Comments on: OpenWRT WDS works like charm http://blog.waja.info/2009/10/25/openwrt-wds-works-like-charm/ Just a place to be! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:31:27 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: wds - StartTags.com http://blog.waja.info/2009/10/25/openwrt-wds-works-like-charm/comment-page-1/#comment-43975 wds - StartTags.com Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:50:48 +0000 http://blog.waja.info/?p=277#comment-43975 [...] double star catalog. I have properly specified WDS in the search menu and am able to see the...OpenWRT WDS works like charm | Cyconet BlogA try with OpenWRT 8.09 in April to setup a WDS with additional AP functionality and encryption, [...] [...] double star catalog. I have properly specified WDS in the search menu and am able to see the…OpenWRT WDS works like charm | Cyconet BlogA try with OpenWRT 8.09 in April to setup a WDS with additional AP functionality and encryption, [...]

]]> By: Fred http://blog.waja.info/2009/10/25/openwrt-wds-works-like-charm/comment-page-1/#comment-40616 Fred Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:51:52 +0000 http://blog.waja.info/?p=277#comment-40616 Thanks for the tip. I (hesitatingly) reflashed the router with the 8.09.2 RC2 brcm2.4 .trx file you linked to. Upgrade success! I lost my X-WRT webif, but I've been SSHing so much I may not even miss it. We'll see... Unfortunately I still can't get my Airport express to connect via WDS. It stays with a flashing orange light??? WRT54GS v2, my wireless clients connect to the AP device fine and see the internet. Followed your example for /etc/config/wireless, except I'm not even using encryption on the WDS. config 'wifi-device' 'wl0' option 'type' 'broadcom' option 'channel' '05' option 'disabled' '0' option 'maxassoc' '6' config 'wifi-iface' option 'device' 'wl0' option 'network' 'lan' option 'mode' 'ap' option 'ssid' 'WRT54GS' option 'key' '###############' option 'encryption' 'psk2' option 'wds' '1' config 'wifi-iface' option 'device' 'wl0' option 'network' 'lan' option 'mode' 'wds' option 'bssid' '00:14:51:6a:15:97' option 'ssid' 'WRT54GS-WDS' option 'hidden' '1' option 'key' '################' option 'encryption' 'none' option 'macpolicy' 'allow' option 'maclist' ' 00:14:51:6A:15:97' AE firmware 6.3, I setup my airport express according to these tutorials : http://logit.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/wds-between-airport-express-and-openwrt-kamikaze/ http://lifehacker.com/400235/turn-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch-into-a-multi+room-wireless-music-remote ifconfig shows wds0.1 is up, but no packets are being sent/received. Still no luck getting the airport to connect. Can you shed any more light towards my dilemma or direct me to who I could ask for more help? Thanks for the tip. I (hesitatingly) reflashed the router with the 8.09.2 RC2 brcm2.4 .trx file you linked to. Upgrade success! I lost my X-WRT webif, but I’ve been SSHing so much I may not even miss it. We’ll see… Unfortunately I still can’t get my Airport express to connect via WDS. It stays with a flashing orange light???

WRT54GS v2, my wireless clients connect to the AP device fine and see the internet. Followed your example for /etc/config/wireless, except I’m not even using encryption on the WDS.

config ‘wifi-device’ ‘wl0′
option ‘type’ ‘broadcom’
option ‘channel’ ’05′
option ‘disabled’ ’0′
option ‘maxassoc’ ’6′

config ‘wifi-iface’
option ‘device’ ‘wl0′
option ‘network’ ‘lan’
option ‘mode’ ‘ap’
option ‘ssid’ ‘WRT54GS’
option ‘key’ ‘###############’
option ‘encryption’ ‘psk2′
option ‘wds’ ’1′

config ‘wifi-iface’
option ‘device’ ‘wl0′
option ‘network’ ‘lan’
option ‘mode’ ‘wds’
option ‘bssid’ ’00:14:51:6a:15:97′
option ‘ssid’ ‘WRT54GS-WDS’
option ‘hidden’ ’1′
option ‘key’ ‘################’
option ‘encryption’ ‘none’
option ‘macpolicy’ ‘allow’
option ‘maclist’ ‘ 00:14:51:6A:15:97′

AE firmware 6.3, I setup my airport express according to these tutorials :
http://logit.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/wds-between-airport-express-and-openwrt-kamikaze/

http://lifehacker.com/400235/turn-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch-into-a-multi+room-wireless-music-remote

ifconfig shows wds0.1 is up, but no packets are being sent/received. Still no luck getting the airport to connect. Can you shed any more light towards my dilemma or direct me to who I could ask for more help?

]]> By: cyco http://blog.waja.info/2009/10/25/openwrt-wds-works-like-charm/comment-page-1/#comment-40593 cyco Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:17:26 +0000 http://blog.waja.info/?p=277#comment-40593 The fix can be found <a href="https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/16160" rel="nofollow">here</a> and was linked in my origin post. About your broadcom chip ... just use <a href="http://kamikaze.openwrt.org/8.09.2-RC2/brcm-2.4/" rel="nofollow">brcm-2.4</a>, that should work since I also have a broadcom chip on my wrt54gl and wrtsl54gs. The fix can be found here and was linked in my origin post. About your broadcom chip … just use brcm-2.4, that should work since I also have a broadcom chip on my wrt54gl and wrtsl54gs.

]]> By: Fred http://blog.waja.info/2009/10/25/openwrt-wds-works-like-charm/comment-page-1/#comment-40591 Fred Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:24:12 +0000 http://blog.waja.info/?p=277#comment-40591 What great timing on your post. I'm trying to get WDS on my linksys wrt54gs router running 8.09 OpenWRT to pair up an airport express and be able to extend my network and stream music from itunes. Unfortunately, I have a broadcom wireless chip in the WRT router, and 8.09.1 uses a 2.6 kernel which doesn't support the (closed & stable) BCM4320 wireless controller. The b43 (open but unstable) doesn't support the wireless very well last I checked. So I seem to be stuck on 8.09.1. What I don't seem to follow though is, where the link to the problem being "fixed" actually shows the WDS being fixed? It looks like it was a change to the nas4wds package changing the boot wait time. I wonder if I could just re-compile nas4wds and drop it into /usr/sbin/ to fix this? I also ran across a post from a 2005 that said afterburner technology messes with WDS and to turn it off. I wonder if this is something I should look into? https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=1361 What great timing on your post. I’m trying to get WDS on my linksys wrt54gs router running 8.09 OpenWRT to pair up an airport express and be able to extend my network and stream music from itunes. Unfortunately, I have a broadcom wireless chip in the WRT router, and 8.09.1 uses a 2.6 kernel which doesn’t support the (closed & stable) BCM4320 wireless controller. The b43 (open but unstable) doesn’t support the wireless very well last I checked. So I seem to be stuck on 8.09.1.

What I don’t seem to follow though is, where the link to the problem being “fixed” actually shows the WDS being fixed? It looks like it was a change to the nas4wds package changing the boot wait time. I wonder if I could just re-compile nas4wds and drop it into /usr/sbin/ to fix this?

I also ran across a post from a 2005 that said afterburner technology messes with WDS and to turn it off. I wonder if this is something I should look into? https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=1361

]]> By: matt http://blog.waja.info/2009/10/25/openwrt-wds-works-like-charm/comment-page-1/#comment-40476 matt Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:48:39 +0000 http://blog.waja.info/?p=277#comment-40476 Hi, While WDS in OpenWrt (8.09.1) is working rather good (some minor problems with getting connected to the 2-nd AP after reboot), I was also esting it earlier usind DD-WRT. I like the more proffesional feel of OpenWrt so I'm sticking with it. Recently I've had an occasion (wireless network labolatory on my university) to establish WDS connection between two Cisco Aironet (don't reember the exact version) running their IOS operating system. I must admit that it was working flawlessly. Both console and web configurations are very powerfull. Having a possibility of running very similar config on much cheaper hardware with OSS is great! Hi,

While WDS in OpenWrt (8.09.1) is working rather good (some minor problems with getting connected to the 2-nd AP after reboot), I was also esting it earlier usind DD-WRT. I like the more proffesional feel of OpenWrt so I’m sticking with it.

Recently I’ve had an occasion (wireless network labolatory on my university) to establish WDS connection between two Cisco Aironet (don’t reember the exact version) running their IOS operating system. I must admit that it was working flawlessly. Both console and web configurations are very powerfull.

Having a possibility of running very similar config on much cheaper hardware with OSS is great!

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