[OpenWrt-Devel] ATH10K VLAN firmware issue

[Bruno Antunes]

On 7 November 2016 at 14:06, Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com> wrote:
> On 11/07/2016 03:54 AM, Bruno Antunes wrote:
>>
>> On 4 November 2016 at 22:23, Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The bug appears that vlan-tx-stripping is unconditionally enabled in
>>> at least my firmware.  I have re-compiled w/out that flag set, and it
>>> appears
>>> to work for me.
>>>
>>> Please download this firmware, rename it firmware-2.bin, make sure you
>>> remove/rename
>>> any firmware-5.bin (etc) so mine will load, and see if that fixes your
>>> problem.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the fast reply but it only solves "half"  the problem.
>>
>> Now the connection between the AP and the Sta can be secure and the
>> driver doesn't need to be loaded in rawmode.
>>
>> Unfortunatly the the throughput is still bad.
>>
>> iperf3 -c 10.10.4.15
>> Connecting to host 10.10.4.15, port 5201
>> [  4] local 10.10.4.16 port 44893 connected to 10.10.4.15 port 5201
>> [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Retr  Cwnd
>> [  4]   0.00-1.01   sec  42.4 KBytes   345 Kbits/sec    6   1.41 KBytes
>> [  4]   1.01-2.01   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    1   1.41 KBytes
>> [  4]   2.01-3.01   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    1   1.41 KBytes
>> [  4]   3.01-4.01   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    0   1.41 KBytes
>> [  4]   4.01-5.01   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    0   1.41 KBytes
>> [  4]   5.01-6.01   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    0   1.41 KBytes
>> [  4]   6.01-7.01   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    1   1.41 KBytes
>> [  4]   7.01-8.01   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    0   1.41 KBytes
>> [  4]   8.01-9.01   sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    0   1.41 KBytes
>> [  4]   9.01-10.01  sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec    0   1.41 KBytes
>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>> [ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Retr
>> [  4]   0.00-10.01  sec  42.4 KBytes  34.7 Kbits/sec    9
>> sender
>> [  4]   0.00-10.01  sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec
>> receiver
>
>
> You have a complex setup, so I think it would be best if you could break it
> into
> simpler parts to test.

Some of the parts I already tested and are working
>
> First, try just STA to AP, no vlans, and see if you get useful throughput.
>
Works fine

> Then try with VLANs
>
To Do

> Then, try with WDS.

Works fine
>
> Then try with WDS and vlans.
>
The ultimate goal...

> In STA to AP mode with VLANs, it performed well for me.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
>
>>
>> iperf Done.
>>
>>>
>>> Please note that it is very likely you will have to use same MAC address
>>> for the VLAN devices that the underlying station uses in order for this
>>> to
>>> work.
>>
>>
>> Can you please elaborate more?
>> My setup  is the folowing.
>> The connection between the AP and Sta is in WDS
>> For the moment all devices are in the same VLAN.
>>
>> client1 --- SW1 ---- AP ...... Sta ---- SW2 --- client2
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bruno
>>
>>>
>>> https://www.candelatech.com/downloads/tmp/firmware-2-full-community.bin
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ben
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>> Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
>>> Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
> Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com
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