Re: STP and Madwifi problems

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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:59:08 +0100
"IO te" <armbigendian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> today we've tested the bridge-utils (kernel 2.6.15) STP in the
> following scenario using the madwifi 0.9.3.2:
> 
>         AP    ch. 36     Sta
>           |----------------------|
> BR1 |                              | BR2
>           |----------------------|
>           Sta   ch. 40     AP
> 
> Unfortunately it doesn't work because every port of both the boards
> remains in forwarding state.
> 
> We were expecting that one of the four ports would move to the blocking state.
> Obviously one of the two board is elected as root by STP and has both
> ports in forwarding state, the problem is on the other one.
> 
> Anyway, these are the configurations:
> 
> Board 1:
> 
> wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
> iwpriv ath0 mode 1
> iwconfig ath0 essid tratta1 channel 36
> iwpriv ath0 wds 1
> ifconfig ath0 0.0.0.0 up
> wlanconfig ath1 create wlandev wifi1 wlanmode sta nosbeacon
> iwpriv ath1 mode 1
> iwconfig ath1 essid tratta2
> iwpriv ath1 wds 1
> ifconfig ath1 0.0.0.0 up
> brctl addbr br0
> brctl addif br0 ath0
> brctl addif br0 ath1
> ifconfig br0 11.0.0.1/24 up
> brctl stp br0 on
> 
> Board 2:
> 
> wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap
> iwpriv ath0 mode 1
> iwconfig ath0 essid tratta2 channel 40
> ifconfig ath0 0.0.0.0 up
> wlanconfig ath1 create wlandev wifi1 wlanmode sta nosbeacon
> iwpriv ath1 mode 1
> iwconfig ath1 essid tratta1
> iwpriv ath1 wds 1
> ifconfig ath1 0.0.0.0 up
> brctl addbr br0
> brctl addif br0 ath0
> brctl addif br0 ath1
> ifconfig br0 11.0.0.2/24 up
> brctl stp br0 on
> 
> The interfaces associate in the right way, but this is the result of
> the command brctl showstp br0:
> 
> Board 1:
> 
> # brctl showstp br0
> br0
>  bridge id              8000.00026f408483
>  designated root        8000.00026f408483
>  root port                 0                    path cost                  0
>  max age                  20.00                 bridge max age            20.00
>  hello time                2.00                 bridge hello time          2.00
>  forward delay            15.00                 bridge forward delay      15.00
>  ageing time             300.00
>  hello timer               0.35                 tcn timer                  0.00
>  topology change timer     0.00                 gc timer                   0.07
>  flags
> 
> 
> ath0 (0)
>  port id                0000                    state                forwarding
>  designated root        8000.00026f408483       path cost                100
>  designated bridge      8000.00026f408483       message age timer          0.00
>  designated port        8001                    forward delay timer        0.00
>  designated cost           0                    hold timer                 0.34
>  flags
> 
> ath1 (0)
>  port id                0000                    state                forwarding
>  designated root        8000.00026f408483       path cost                100
>  designated bridge      8000.00026f408483       message age timer          0.00
>  designated port        8002                    forward delay timer        0.00
>  designated cost           0                    hold timer                 0.00
>  flags
> 
> Board 2:
> 
> # brctl showstp br0
> br0
>  bridge id              8000.00156d539d8d
>  designated root        8000.00026f408483
>  root port                 1                    path cost                100
>  max age                  20.00                 bridge max age            20.00
>  hello time                2.00                 bridge hello time          2.00
>  forward delay            15.00                 bridge forward delay      15.00
>  ageing time             100.00
>  hello timer               0.00                 tcn timer                  0.00
>  topology change timer     0.00                 gc timer                   0.08
>  flags
> 
> 
> ath0 (0)
>  port id                0000                    state                forwarding
>  designated root        8000.00026f408483       path cost                100
>  designated bridge      8000.00026f408483       message age timer         19.70
>  designated port        8002                    forward delay timer        0.00
>  designated cost           0                    hold timer                 0.00
>  flags
> 
> ath1 (0)
>  port id                0000                    state                forwarding
>  designated root        8000.00026f408483       path cost                100
>  designated bridge      8000.00156d539d8d       message age timer          0.00
>  designated port        8002                    forward delay timer        0.00
>  designated cost         100                    hold timer                 0.69
>  flags
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for all your help
> 
> Andrea, Massimiliano and Riccardo
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Are the multicast spanning tree packets making it from bridge to bridge?
You probably want to enable stp first.

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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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