Thanks trendy. On the principle AP I do see the client bridge device listed as an associated station. I can connect to the client bridge machine my manually setting my network settings and I can see the principle AP as an associated station. But despite this I am not getting the WDS bridge behaviour.
As I was preparing the data you request I noticed that there were a bunch of old static leases and port forwards from when the client bridge used to be my principle AP. I deleted those and It seems to be working now. But I still post the output of the commands below just to make surte there is nothing else wrong.
thank you for your time and expertise.
Here is requested data from principle AP:
{
"kernel": "5.4.143",
"hostname": "OpenWrt",
"system": "Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558 ver 1 rev 0",
"model": "TP-Link Archer C7 v2",
"board_name": "tplink,archer-c7-v2",
"release": {
"distribution": "OpenWrt",
"version": "21.02.0",
"revision": "r16279-5cc0535800",
"target": "ath79/generic",
"description": "OpenWrt 21.02.0 r16279-5cc0535800"
}
}
package network
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 'fdfd:6a08:040d::/48'
config device
option name 'br-lan'
option type 'bridge'
list ports 'eth1.1'
config interface 'lan'
option device 'br-lan'
option proto 'static'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
option ip6assign '60'
option ipaddr '192.168.0.248'
config interface 'wan'
option device 'eth0.2'
option proto 'dhcp'
config interface 'wan6'
option device 'eth0.2'
option proto 'dhcpv6'
config switch
option name 'switch0'
option reset '1'
option enable_vlan '1'
config switch_vlan
option device 'switch0'
option vlan '1'
option ports '2 3 4 5 0t'
config switch_vlan
option device 'switch0'
option vlan '2'
option ports '1 6t'
package wireless
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option channel '36'
option hwmode '11a'
option path 'pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0'
option htmode 'VHT80'
option cell_density '0'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'MS_high_speed'
option encryption 'psk2'
option key 'yyyyy'
config wifi-device 'radio1'
option type 'mac80211'
option channel '11'
option hwmode '11g'
option path 'platform/ahb/18100000.wmac'
option htmode 'HT20'
option cell_density '0'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
option device 'radio1'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'MS'
option encryption 'psk2'
option key 'xxxxx'
option wds '1'
package dhcp
config dnsmasq
option domainneeded '1'
option localise_queries '1'
option rebind_protection '1'
option rebind_localhost '1'
option local '/lan/'
option domain 'lan'
option expandhosts '1'
option authoritative '1'
option readethers '1'
option leasefile '/tmp/dhcp.leases'
option resolvfile '/tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto'
option localservice '1'
option ednspacket_max '1232'
config dhcp 'lan'
option interface 'lan'
option start '100'
option leasetime '12h'
option dhcpv4 'server'
option dhcpv6 'server'
option ra 'server'
list ra_flags 'managed-config'
list ra_flags 'other-config'
option limit '130'
config dhcp 'wan'
option interface 'wan'
list ra_flags 'none'
config odhcpd 'odhcpd'
option maindhcp '0'
option leasefile '/tmp/hosts/odhcpd'
option leasetrigger '/usr/sbin/odhcpd-update'
option loglevel '4'
config host
option mac 'nnnnn'
option name 'extender'
option dns '1'
option ip '192.168.0.249'
option leasetime '10m'
config host
option name 'max2play'
option mac 'nnnnn'
option ip '192.168.0.246'
config host
option name 'squeezebox-pi'
option mac 'nnnnn'
option ip '192.168.0.245'
config host
option mac 'nnnnn'
option name 'extender2'
option dns '1'
option ip '192.168.0.250'
option leasetime '10m'
config host
option name 'erskine'
option mac 'nnnnn'
option leasetime '5m'
option ip '192.168.0.147'
config host
option mac 'nnnnn'
option name 'erskine2'
option dns '1'
option leasetime '5m'
option ip '192.168.0.247'
config host
option mac 'nnnnn'
option name 'HT502'
option dns '1'
option ip '192.168.0.251'
config host
option name 'hammwifi'
option dns '1'
option mac 'nnnnn'
option ip '192.168.0.43'
config host
option mac 'nnnnn'
option name 'hammdock'
option dns '1'
option ip '192.168.0.44'
package firewall
config defaults
option syn_flood '1'
option input 'ACCEPT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'REJECT'
config zone
option name 'lan'
list network 'lan'
option input 'ACCEPT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'ACCEPT'
config zone
option name 'wan'
list network 'wan'
list network 'wan6'
option input 'REJECT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'REJECT'
option masq '1'
option mtu_fix '1'
config forwarding
option src 'lan'
option dest 'wan'
config rule
option name 'Allow-DHCP-Renew'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'udp'
option dest_port '68'
option target 'ACCEPT'
option family 'ipv4'
config rule
option name 'Allow-Ping'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'icmp'
option icmp_type 'echo-request'
option family 'ipv4'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-IGMP'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'igmp'
option family 'ipv4'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-DHCPv6'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'udp'
option src_ip 'fc00::/6'
option dest_ip 'fc00::/6'
option dest_port '546'
option family 'ipv6'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-MLD'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'icmp'
option src_ip 'fe80::/10'
list icmp_type '130/0'
list icmp_type '131/0'
list icmp_type '132/0'
list icmp_type '143/0'
option family 'ipv6'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-ICMPv6-Input'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'icmp'
list icmp_type 'echo-request'
list icmp_type 'echo-reply'
list icmp_type 'destination-unreachable'
list icmp_type 'packet-too-big'
list icmp_type 'time-exceeded'
list icmp_type 'bad-header'
list icmp_type 'unknown-header-type'
list icmp_type 'router-solicitation'
list icmp_type 'neighbour-solicitation'
list icmp_type 'router-advertisement'
list icmp_type 'neighbour-advertisement'
option limit '1000/sec'
option family 'ipv6'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-ICMPv6-Forward'
option src 'wan'
option dest '*'
option proto 'icmp'
list icmp_type 'echo-request'
list icmp_type 'echo-reply'
list icmp_type 'destination-unreachable'
list icmp_type 'packet-too-big'
list icmp_type 'time-exceeded'
list icmp_type 'bad-header'
list icmp_type 'unknown-header-type'
option limit '1000/sec'
option family 'ipv6'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-IPSec-ESP'
option src 'wan'
option dest 'lan'
option proto 'esp'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-ISAKMP'
option src 'wan'
option dest 'lan'
option dest_port '500'
option proto 'udp'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Support-UDP-Traceroute'
option src 'wan'
option dest_port '33434:33689'
option proto 'udp'
option family 'ipv4'
option target 'REJECT'
option enabled 'false'
config include
option path '/etc/firewall.user'
# This file is interpreted as shell script.
# Put your custom iptables rules here, they will
# be executed with each firewall (re-)start.
# Internal uci firewall chains are flushed and recreated on reload, so
# put custom rules into the root chains e.g. INPUT or FORWARD or into the
# special user chains, e.g. input_wan_rule or postrouting_lan_rule.
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN qlen 1000
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
7: br-lan: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP qlen 1000
inet 192.168.0.248/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global br-lan
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
9: eth0.2@eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP qlen 1000
inet mmmmm/27 brd mmmmm scope global eth0.2
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
default via mmmmm dev eth0.2 src mmmmm
mmmmm/27 dev eth0.2 scope link src mmmmm
192.168.0.0/24 dev br-lan scope link src 192.168.0.248
broadcast mmmmm dev eth0.2 table local scope link src mmmmm
local mmmmm dev eth0.2 table local scope host src mmmmm
broadcast mmmmm dev eth0.2 table local scope link src mmmmm
broadcast 127.0.0.0 dev lo table local scope link src 127.0.0.1
local 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo table local scope host src 127.0.0.1
local 127.0.0.1 dev lo table local scope host src 127.0.0.1
broadcast 127.255.255.255 dev lo table local scope link src 127.0.0.1
broadcast 192.168.0.0 dev br-lan table local scope link src 192.168.0.248
local 192.168.0.248 dev br-lan table local scope host src 192.168.0.248
broadcast 192.168.0.255 dev br-lan table local scope link src 192.168.0.248
0: from all lookup local
32766: from all lookup main
32767: from all lookup default
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Aug 31 22:20 /etc/resolv.conf -> /tmp/resolv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47 Jan 15 20:34 /tmp/resolv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134 Jan 15 20:33 /tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto
/tmp/resolv.conf.d:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134 Jan 15 20:33 resolv.conf.auto
==> /etc/resolv.conf <==
search lan
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver ::1
==> /tmp/resolv.conf <==
search lan
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver ::1
==> /tmp/resolv.conf.d <==
head: /tmp/resolv.conf.d: I/O error
==> /tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto <==
# Interface wan
nameserver mmmmm
nameserver mmmmm
# Interface wan6
nameserver 2607:f2c0::1
nameserver 2607:f2c0::2
And from the client bridge:
{
"kernel": "5.4.154",
"hostname": "OpenWrt",
"system": "Atheros AR9344 rev 1",
"model": "D-LINK DIR-835 A1",
"board_name": "dlink,dir-835-a1",
"release": {
"distribution": "OpenWrt",
"version": "21.02.1",
"revision": "r16325-88151b8303",
"target": "ath79/generic",
"description": "OpenWrt 21.02.1 r16325-88151b8303"
}
}
package network
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 'fdaf:94d2:5722::/48'
config interface 'lan'
option proto 'static'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
option ip6assign '60'
option device 'br-lan'
option ipaddr '192.168.0.252'
option gateway '192.168.0.248'
config interface 'wan'
option proto 'dhcp'
option device 'br-wan'
config interface 'wan6'
option proto 'dhcpv6'
option device 'br-wan6'
config switch
option name 'switch0'
option reset '1'
option enable_vlan '1'
config switch_vlan
option device 'switch0'
option vlan '1'
option ports '0t 1 2 3 4'
config switch_vlan
option device 'switch0'
option vlan '2'
option ports '0t 5'
config interface 'vpn'
option proto 'static'
option device 'tun0'
config device
option name 'br-lan'
option type 'bridge'
list ports 'eth0.1'
option stp '1'
config device
option name 'br-wan'
option type 'bridge'
list ports 'eth0.2'
config device
option name 'br-wan6'
option type 'bridge'
list ports '@wan'
config interface 'wwan'
option proto 'dhcp'
package wireless
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option channel '11'
option hwmode '11g'
option htmode 'HT20'
option country 'CA'
option path 'platform/ahb/18100000.wmac'
option cell_density '0'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet0'
option device 'radio0'
option mode 'sta'
option network 'lan'
option key 'xxxxx'
option encryption 'psk2'
option ssid 'MS'
option wds '1'
config wifi-device 'radio1'
option type 'mac80211'
option channel '36'
option hwmode '11a'
option path 'pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0'
option htmode 'HT20'
option txpower '17'
option country 'CA'
option cell_density '0'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet1'
option device 'radio1'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option key 'zzzzz'
option encryption 'psk2'
option ssid 'MS_high_speed_2'
package dhcp
config dnsmasq
option domainneeded '1'
option localise_queries '1'
option rebind_protection '1'
option rebind_localhost '1'
option local '/lan/'
option domain 'lan'
option expandhosts '1'
option authoritative '1'
option readethers '1'
option leasefile '/tmp/dhcp.leases'
option resolvfile '/tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto'
list server '192.168.0.248'
option localservice '0'
config dhcp 'lan'
option interface 'lan'
option limit '150'
option leasetime '12h'
option ra_management '1'
option start '10'
option ignore '1'
list ra_flags 'none'
config dhcp 'wan'
option interface 'wan'
option ignore '1'
config odhcpd 'odhcpd'
option maindhcp '0'
option leasefile '/tmp/hosts/odhcpd'
option leasetrigger '/usr/sbin/odhcpd-update'
package firewall
config defaults
option input 'ACCEPT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'REJECT'
option synflood_protect '1'
config zone
option name 'lan'
option input 'ACCEPT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'ACCEPT'
list network 'lan'
list network 'wwan'
config zone
option name 'wan'
option input 'REJECT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'REJECT'
option masq '1'
option mtu_fix '1'
list network 'wan'
list network 'wan6'
list network 'vpn'
config forwarding
option src 'lan'
option dest 'wan'
config rule
option name 'Allow-DHCP-Renew'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'udp'
option dest_port '68'
option target 'ACCEPT'
option family 'ipv4'
config rule
option name 'Allow-Ping'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'icmp'
option icmp_type 'echo-request'
option family 'ipv4'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-DHCPv6'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'udp'
option src_ip 'fe80::/10'
option src_port '547'
option dest_ip 'fe80::/10'
option dest_port '546'
option family 'ipv6'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-ICMPv6-Input'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'icmp'
list icmp_type 'echo-request'
list icmp_type 'echo-reply'
list icmp_type 'destination-unreachable'
list icmp_type 'packet-too-big'
list icmp_type 'time-exceeded'
list icmp_type 'bad-header'
list icmp_type 'unknown-header-type'
list icmp_type 'router-solicitation'
list icmp_type 'neighbour-solicitation'
list icmp_type 'router-advertisement'
list icmp_type 'neighbour-advertisement'
option limit '1000/sec'
option family 'ipv6'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config rule
option name 'Allow-ICMPv6-Forward'
option src 'wan'
option dest '*'
option proto 'icmp'
list icmp_type 'echo-request'
list icmp_type 'echo-reply'
list icmp_type 'destination-unreachable'
list icmp_type 'packet-too-big'
list icmp_type 'time-exceeded'
list icmp_type 'bad-header'
list icmp_type 'unknown-header-type'
option limit '1000/sec'
option family 'ipv6'
option target 'ACCEPT'
config include
option path '/etc/firewall.user'
config rule
option target 'ACCEPT'
option src 'wan'
option name 'ssh'
option dest_ip '192.168.0.248'
option proto 'tcp'
option dest_port 'ppppp'
# This file is interpreted as shell script.
# Put your custom iptables rules here, they will
# be executed with each firewall (re-)start.
# Internal uci firewall chains are flushed and recreated on reload, so
# put custom rules into the root chains e.g. INPUT or FORWARD or into the
# special user chains, e.g. input_wan_rule or postrouting_lan_rule.
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN qlen 1000
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
6: br-lan: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP qlen 1000
inet 192.168.0.252/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global br-lan
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
default via 192.168.0.248 dev br-lan
192.168.0.0/24 dev br-lan scope link src 192.168.0.252
broadcast 127.0.0.0 dev lo table local scope link src 127.0.0.1
local 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo table local scope host src 127.0.0.1
local 127.0.0.1 dev lo table local scope host src 127.0.0.1
broadcast 127.255.255.255 dev lo table local scope link src 127.0.0.1
broadcast 192.168.0.0 dev br-lan table local scope link src 192.168.0.252
local 192.168.0.252 dev br-lan table local scope host src 192.168.0.252
broadcast 192.168.0.255 dev br-lan table local scope link src 192.168.0.252
0: from all lookup local
32766: from all lookup main
32767: from all lookup default
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 24 05:01 /etc/resolv.conf -> /tmp/resolv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47 Dec 4 19:38 /tmp/resolv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 4 19:38 /tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto
/tmp/resolv.conf.d:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 4 19:38 resolv.conf.auto
==> /etc/resolv.conf <==
search lan
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver ::1
==> /tmp/resolv.conf <==
search lan
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver ::1
==> /tmp/resolv.conf.d <==
head: /tmp/resolv.conf.d: I/O error
==> /tmp/resolv.conf.d/ <==
head: /tmp/resolv.conf.d/: I/O error