[OpenWrt-Devel] Ath10k mesh with OpenWRT question

[Roger Pueyo Centelles]

Hi,

At some point I was able to get IBSS running with an ath10k radio (QCA988X)
using firmware-2.bin_999.999.0.636 [1]. I couldn't test it thoroughly, but
it ran for some days in a production BMX6 mesh. I also tried Ben Greear's
CT firmware, with no success.

If you are starting a network from scratch, however, go for 802.11s instead
of IBSS, as Sven said.

Kind regards,

Roger

[1] https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA988X/main

2015-12-19 10:26 GMT+01:00 Sven Eckelmann <sven at open-mesh.com>:

> On Friday 18 December 2015 14:14:38 Zach Sherin wrote:
> > I'm trying to use bmx6 to mesh together some routers but keep coming up
> > against roadblocks trying to get the wireless chipsets into IBSS mode. Do
> > you have any suggestions or places to start? If not, no worries. Thank
> you
> > very much for your time, and I hope to hear from you soon.
>
> My suggestion is to use 802.11s (load ath10k_core with rawmode=1 - for
> example
> add it as parameter for ath10k_core to in the *ath10k file in
> /etc/modules.d/)
> instead of adhoc/ibss when using a recent QCA988* firmware. You have to set
> the mesh_ttl=1 and mesh_fwding=0 when you want to use bmx instead of the
> 802.11s mesh protocol(s). The wireless configuration could for example look
> like this:
>
>     config wifi-iface 'wmesh0'
>             option device 'radio0'
>             option ifname 'mesh0'
>             option network 'mesh'
>             option mode 'mesh'
>             option mesh_id 'myownmesh' # change this
>             option disabled '0'
>             option mcast_rate '18000'
>             option macaddr '02:11:22:33:44:55' # change this
>             option mesh_ttl 1
>             option mesh_fwding 0
>             option encryption 'none'
>
> But don't expect encryption to work with authsae/wpa_supplicant. I also
> heard
> that IBSS should work with the qca6174 (TLV) firmware but I never tested it
> and therefore cannot confirm it.
>
> If you really want IBSS with QCA988x then you have to try the firmware
> fork of
> Ben Greear [1]. But it was never really working for me and also still had
> bugs
> in AP mode which were only fixed in the official firmware from QCA. Don't
> forget that you still need the driver patches from Ben Greear.
>
> Kind regards,
>         Sven
>
> [1] http://www.candelatech.com/ath10k.php
>
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