Routing question/problem

So, I have 3 MT’s, A, B and C. A & B have 3 interfaces. C have 5 interfaces.
Both A and B are connected to C, to a separate interface.

Router A has
192.168.100.0/24 on eth if
192.168.101.0/24 on wlan1 if (AP mode)
10.1.1.2/30 on wlan2 if (client mode)

Router B has
172.17.1.0/24 on eth if
172.17.2.0/24 on wlan1 if (AP mode)
10.5.0.2/30 on wlan 2 if (client mode)

Router C has
192.168.1.0/24 on eth if
10.52.0.0/24 on wlan1 if (AP mode)
10.51.0.0/16 on wlan2 (client mode)
10.1.1.1/30 on wlan3 (AP mode)
10.5.0.1/30 on wlan4 (AP mode)

I have the following routes on the Router C:

 #     DST-ADDRESS        PREF-SRC        G GATEWAY         DIS INTERFACE       
 0 ADC 10.1.1.0/30        10.1.1.1                              DAKKYNET-BB-YAGI
 1 ADC 10.5.0.0/30        10.5.0.1                              DAKKYNET-BB-kant
 2 ADC 10.51.115.49/32    10.51.115.53                          pppoe client
 3 X S 10.51.0.0/16                       u 172.16.51.1    
 4 ADC 10.52.0.0/24       10.52.0.1                             DAKKYNET-panel  
 5 ADC 10.100.0.0/24      10.100.0.1                            DAKKYNET-BB-YAGI
 6 ADC 172.16.51.0/26     172.16.51.60                          FREE NET-KANT   
 7 A S 172.17.1.0/24                      r 10.5.0.2            DAKKYNET-BB-kant
 8 A S 172.17.2.0/24                      r 10.5.0.2            DAKKYNET-BB-kant
 9 ADC 192.168.1.0/24     192.168.1.252                         ether1          
10 X S 192.168.20.0/24                    u 192.168.1.254  
11 A S 192.168.100.0/24                   r 10.1.1.2        0   DAKKYNET-BB-YAGI
12 A S 192.168.101.0/24                   r 10.1.1.2        0   DAKKYNET-BB-YAGI
13 X S 0.0.0.0/0                          u 10.24.0.3       100
14 X S 0.0.0.0/0                          r 10.1.1.2            DAKKYNET-BB-YAGI
15 AD  0.0.0.0/0                          r 10.51.115.49    1   pppoe client

Currently, from Router C I simply can not ping the router B. Not even the gateway address - 10.5.0.2 … but, MAC ping goes, and MAC telnet works. And on the other side there is active 10.5.0.2 address… needless to say that pinging 172.17.1.254 (IP of the eth if on Router B) doesnt succeed either.

Currently, I can only restart the router without changing anything. After restart, the ping will succeed.

After restart, this is the route table:

 0 ADC 10.1.1.0/30        10.1.1.1                              DAKKYNET-BB-YAGI
 1 ADC 10.5.0.0/30        10.5.0.1                              DAKKYNET-BB-kant
 2 ADC 10.51.115.49/32    10.51.115.53                          pppoe client 
 3 X S 10.51.0.0/16                       u 172.16.51.1    
 4 ADC 10.52.0.0/24       10.52.0.1                             DAKKYNET-panel  
 5 ADC 10.100.0.0/24      10.100.0.1                            DAKKYNET-BB-YAGI
 6 ADC 172.16.51.0/26     172.16.51.60                          FREE NET-KANT   
 7 A S 172.17.1.0/24                      r 10.5.0.2            DAKKYNET-BB-kant
 8 A S 172.17.2.0/24                      r 10.5.0.2            DAKKYNET-BB-kant
 9 ADC 192.168.1.0/24     192.168.1.252                         ether1          
10 X S 192.168.20.0/24                    u 192.168.1.254  
11 A S 192.168.100.0/24                   r 10.1.1.2        0   DAKKYNET-BB-YAGI
12 A S 192.168.101.0/24                   r 10.1.1.2        0   DAKKYNET-BB-YAGI
13 X S 0.0.0.0/0                          u 10.24.0.3       100
14 X S 0.0.0.0/0                          r 10.1.1.2            DAKKYNET-BB-YAGI
15 AD  0.0.0.0/0                          r 10.51.115.49    1   pppoe client

As you can see I’ve been trying like everything… disabling, adding removing etc… Could it be because of distance? It just got to me, is MT maybe using the wrong route because of 0 distance?

edit_: tried to change distane to 1 for all routes, no difference. Whenever I disable the link to a router B, and enable it, the route goes down and it doesn’t get back up without a restart of a router…

Thank you in advance
Dakky

Plese make a drawing of this net and i’ll help.

/Henrik

Here you go mate…

Pretty quickly did draw this, maybe there’s an error…

Note that there are more non-intelligent switches in the network, but I drawn only one just to point for that…

Thanks

And by the way as you can see, there is no fifth interface in the router C, drawn that on purpose as that if is going to stay disabled and removed soon.

Please show me your interface configurations on all wireless links

/Henrik

Router C - Dakky- roof

Flags: X - disabled, R - running 
 0  R ;;; BACKBONE SHVELE
      name="DAKKYNET-BB-YAGI" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:30:4F:3A:2D:52 arp=enabled 
      disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5213 radio-name="Belveder/Centar" 
      mode=ap-bridge ssid="DakkyNET-Belv-BB" area="" frequency-mode=manual-txpower 
      country=croatia antenna-gain=17 frequency=2417 band=2.4ghz-b/g scan-list=default 
      rate-set=default supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps 
      supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps 
      basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007 
      ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power=30 tx-power-mode=all-rates-fixed 
      noise-floor-threshold=default periodic-calibration=enabled 
      periodic-calibration-interval=60 burst-time=disabled dfs-mode=none 
      antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-default-cost=100 
      wds-cost-range=50-150 wds-ignore-ssid=no update-stats-interval=disabled 
      default-authentication=no default-forwarding=no default-ap-tx-limit=0 
      default-client-tx-limit=0 proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25 hide-ssid=yes 
      security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s on-fail-retry-time=100ms 
      preamble-mode=both compression=yes allow-sharedkey=no 

 1 X  ;;; LINK NA FREENET
      name="FREE NET-KANT" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:14:78:7A:C9:C6 arp=enabled 
      disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5213 radio-name="dicman" 
      mode=station ssid="Riwireless.net-Belveder" area="" frequency-mode=manual-txpower 
      country=no_country_set antenna-gain=5 frequency=2442 band=2.4ghz-b/g 
      scan-list=default rate-set=default supported-rates-b=1Mbps 
      supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps 
      basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007 
      ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power=30 tx-power-mode=all-rates-fixed 
      noise-floor-threshold=default periodic-calibration=enabled 
      periodic-calibration-interval=60 burst-time=disabled dfs-mode=none 
      antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-default-cost=100 
      wds-cost-range=50-150 wds-ignore-ssid=no update-stats-interval=disabled 
      default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0 
      default-client-tx-limit=0 proprietary-extensions=pre-2.9.25 hide-ssid=no 
      security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s on-fail-retry-time=100ms 
      preamble-mode=both compression=no allow-sharedkey=no 

 2  R ;;; BACKBONE POLJANE
      name="DAKKYNET-BB-kant" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:19:E0:84:AB:F9 arp=enabled 
      disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5213 radio-name="Belveder-Icici" 
      mode=ap-bridge ssid="DakkyNET-Test" area="" frequency-mode=manual-txpower 
      country=croatia antenna-gain=0 frequency=2432 band=2.4ghz-b scan-list=default 
      rate-set=default supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps 
      supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps 
      basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007 
      ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power=30 tx-power-mode=all-rates-fixed 
      noise-floor-threshold=default periodic-calibration=enabled 
      periodic-calibration-interval=60 burst-time=disabled dfs-mode=none 
      antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-default-cost=100 
      wds-cost-range=50-150 wds-ignore-ssid=no update-stats-interval=disabled 
      default-authentication=no default-forwarding=no default-ap-tx-limit=0 
      default-client-tx-limit=0 proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25 hide-ssid=yes 
      security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s on-fail-retry-time=100ms 
      preamble-mode=both compression=yes allow-sharedkey=no 

 3  R ;;; KLIJENTI BELVEDER
      name="DAKKYNET-panel" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:19:E0:84:B2:F6 arp=enabled 
      disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5213 
      radio-name="Belveder-Klijenti" mode=ap-bridge ssid="DakkyNET-Belveder" area="" 
      frequency-mode=manual-txpower country=croatia antenna-gain=0 frequency=2457 
      band=2.4ghz-b/g scan-list=default rate-set=default 
      supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps 
      supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps 
      basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007 
      ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power=30 tx-power-mode=all-rates-fixed 
      noise-floor-threshold=default periodic-calibration=default 
      periodic-calibration-interval=60 burst-time=disabled dfs-mode=none 
      antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-default-cost=100 
      wds-cost-range=50-150 wds-ignore-ssid=no update-stats-interval=disabled 
      default-authentication=no default-forwarding=no default-ap-tx-limit=0 
      default-client-tx-limit=0 proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25 hide-ssid=no 
      security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s on-fail-retry-time=100ms 
      preamble-mode=both compression=no allow-sharedkey=no

Router A - Poljane

Flags: X - disabled, R - running 
 0    name="gornja-ap" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:19:E0:8C:69:C4 arp=enabled 
      disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5213 
      radio-name="dNet-Poljane-cvor" mode=ap-bridge ssid="DakkyNET-Poljane" 
      area="" frequency-mode=manual-txpower country=no_country_set 
      antenna-gain=0 frequency=2442 band=2.4ghz-b scan-list=default 
      rate-set=default supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps 
      supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,
                          54Mbps 
      basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007 
      ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power-mode=default noise-floor-threshold=default 
      periodic-calibration=default periodic-calibration-interval=60 
      burst-time=disabled dfs-mode=none antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled 
      wds-default-bridge=none wds-default-cost=100 wds-cost-range=50-150 
      wds-ignore-ssid=no update-stats-interval=disabled 
      default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=no default-ap-tx-limit=0 
      default-client-tx-limit=0 proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25 
      hide-ssid=no security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s 
      on-fail-retry-time=100ms preamble-mode=both compression=no 
      allow-sharedkey=no 

 1  R name="donja-backbone" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:19:E0:8C:60:4C arp=enabled 
      disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5213 
      radio-name="dNet-bb-Poljane" mode=station ssid="DakkyNET-Test" area="" 
      frequency-mode=manual-txpower country=no_country_set antenna-gain=0 
      frequency=2427 band=2.4ghz-b scan-list=default rate-set=default 
      supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps 
      supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,
                          54Mbps 
      basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007 
      ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power=30 tx-power-mode=all-rates-fixed 
      noise-floor-threshold=default periodic-calibration=enabled 
      periodic-calibration-interval=60 burst-time=disabled dfs-mode=none 
      antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none 
      wds-default-cost=100 wds-cost-range=50-150 wds-ignore-ssid=no 
      update-stats-interval=disabled default-authentication=yes 
      default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 
      proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25 hide-ssid=no 
      security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s on-fail-retry-time=100ms 
      preamble-mode=both compression=yes allow-sharedkey=no

Router B - Shvele

 0  R name="BACKBONE DAKKYNET" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:14:78:7A:C8:7A 
      arp=enabled disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5213 
      radio-name="Svele" mode=station ssid="DakkyNET-Belv-BB" area="" 
      frequency-mode=manual-txpower country=croatia antenna-gain=0 
      frequency=2417 band=2.4ghz-b scan-list=default rate-set=default 
      supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps 
      supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,
                          54Mbps 
      basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007 
      ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power=30 tx-power-mode=all-rates-fixed 
      noise-floor-threshold=default periodic-calibration=enabled 
      periodic-calibration-interval=60 burst-time=disabled dfs-mode=none 
      antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none 
      wds-default-cost=100 wds-cost-range=50-150 wds-ignore-ssid=no 
      update-stats-interval=disabled default-authentication=yes 
      default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 
      proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25 hide-ssid=no 
      security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s on-fail-retry-time=100ms 
      preamble-mode=both compression=yes allow-sharedkey=no 

 1    name="wlan1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:19:E0:8D:65:48 arp=enabled 
      disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5213 
      radio-name="BK-KROV" mode=ap-bridge ssid="DakkyNET-Belveder-SatN" 
      area="" frequency-mode=manual-txpower country=croatia antenna-gain=0 
      frequency=2457 band=2.4ghz-b/g scan-list=default rate-set=default 
      supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps 
      supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,
                          54Mbps 
      basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps max-station-count=2007 
      ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power=30 tx-power-mode=all-rates-fixed 
      noise-floor-threshold=default periodic-calibration=enabled 
      periodic-calibration-interval=60 burst-time=disabled dfs-mode=none 
      antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none 
      wds-default-cost=100 wds-cost-range=50-150 wds-ignore-ssid=no 
      update-stats-interval=disabled default-authentication=no 
      default-forwarding=no default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 
      proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25 hide-ssid=no 
      security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s on-fail-retry-time=100ms 
      preamble-mode=both compression=no allow-sharedkey=no

Anything wrong?

It looks like you have your transmit power set for 1W at all datarates. I have never seen a card that can do that – where did you get it?

Those are the cheapest cards available, they cost around 30$, TP-Link cards… http://www.tp-link.com

Only one in the system is Planet card…

There is no information that these cards supports 1W.
Since you have configured tx-power to 30, you are overriding wireless card tx-power and damaging wireless card.
Set back tx-power-mode=default.

I will but still doubt that will solve my first problem? The one about the routes :slight_smile:

Still need your IP configuration m8

/Henrik