote:
we just do it since we do not like any restrictions enforced by stupid cocaine snorting managers
This was the ticket I mentioned:
http://svn.dd-wrt.com/ticket/4957
I've seen this a few times but wasn't able to recreate it tonight with a screenshot.
Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 7568 Location: YWG, Canada
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 0:29 Post subject:
its probably the incorrect mac then, mine also uses the same bogus mac as wds station. that ticket is a different issue, that ones just cosmetic. _________________ LATEST FIRMWARE(S)
BrainSlayer wrote:
we just do it since we do not like any restrictions enforced by stupid cocaine snorting managers
Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 7568 Location: YWG, Canada
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 0:42 Post subject:
dont know its either an ath10k problem or ath10k + dir-862L problem. if someone with an archer c5/c7 v2 could try wds station then we'll know depending what their mac is.
Tested a few recent builds and the MAC address issue I believe is preventing the multiple WDS stations.
Friendly reminder to pursue with BS.
Thank you again for your help.