Cannot ping AP or STA

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
1

I have OpenWRT on two TP-LINK routers. One is AP and the other is STA. I use hostapd to run the AP in AP mode and wpa_supplicant to run the STA. Both of them work through wlan2 interface. The content of /etc/config/wireless for AP is:

config wifi-device 'radio2'
	option type 'mac80211'
	option path 'soc/1b900000.pci/pci0002:00/0002:00:00.0/0002:01:00.0'
	option freq '60480'
	option disabled '0'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio2'
	option device 'radio2'
	option encryption 'none'
	option mode 'ap'
	option network 'wlan2'
	option ifname 'wlan2'
	option ssid 'Mobicom1'

For STA it is:

config wifi-device 'radio2'
	option type 'mac80211'
	option path 'soc/1b900000.pci/pci0002:00/0002:00:00.0/0002:01:00.0'
	option freq '60480'
	option disabled '0'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio2'
	option device 'radio2'
	option encryption 'none'
	option mode 'sta'
	option network 'wlan2'
	option ifname 'wlan2'
	option ssid 'Mobicom1'

The contents of /etc/config/network for AP is

config interface 'wlan2'
	option ifname 'wlan2'
	option proto 'static'
	option ipaddr '192.168.100.2'
	option netmask '255.255.255.0'

And for the STA:

config interface 'wlan2'
	option ifname 'wlan2'
	option proto 'static'
	option ipaddr '192.168.100.3'
	option netmask '255.255.255.0'

The contents of hostapd config file:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
interface=wlan2
driver=nl80211
logger_syslog=-1
logger_syslog_level=2
logger_stdout=-1
logger_stdout_level=2
ssid=Mobicom1
country_code=US
hw_mode=ad
channel=2

The contents of wpa_supplicant config file:

network={
                frequency=60480
                ssid="Mobicom1"
                key_mgmt=NONE
}

I cannot ping any of them from the other device. I have tried using ifconfig wlan2 192.168.100.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up but it did not work.

2

What's the model and revision of the router? Do they support WDS? Or you don't want to use WDS?

3

What is that "option freq"? I have never seen it before, and it does not appear on the documentation.

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4

It's TP-LINK Talon AD7200. I don't want to use WDS. It should work as it is.

5

That specifies the frequency at which the radio works.