Hi, Fred The previous patch only affects the ath5k.
Are you using ath5k or ath9k in your case? --- Chun-Yeow On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:08 PM, fred veldini <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry to get back to everyone late. > > I have been testing the patch from Yeoh Chun-Yeow and have come up with some > weird issues. Maybe some could shed some lite on. > > I have two nodes running ath9k with Authsae. > I have tested this on multiple Atheros cards and the results are the same. > > Node one comes up without an issue and node two comes up without an issue. > > The connect secure for about 5 seconds then randomly one of the nodes dumps > this error > > > Mesh plink: incorrect plink ie length 3 6 > > But the iw dev station dump shows ESTAB > > The other node keep showing > new unauthed sta (seq num=1347339621) > NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION (1347339931.189520) > NL80211_CMD_NEW_PEER_CANDIDATE(1347339951.669387) > new unauthed sta (seq num=1347339622) > NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION (1347339951.670386) > NL80211_CMD_NEW_PEER_CANDIDATE(1347339972.150253) > new unauthed sta (seq num=1347339623) > NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION (1347339972.151252) > > Constantly but the iw dev station dump show LISTEN > > It doesnt matter if I use HT40/HT20 or none of them - the same results. > > Has anyone run into this before? > > Thanks > > Fred > > > > On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 2:10 AM, fred veldini <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I will apply this patch and test it out. I should have some feed back when >> I get back in town at the end of this week. >> >> Fred >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Yeoh Chun-Yeow <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, Fred >>> >>> Are you able to try out this patch and see how: >>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg95993.html >>> >>> Regards, >>> Chun-Yeow >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 7:56 AM, fred veldini <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > AUTHSAE Not allowing traffic over a mesh link. >>> > >>> > I Thought I had this working a while ago when Thomas created a patch >>> > for the >>> > rate settings on a basic radio card. >>> > But after extensive testing and modifying my startup script I realize >>> > the >>> > encryption portion was not working. >>> > >>> > I had a interface up/down setup after the authsae startup which removed >>> > the >>> > encrypted path (see below). >>> > So I have been trying to narrow down the issue with not being able to >>> > send >>> > traffic across the encrypted link. >>> > >>> > I Can ping no problem without authsae running. >>> > >>> > I have 2 nodes with the same 802.11a hardware running with ath5k >>> > and >>> > I also have 2 other nodes running 802.11a/n running with ath9k with the >>> > same >>> > results >>> > >>> > Running kernel 3.5.0-rc6-wl from open80211s, IW-3.6, latest Authsae >>> > build >>> > >>> > I have also tried the nohwcrypt=1 on all units with no luck. >>> > >>> > The startup is pretty straight forward. >>> > Create mesh interface >>> > bring interface up with channel >>> > start authsae & Let authsae bring up the interface with the ssid >>> > >>> > ----config---- >>> > authsae: >>> > { >>> > sae: >>> > { >>> > debug = 480; >>> > password = "supers3cret"; >>> > group = [19, 26, 21, 25, 20]; >>> > blacklist = 5; >>> > thresh = 5; >>> > lifetime = 3600; >>> > }; >>> > meshd: >>> > { >>> > meshid = "mesh5giga"; >>> > interface = "mesh0"; >>> > passive = 0; >>> > debug = 1; >>> > mediaopt = 1; >>> > band = "11a"; >>> > channel = 157; >>> > htmode = "none"; >>> > mcast-rate = 12; >>> > }; >>> > }; >>> > --- >>> > >>> > --- >>> > >>> > >>> > System 1 shows mesh plink: ESTAB >>> > >>> > estab with 00:14:6d:65:8c:a0 >>> > set auth flag (seq num=1346627193) >>> > set plink state (seq num=1346627198) >>> > mesh plink with 00:14:6d:65:8c:a0 established >>> > nlerror, cmd 11, seq 1346627196: Invalid argument >>> > Mesh plink timer for 00:14:6d:65:8c:a0 fired on state ESTAB >>> > Timeout for peer 00:14:6d:65:8c:a0 in state 4 >>> > >>> > Sytem 2 shows mesh plink: ESTAB >>> > >>> > estab with 00:14:6d:65:8b:fe >>> > set auth flag (seq num=1346627249) >>> > set plink state (seq num=1346627254) >>> > mesh plink with 00:14:6d:65:8b:fe established >>> > nlerror, cmd 11, seq 1346627252: Invalid argument >>> > Mesh plink timer for 00:14:6d:65:8b:fe fired on state ESTAB >>> > Timeout for peer 00:14:6d:65:8b:fe in state 4 >>> > >>> > >>> > The nlerror sticks out to me, but I'm not quite sure what to look at. >>> > >>> > Other notes. >>> > >>> > If I look at the interface by scanning the air I see the following >>> > >>> > Cell 03 - Address: 00:14:6D:65:8B:FE >>> > Channel:157 >>> > Frequency:5.785 GHz (Channel 157) >>> > Quality=43/70 Signal level=-67 dBm >>> > Encryption key:on >>> > ESSID:"" >>> > Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s >>> > 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s >>> > ESSID:"my-mesh5gs" >>> > Extra:Mesh Network Path Selection Protocol ID: 0x01 >>> > Extra:Path Selection Metric ID: 0x01 >>> > Extra:Congestion Control Mode ID: 0x00 >>> > Extra:Synchronization ID: 0x01 >>> > Extra:Authentication ID: 0x00 >>> > Extra:Formation Info: 0x1E >>> > Extra:Capabilities: 0x09 >>> > Mode:Unknown/bug >>> > Extra:tsf=000000000ba86004 >>> > Extra: Last beacon: 2059ms ago >>> > IE: Unknown: 0000 >>> > IE: Unknown: 01088C129824B048606C >>> > IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1 >>> > Group Cipher : CCMP >>> > Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP >>> > Authentication Suites (1) : unknown (8) >>> > IE: Unknown: 720A6D792D6D657368356773 >>> > IE: Unknown: 710701010001001E09 >>> > >>> > If I do a ifconfig mesh0 down && iw dev mesh0 set channel 157 && >>> > ifconfig >>> > mesh0 up >>> > without shutting the authsae I scan the following >>> > >>> > Cell 03 - Address: 00:14:6D:65:8B:FE >>> > Channel:157 >>> > Frequency:5.785 GHz (Channel 157) >>> > Quality=43/70 Signal level=-67 dBm >>> > Encryption key:off >>> > ESSID:"" >>> > Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s >>> > 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s >>> > ESSID:"my-mesh5gs" >>> > Extra:Mesh Network Path Selection Protocol ID: 0x01 >>> > Extra:Path Selection Metric ID: 0x01 >>> > Extra:Congestion Control Mode ID: 0x00 >>> > Extra:Synchronization ID: 0x01 >>> > Extra:Authentication ID: 0x00 >>> > Extra:Formation Info: 0x00 >>> > Extra:Capabilities: 0x09 >>> > Mode:Unknown/bug >>> > Extra:tsf=000000000222e004 >>> > Extra: Last beacon: 2048ms ago >>> > IE: Unknown: 0000 >>> > IE: Unknown: 01088C129824B048606C >>> > IE: Unknown: 720A6D792D6D657368356773 >>> > IE: Unknown: 710701010001000009 >>> > >>> > Notice the encryption goes away. But authsae is still running. >>> > >>> > If I restart authsae I will get >>> > >>> > Mesh plink: incorrect plink ie length 3 6 >>> > >>> > then the nlerror, cmd 11, seq 1346629691: Invalid argument >>> > >>> > And the encryption shows up again in the scan. >>> > >>> > >>> > Fred. >>> > >>> > >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> Devel mailing list >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> http://lists.open80211s.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Devel mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://lists.open80211s.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.open80211s.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.open80211s.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.open80211s.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel
