Due to some line of sight issues, we have the following setup.

Internet -> bridge 1 -> ap 1 -> lan -> bridge 2 -> ap 2 -> Client
computer

Between Bridge 1 and AP 1 is about 500m and the RSSI/LQ is great on that
shot.  Between Bridge 2 and AP 2 it's about 8 miles and the RSSI is
about 50% and the LQ is around 75%.

We are seeing the following issue.  From the client computer we can ping
any local IP address, ssh into our servers, do pretty much anything we
need to, except connect out to an external host on the network.

>From what we have found is that it looks to be an issue with the bridges
and how they handle mac addresses.  For example if I try to ping the IP
address 204.244.59.X from the client computer it times out, if I then
ssh into our router from our client computer, then ssh into 204.244.59.X
and try pinging the client computer the ping goes through.  Finally, if
I try pinging 204.244.59.X from the client computer after pinging it
from 204.244.59.X it goes through.  This leads me to think that the
bridges have a hard time learning the mac addresses they should send
data to, and after data comes back one way they are able to find out the
proper mac addresses.

We plan on replacing one of the bridges with another AP in client bridge
mode, and then see if it solves the problem, but has anyone else run
into the same issue, or something similar.

-- 
Scott Brooks
Network Operations Analyst
Binary Solutions Ltd.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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