WDS Issue, constant disconnects

TheWiFiGuy · Mon May 21, 2012 3:47 pm

Hi

Im using some of the new 2.4 L4 grooves and am seeing a problem both on my testbed in the office, and my testbed in the field (literally)

Every 1-2 (MAX) hours, the WDS link is dropped:

11:18:32 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2B:6B:88@VAP1: connected, is AP, wants WDS, wants bridge 
11:19:00 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2B:6B:88@VAP1: disconnected, received deauth: class 2 frame received (6) 
11:19:24 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2B:6B:88@VAP1: connected, is AP, wants WDS, wants bridge 
11:22:00 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2B:6B:88@VAP1: disconnected, received deauth: class 2 frame received (6) 
11:25:03 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2B:6B:88@VAP1: connected, is AP, wants WDS, wants bridge 
12:07:06 wireless,info 5C:AC:4C:6F:13:28@VAP2: connected 
12:09:44 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2B:6B:88@VAP1: disconnected, received deauth: class 2 frame received (6) 
12:10:02 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2B:6B:88@VAP1: connected, is AP, wants WDS, wants bridge 
12:10:13 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2B:6B:88@VAP1: disconnected, received deauth: class 2 frame received (6) 
12:12:52 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2B:6B:88@VAP1: connected, is AP, wants WDS, wants bridge 
12:57:55 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2B:6B:88@VAP1: disconnected, no beacons received 
12:57:56 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2B:6B:88@VAP1: connected, is AP, wants WDS, wants bridge

Signal is not too bad:

0 VAP1                                                                                       D4CA6D2B6B88     D6:CA:6D:2B:6B:88 yes -66dBm@48Mbps   48.0... 42m43s

Strange thing is, its only the WDS link that drops, any clients connected to VAP2 are reporting connections into the days, with less signal strength. As soon as its a WDS link though, its flaky.

I have tried setting default-authentication to false, and using access and connect lists, with no luck. I have switched channels , trying every one. Ive switch frequency bands. Nothing. I have also disabled any security on VAP1 - it was originally WPA/WPA2 but is now open. No improvement.

Luckily Im on my MTCWE course tomorrow, so can bug the instructor for help!

These are all set up using Virtual APs, VAP1 for WDS link, VAP2 for client connections.
This is clearly either a configuration issue, or a problem with 5.16.

Any ideas?

Mon May 21, 2012 4:29 pm

Are you using static or dynamic wds ?

TheWiFiGuy · Mon May 21, 2012 5:12 pm

Dynamic WDS with HWMP.

I'll switch to static and see if its still got that bug, but was rather hoping it was fixed by now. Good catch

TheWiFiGuy · Mon May 21, 2012 9:34 pm

Using Static-Mesh for WDS setting yields no better results:

16:46:30 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2D:72:91@VAP1: connected, is AP, wants WDS, wants bridge 
16:46:41 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2D:72:91@VAP1: disconnected, no beacons received 
16:46:47 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2D:72:91@VAP1: connected, is AP, wants WDS, wants bridge 
16:46:57 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2D:72:91@VAP1: disconnected, no beacons received 
16:47:02 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2D:72:91@VAP1: connected, is AP, wants WDS, wants bridge 
16:47:16 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2D:72:91@VAP1: disconnected, no beacons received 
16:47:17 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2D:72:91@VAP1: connected, is AP, wants WDS, wants bridge 
18:19:05 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2D:72:91@VAP1: disconnected, no beacons received 
18:19:05 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2D:72:91@VAP1: connected, is AP, wants WDS, wants bridge 
18:22:14 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2D:72:91@VAP1: disconnected, no beacons received 
18:22:14 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2D:72:91@VAP1: connected, is AP, wants WDS, wants bridge 
18:28:52 wireless,info D6:CA:6D:2D:72:91@VAP1: disconnected, no beacons received

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