From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 9 14:14:31 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C07DCFC8 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 14:14:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a4.g.dreamhost.com (caiajhbdcaid.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.83]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2D781E15 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 14:14:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a4.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a4.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4848F51C062 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 06:14:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=koffein.net; h= content-type:from:to:subject:date:message-id: content-transfer-encoding; s=koffein.net; bh=PyAjjhmP4VHvyIuybWo gbK5U9fw=; b=b0aO5FaSnR02MocS4kfZc5uidtgduZE9ElGj64ZIReQ0yjfs711 BeIe75WbDXYXEyoXdhd8+BevQTSj3KpCXlsxRJU9ie1RGK8YLL4eF3+AkuNvVDBd kWc64/VyNAEhzRSKgFYQMwQjbGyh/nrj8MGb6Q+UveeZL2eDkA/Rye2k= Received: from localhost (unknown [77.109.126.85]) (Authenticated sender: stl@koffein.net) by homiemail-a4.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D43AC51C070 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2013 06:14:29 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 From: Steven Lawrance To: freebsd-wireless Subject: WDS and WPA Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:14:10 +0100 Message-Id: <1386594359-sup-3602@luwak.koffein.net> User-Agent: Sup/0.14.1.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 14:14:31 -0000 Greetings! Over the weekend I attempted to extend my existing wireless network (an AP running FreeBSD with an ath card (AR5212) and WPA-PSK) using DWDS without much success. I followed the scripts in tools/tools/net80211/scripts/ but never saw anything about DWDS show up in the logs (with wlandebug state+scan+assoc+auth+wds+11n) on the main AP -- just the normal association messages when the relay node connects. The additional nodes have very similar hardware (ath cards) and all are running recent 10-stable i386 builds. So my first question is whether DWDS is supposed to work at all in combination with WPA? (I have not yet tried it without auth/privacy.) I'm also not sure I understand the intended topology in the scripts setup.wds{main,relay}. In that scenario, would "normal" clients only connect directly to the relays? Can multiple relays use the exact same config such as in setup.wdsrelay or should they present unique SSIDs? (I thought the point of WDS was to use the same SSID for seamless roaming between APs.) Can relays be chained or does each need to associate directly with the "main" AP? Does each relay perform need to perform its own authentication for client stations or is that supposed to get handed over to the main AP? thanks! Steven.