WDS over 5ghz doesn't work on dual band router

[fryfrog]

I've got a pair of Buffalo WZR-HP-AG300H that work great using WDS in 2.4ghz mode. The primary router is in AP+WDS mode and the other is in Wireless Bridge / Repeater mode with Connect via WDS.

It has all the network details correct and in 2.4ghz mode (N+G+B, same channel, 2nd chan 40mhz above and of course the SSID and password). When I flip it to N+A, I can see the LED indicators for the wifi network swap and it blinks just like the other one did, but I get no network access out of it. From a computer directly connected to it, I can still load the GUI and ssh in no problem to fix things and troubleshoot, but I'm not very familiar with WDS.

I'm a horrible support requestor in that I don't have iwconfig / ifconfig output from the failing 5ghz mode, but I can get it. Unhelpfully, here is 2.4ghz's output from both devices. Version is latest stable, 1.6.1 recently updated... but I've had the problem in the past with 1.6.0 on the client and 1.5.something on the AP+WDS.

AP+WDS

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root@galactica:~# iwconfig                                 
gre0      no wireless extensions.                          
                                                           
wlan0.sta1  IEEE 802.11bgn  Mode:Secondary  Tx-Power=16 dBm
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off                   
          Power Management:off                             
                                                           
lo        no wireless extensions.                          
                                                           
wlan1     IEEE 802.11an  Mode:Master  Tx-Power=20 dBm      
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off                   
          Power Management:off                             
                                                           
eth1      no wireless extensions.                          
                                                           
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  Mode:Master  Tx-Power=16 dBm     
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off                   
          Power Management:off                             
                                                           
eth0      no wireless extensions.                          
                                                           
tun0      no wireless extensions.                          
                                                           
imq0      no wireless extensions.                          
                                                           
br-lan    no wireless extensions.                          

Client

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root@columbia:~# iwconfig
gre0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth1      no wireless extensions.

imq1      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"galactica"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.422 GHz  Access Point: 10:6F:3F:0C:29:72
          Bit Rate=135 Mb/s   Tx-Power=18 dBm
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-39 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:300873   Missed beacon:0

eth0      no wireless extensions.

imq0      no wireless extensions.

br-lan    no wireless extensions.

Are there any logs I can look at? Clearly I need to also snag an iwconfig from both devices when in 5ghz mode. What else can I provide?

[nebbia88]

Is the 5G network starting at all? check logread

[fryfrog]

I hate to abandon a question and leave it unresolved, but I "solved" this by pulling cat5e to the location instead.

As far as I could tell, the 5.8Ghz network was coming online, the little indicator light for 2.4 would go out and 5.8 would come on. And on the AP+WDS, I *think* I saw the MAC of the 5.8 network along with signal strength.

[platbr]

I have the same Router and i solved this issue putting " option wds '1' " in the /etc/config/wireless file.

The GUI only enable wds on 2.4ghz interface.


config wifi-iface 'ap_a'
option device 'radio1'
option mode 'ap'
option network 'lan'
option ssid 'WCR-HOME-5G'
option encryption 'psk2'
option key My.Password'
option wds '1'

[tapper]

This is stil a bug. Same thing happens on 1.7.1 on my WD N750

[platbr]

this bug stil on 1.8.0.

Tested on Buffalo WZR-HP-AG300H

[ispyisail]

what about 1.9.x

http://www.gargoyle-router.com/phpbb/vi ... =14&t=7847