Re: STP and Madwifi problems

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Hi Stephen, sorry for the delay. We have enabled stp first, with no luck...
The same configuration works fine on ethernet, perhaps there's a
problem on using wireless interfaces...

2007/11/13, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 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.
>
> --
> Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
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