Hi guys,
I need some help here, trying for 3 days now. It seems, connectivity is lost after a short time as soon as there is real traffic between the devices.
Following Hardware:
Main Router with Internet connection is a Netgear Nighthawk X4S R7800 with OpenWrt 24.10.4, second connected via mesh is a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH v1 with OpenWrt 24.10.3, both with a static IP, 192.168.2.1 for the Netgear and 192.168.2.3 for the Buffalo.
On the Netgear the non-CT version of the ath10k firmware is installed.
After a failed sysupgrade on the Netgear and a clean new installation and configuration, I’m having trouble with my mesh connection, which is somehow established with the two stations connected:
As you can see, the IP address of the Mesh-Point is not recognized by the Netgear, but is in the ARP table:
192.168.2.3 0x1 0x2 00:1d:73:b3:e5:7a * br-lan
Netgear /etc/config/network and wireless:
config interface 'loopback'
option device 'lo'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
option netmask '255.0.0.0'
config globals 'globals'
option ula_prefix 'fd0f:2c5d:781d::/48'
option packet_steering '1'
config device
option name 'br-lan'
option type 'bridge'
list ports 'lan1'
list ports 'lan2'
list ports 'lan3'
list ports 'lan4'
config interface 'lan'
option device 'br-lan'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '192.168.2.1'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
option ip6assign '60'
config interface 'wan'
option device 'wan'
option proto 'pppoe'
option username 'Provider Username'
option password 'Provider Password'
option ipv6 'auto'
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'soc/1b500000.pci/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0'
option channel '48'
option band '5g'
option htmode 'VHT80'
option txpower '23'
option cell_density '0'
option country 'DE'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'SSID'
option encryption 'psk2+ccmp'
option key 'password'
config wifi-device 'radio1'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'soc/1b700000.pci/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0'
option channel '8'
option band '2g'
option htmode 'HT20'
option cell_density '0'
option country 'DE'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
option device 'radio1'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option encryption 'psk2+ccmp'
option key 'password'
option ssid 'SSID'
config wifi-iface 'mesh0'
option device 'radio1'
option mode 'mesh'
option encryption 'sae'
option mesh_id 'b2a24067f717'
option mesh_fwding '1'
option key 'mesh-password'
option network 'lan'
option mesh_rssi_threshold '0'
And for the Buffalo:
config interface 'loopback'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
option netmask '255.0.0.0'
option device 'lo'
config globals 'globals'
option ula_prefix 'fdfd:297b:4682::/48'
option packet_steering '1'
config interface 'lan'
option proto 'static'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
option ip6assign '60'
option gateway '192.168.2.1'
option ipaddr '192.168.2.3'
option device 'br-lan'
list dns '192.168.2.1'
config switch
option name 'switch0'
option reset '1'
option enable_vlan '1'
config switch_vlan
option device 'switch0'
option vlan '1'
option ports '0 1 2 3 5t'
config device
option name 'br-lan'
option type 'bridge'
list ports 'eth0.1'
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/ahb/180c0000.wmac'
option htmode 'HT40'
option country 'DE'
option txpower '17'
option cell_density '0'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet0'
option device 'radio0'
option mode 'ap'
option encryption 'psk2'
option key 'password'
option network 'lan'
option ssid 'SSID'
config wifi-iface 'mesh0'
option device 'radio0'
option ifname 'mesh0'
option mode 'mesh'
option encryption 'sae'
option mesh_id 'b2a24067f717'
option mesh_fwding '1'
option mesh_rssi_threshold '0'
option key 'mesh-password'
option network 'lan'
‘iw phy0-mesh0 mpath dump’ gives:
DEST ADDR NEXT HOP IFACE SN METRIC QLEN EXPTIME DTIM DRET FLAGS HOP_COUNT PATH_CHANGE
02:1d:73:b3:e5:7a 02:1d:73:b3:e5:7a phy0-mesh0 6050 64 0 0 100 0 0x14 1 1
And with ‘iw phy0-mesh0 station dump’ I see the Buffalo connected:
Station 02:1d:73:b3:e5:7a (on phy0-mesh0)
inactive time: 120 ms
rx bytes: 620576131
rx packets: 7762829
tx bytes: 458658
tx packets: 6464
tx retries: 44
tx failed: 0
rx drop misc: 159086
signal: -32 [-42, -47, -42, -43] dBm
signal avg: -33 [-38, -46, -42, -40] dBm
Toffset: 18446743640204104459 us
tx bitrate: 130.0 MBit/s MCS 15
tx duration: 146180 us
rx bitrate: 144.4 MBit/s MCS 15 short GI
rx duration: 246468817 us
last ack signal:-38 dBm
avg ack signal: -34 dBm
airtime weight: 256
mesh llid: 0
mesh plid: 0
mesh plink: ESTAB
mesh airtime link metric: 64
mesh connected to gate: no
mesh connected to auth server: no
mesh local PS mode: ACTIVE
mesh peer PS mode: ACTIVE
mesh non-peer PS mode: ACTIVE
authorized: yes
authenticated: yes
associated: yes
preamble: long
WMM/WME: yes
MFP: yes
TDLS peer: no
DTIM period: 2
beacon interval:100
connected time: 426347 seconds
associated at [boottime]: 172741.737s
associated at: 1766148552803 ms
current time: 1766574898192 ms
Sporadically I’m even able to ping the Buffalo from the Netgear for a few seconds, up to about 5 to 10 successful pings or even ssh into it until it isn’t responding anymore.
And now I’m out of ideas what possibly is wrong with my setup. If any additional information is necessary, I will provide it.
Please note, that this worked before I did the update.
So please, has someone here any idea?
Thanks in advance.