mix AP and wireless client

[Harm Verhagen]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2015-01-21 at 11:05 +0100, Harm Verhagen wrote:
> > Ignoring the lack  of "valid interface combinations:"    just trying a
> 2nd
> > interface
>
> Lack of "valid interface combinations" means that the driver is not
> advertising the ability, and therefore we cannot assume that it actually
> works.  The kernel support for this has been around 2011 (kernel version
> 3.0) so any driver that doesn't support it probably doesn't work well...
>

Clear


>
> I see you said GWF-3M05 which appears to be a ralink device.  Which
> kernel version and which ralink driver are you using?  Are you using
> rt2800usb or are you using a vendor driver?
>
>
kernel: 3.1.10
about driver, i'm not really sure. How can I tell ?
Let me check the kernel config tomorrow.

Regards,
Harm




> Dan
>
> >     iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan0-STA type managed
> >
> >     ip link set dev wlan0-STA address 7C:CD:EF:00:01:02    # prevent
> "Name
> > not unique on network" error
> >
> > ifup wlan0-STA    works fine as STA, connects and gets ip.
> >
> > But then upping wlan (just a static ip, no hostapd yet) fails
> >
> >     $ ifup wlan0
> >
> >     ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: No buffer space available
> >
> >     ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: No buffer space available
>
> This error usually appears to mean out-of-memory when constructing
> netlink packets, which is the protocol that 'iw' and the kernel use to
> communicate.  So clearly there are either driver or kernel stack bugs or
> issues on this platform.
>
> Dan
>
> >
> > What could cause such a "No buffer space available" ?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Harm
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Harm Verhagen <harm.verhagen at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> > This gave me the idea, that if hostapd can create 'new' wlan
> devices. I
> > >> > (hopefully) can configure the 2nd  wlan0_0 device as a wifi client.
> > >>
> > >> It depends on your hardware and driver whether this is possible.  Look
> > >> at the output of "iw phy phy0 info", where you should see stuff like:
> > >>
> > >>         valid interface combinations:
> > >>                  * #{ managed } <= 1, #{ AP } <= 1,
> > >>                    total <= 2, #channels <= 1, STA/AP BI must match
> > >>                  * #{ managed } <= 2,
> > >>                    total <= 2, #channels <= 1
> > >>
> > >> These lines indicate what your hardware and driver can do at the same
> > >> time.  In this case (Intel 6250, iwldvm driver) I can do 1 AP + 1 STA,
> > >> or 2 STA at the same time, but all must be on the same radio channel.
> > >>
> > >>
> > > I got myself iw on the platform.
> > >
> > > "iw phy phy0 info"  however does not show any  "valid interface
> > > combinations:" section.  Should it ?
> > >
> > > Does this mean my hardware does not support it ?  Or does it mean
> > > something else. (wrong iw/driver/kernel version?)
> > >
> > > $ iw --version
> > > iw version 3.11
> > >
> > > kernel: 3.1.10
> > >
> > > find attached the output  of   "iw phy phy info >
> iw_phy_phy0_info.output"
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Harm Verhagen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
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