hi , > > I had a closer look to and deeper thought about your howto > (http://makerspaceleiden.nl/wiki/index.php/NetworkSetup_AP). > > 1) Do I understand correctly that a VAP (virtual access point) is nothing more > than a bridge between a vlan and a wlan in hostap mode? > no it’s more like a virtual interface stacked on a physical interface. The bridge is used to connect it to the vlan .
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ieee80211_vap&sektion=9&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+10.0-RELEASE <https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ieee80211_vap&sektion=9&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+10.0-RELEASE> Actuallty some config maybe be needed/wished to avoid loops by propagating spanning tree on the vlan interfaces man ifconfig => check for edge / stp > 2) Why didn't you assign IP addresses to the bridges? Do you do this at a > later stage? I have no reason to, but for any interface you can replace “up” for "ip/mask” if you wish to. If it has no ip sshd won’t bind to it. For monitoring I would prefer to monitor the ESP/NodeMCU sensors that would give trough network performance from the wlan-clients perspective. (packet loss) > > 3) From the NetworkSetup_AP: > > <snip> > ifconfig_wlan0="channel 6 ssid MakerSpaceLeiden_gasten up" > ifconfig_wlan1="channel 6 ssid MakerSpaceLeiden_deelnemers up" > ifconfig_wlan2="channel 48 ssid MakerSpaceLeiden_5G_gasten up" > ifconfig_wlan3="channel 48 ssid MakerSpaceLeiden_5G_deelnemers up" > ifconfig_wlan4="channel 6 ssid MakerSpaceLeiden_IoT up" > </snip> > > The channels will be the same in all access points. Will this lead to > instabilities when the access points are in close proximity? This is just one acces point, in the space I currently run 4 ap’s (but i could be a much larger number.. ) where a push the configs from the router to the ap’s. The current space has 300 square meter, but i would not surprise me if that triples in the coming years… This is config has: - ip adresses - ssid - channels - ssh-keys - remote syslog - ntp - sysctl And since it has key, there is a small shell script that mounts /cfg/ and copies of a tarbal with that config, so there is also a backup / restore mechanism. and later maybe: - bsnmp to get en set values - tx power management (smaller cell and more ap when need) - auto up and down scaling combined with the sensor net or clients per ap… - auto cycling password’s for the guest work (bottom on the wall and a lcd screen... - sflow - mqtt posts for clients per network - maybe maybe :: radius authentication - mqtt-snmp bridge to drive PoE-switch related to information for the sensor netwerk cheers Marten
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