[BUG] hostapd - ap_isolation=0 doensn't working

Fab aosoio85 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 5 10:51:37 EST 2021


happy new year my friends :)

I am writing about ap_isolate param. Also if you put to 0 the clients
can't communicate each other... (chromecast as an example)

there are lot of post about this issue in the www, some example whit
lot of detail in openwrt forum:
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/clients-in-same-wlan-cant-reach-each-other/2501/74
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/bug-report-802-11s-mesh-v19-07-4/78524/3
https://bugs.openwrt.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=714

the issue is present from several year and no solution is present.

reading lot of posts as workaround you can use for enable/disable ap_isolation
echo 1> / sys / devices / virtual / net / br0 / lower_wlp2s0 / brport
/ hairpin_mode
echo 0> / sys / devices / virtual / net / br0 / lower_wlp2s0 / brport
/ hairpin_mode

 But after that you are no more able to join in the wifi

Do you have any idea?
Thanks a lot for your time!


Below my config as example for my asus ac88 pcie.
The wlp2s0 is in bridge whit other NICs.


interface=wlp2s0
bridge=br0
driver=nl80211

ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
#ctrl_interface_group=0

##### IEEE 802.11
ssid=oooooooooooo
country_code=IT
ieee80211d=1
ieee80211h=1
hw_mode=a
channel=60
auth_algs=1
wmm_enabled=1

##### IEEE 802.11n
ieee80211n=1
ht_capab=[HT40-] [SHORT-GI-40] [DSSS_CCK-40]

##### IEEE 802.11ac
ieee80211ac=1
vht_capab=[VHT160] [SHORT-GI-80] [SHORT-GI-160] [BF-ANTENNA-4]
[SOUNDING-DIMENSION-4] [MU-BEAMFORMER] [MU-BEAMFORMEE]
vht_oper_chwidth=1
vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx=66

ap_isolate=0

##### WPA/IEEE 802.11i
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=asdasdasdasd
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
rsn_pairwise=CCMP



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