[OpenWrt-Devel] ATH10K VLAN firmware issue

[Ben Greear]

I can reproduce this in my CT firmware.  I'll see if I can fix it,
but for stock firmware, it might be that changing the driver to use Ethernet packet type
of native-wifi would make .1q vlans work.

Thanks,
Ben

On 11/04/2016 10:28 AM, yu-chieh kung wrote:
> I met the same problem before,
> if i modify the 1q header to other value (0xaa00) before go into firmware.
> I can capture the packet in the air
> I think the vlan packet is dropped in firmware.
>
> 2016-11-04 22:41 GMT+08:00 Bruno Antunes <baantunes at gmail.com>:
>> On 4 November 2016 at 14:18, Mauro Mozzarelli <openwrt at ezplanet.net> wrote:
>>> Since the capability is implemented in software you might be testing the
>>> limit of your router's CPU i/o speed.
>>
>> By loading the module in rawmode?
>>
>> The AP is an APU and Sta is an APU2.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/11/16 14:13, Bruno Antunes wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Old thread but I think the issue is still present.
>>>>
>>>> I'm running a setup with VLANs with WDS and ath10k cards.
>>>>
>>>> To make it work both cards must be loaded in rawmode, AP
>>>> and Sta, and with no security.
>>>>
>>>> I'm using a OpenWrt trunk r49941 and the most recent firmware,
>>>> 10.2.4.70.58, from Kalle ath10k firmware tree.
>>>>
>>>> Although it works the throughput is very bad.
>>>> Are there any alternatives to improve the throughput.
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Bruno
>>>>
>>>> On 9 December 2015 at 17:24, voncken <cedric.voncken at acksys.fr> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>>>>> De : Ben Greear [mailto:greearb at candelatech.com]
>>>>>> Envoyé : mercredi 9 décembre 2015 16:34
>>>>>> À : Cedric VONCKEN; ath10k at lists.infradead.org; linux-wireless
>>>>>> Objet : Re: ATH10K VLAN firmware issue
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This only happens when you use STA  + WDS, or is .1q broken for you in
>>>>>> other cases as well?
>>>>>
>>>>> No, this issue occurs in all modes (STA, STA + WDS, AP).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Cedric.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/08/2015 06:29 AM, Cedric VONCKEN wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      I'm testing to transmit frame with 802.1q tag (VLAN).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      My client is set in STA + WDS and the netdev is bridged with eth0.
>>>>>>>      I have a computer with vlan configuration set connected to the STA
>>>>>>> eth0.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      If I try to transmit frames with 802.1q tag, the frames are not
>>>>>
>>>>> sent.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      I checked with wireless sniffer, and I don't see the frame with
>>>>>>> VLAN
>>>>>>> tag (the frames without VLAN tag are sent).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      I tested with firmware 10.2.4.70.14-2 from kale github,
>>>>>>> 10.1.467-ct-com-full-015 from candelatech and 10.2.4.70-2 from
>>>>>>> openwrt, and in all cases I have the same issue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      Thanks for your help.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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