On Wed, 2017-08-23 at 17:00 +0200, Håvard Rabbe wrote: > Hi > > Im trying to get wds working. I haven’t found much documentation on > this topic. This is what i have found: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.o > rg/en/users/documentation/iw#setting_up_a_wds_peer > > I have configured two machines with hostapd with the same config. Its > also the same wifi card WLE200NX using the AR9280 chipset. > > After APs is running I have used this commands on both AP’s with the > other APs wifi mac address: > > iw phy phy0 interface add wds0 type wds > iw dev wds0 set peer <MAC address> > > then wds0 interface is showing up > > ------------------ > wds0 IEEE 802.11abgn Mode:Repeater Access Point: Not- > Associated > Tx-Power=20 dBm > Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Power Management:off > --------------------- > > > But it says Access Point: Not-Associated > > > I have no clue what to do next. I think you have to do something like "iw wds0 set peer <MAC addr>" but frankly, you're far better off using the 4-addr AP/client mode since that allows proper feature negotiation and can use HT/VHT etc.: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw#using_4-address_for_ap_and_client_mode johannes
