Re: How can I get WDS to work? I need some help

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