Thread: hostapd puts only wlan to bridge, if bridge has already a ethX

hello everyone,

i'm configuring new homerouter (ubuntu 11.10 x64). have working lan + wlan bridge lan:

code:

... #### bridge lan  auto br-lan iface br-lan inet static         address 10.111.1.1         netmask 255.255.255.0         broadcast 10.111.1.255         bridge_ports eth1 wlan0         bridge_fd 0         bridge_stp no ...

wlan i'm using atheros communications inc. ar9285 wireless network adapter (pci-express) ath9k , hostapd (just simple - works)

okay, want configure wlan guests. extend config in /etc/network/interfaces:

code:

#### bridge guests  auto br-guests iface br-guests inet static         bridge_ports wlan1         address 10.111.2.1         netmask 255.255.255.0         broadcast 10.111.2.255         network 10.111.2.0

my hostapd-config looks like:

code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd-phy0 driver=nl80211 wmm_ac_bk_cwmin=4 wmm_ac_bk_cwmax=10 wmm_ac_bk_aifs=7 wmm_ac_bk_txop_limit=0 wmm_ac_bk_acm=0 wmm_ac_be_aifs=3 wmm_ac_be_cwmin=4 wmm_ac_be_cwmax=10 wmm_ac_be_txop_limit=0 wmm_ac_be_acm=0 wmm_ac_vi_aifs=2 wmm_ac_vi_cwmin=3 wmm_ac_vi_cwmax=4 wmm_ac_vi_txop_limit=94 wmm_ac_vi_acm=0 wmm_ac_vo_aifs=2 wmm_ac_vo_cwmin=2 wmm_ac_vo_cwmax=3 wmm_ac_vo_txop_limit=47 wmm_ac_vo_acm=0 tx_queue_data3_aifs=7 tx_queue_data3_cwmin=15 tx_queue_data3_cwmax=1023 tx_queue_data3_burst=0 tx_queue_data2_aifs=3 tx_queue_data2_cwmin=15 tx_queue_data2_cwmax=63 tx_queue_data2_burst=0 tx_queue_data1_aifs=1 tx_queue_data1_cwmin=7 tx_queue_data1_cwmax=15 tx_queue_data1_burst=3.0 tx_queue_data0_aifs=1 tx_queue_data0_cwmin=3 tx_queue_data0_cwmax=7 tx_queue_data0_burst=1.5 hw_mode=g channel=1  country_code=at   logger_syslog=127 logger_syslog_level=2 logger_stdout=127 logger_stdout_level=2 ieee80211n=1 ht_capab=[ht20][short-gi-40][dsss_cck-40] ieee80211d=1  interface=wlan0 ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd-phy0 wpa_passphrase=passwort auth_algs=1 wpa=2 wpa_pairwise=ccmp ssid=vorhautkrampf beta 2.0 bridge=br-lan wmm_enabled=1 bssid=e0:b9:a5:42:a5:aa ignore_broadcast_ssid=0    bss=wlan1 ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd-phy0 wpa_passphrase=passwort auth_algs=1 wpa=2 wpa_pairwise=ccmp ssid=fm4 gaestezimmer bridge=br-guests wmm_enabled=1 bssid=e0:b9:a5:42:a5:ab ignore_broadcast_ssid=0

as know, bridge interfaces not add wlan0 or wlan1 on startup. hostapd has add wlan0 & wlan1 bridge interfaces therefor.

funny (or bad) thing is, br-guests starts (if check "brctl show") after hostapd loaded, wlan0 added bridge br-lan. @ point have manually adding wlan1 bridge br-guests.

first test:

for troubleshooting have made temporary test: after adding physical nic (eth2) bridge br-guests, hostapd adds wlan1 bridge , works fine. must use eth2 net (dmz).

temporary workaround:

adding in /etc/rc.local "brctl addif br-guests wlan1".
don't know, if solution while searching persistant solution.

is not possible add wlan-interface bridge without other bridge_ports?
bug in ubuntu? (maybe can test it?)
should have configure way?

in advance, maybe has tip me?

cheers,
jogl

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