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    • AhnHELA
      AhnHEL
      last edited by

      I was having that same MTU issue as xbipin, mtu to the bridge interface was not set at 1500 when i ran the ifconfig command.

      Using the below commands fixed it for me on my Alix 2c2

      ifconfig vr0 mtu 1500
      ifconfig ath0 mtu 1500
      ifconfig bridge0 destroy
      ifconfig bridge create

      AhnHEL (Angel)

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        xbipin
        last edited by

        @matrix200:

        I also have bridging issues with the original 1.2.3RC1 build.
        In my case if I only set bridging in the wireless interface it doesn't work (I don't use dhcp though and assign static ip's).
        However if I set the bridging from the lan interface too it starts working!
        This is annoying but I suppose I can live with that.

        do u mean to say LAN bridged to WAN works but wireless bridged to LAN doesnt?

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          matrix200
          last edited by

          No,

          What I am saying , it matters in which interface I set the bridging.
          If I set the bridging in wireless interface (ath0 to lan) it doesn't work.
          If I go to lan's interface and set there to bridget to ath0 then it works.
          The thing is , this setting is not retained after reboot and I have to repeat this procedure everytime I want to reboot.
          I also get the error message about wrong mtu when bridging but strangely enough the bridge works fine afterwards.

          Current network "hardware" :
          Running 2.2RC in Virtualbox 4.2.16.

          Retired:
          ALIX2C2 , 4 gigabyte disk cf card running 2.0 (official release).

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            xbipin
            last edited by

            i tried the following release
            1.2.3-RC1
            built on Sat May 23 03:47:37 EDT 2009

            and still sad coz wireless bridged to LAN and wireless clients dont get ip address from DHCP running on LAN interface

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              DeCex
              last edited by

              All works fine here;

              OPT1 bridge to LAN

              • 2 PC with with wireless connection
              • 1 Wii gameconsole (wireless client)

              If you goto the Status\Interface and look at the OPT1 option. What does it say? "associated" ?. I think i had this issue onces long ago and rememberd it was somethin to do with the OPT1 channel setting. Since im on WAG311T wifi card (Netgear) i hae channel 6 set (Turbo) and have no probelm at all.

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                xbipin
                last edited by

                i guess its not a wireless issue but its a bridge issue and dhcp isnt able to give out ip to wireless clients

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                  DeCex
                  last edited by

                  Here´my firewall rules

                  1 for LAN
                  1 for OPT1

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                  OPT1.png
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                    xbipin
                    last edited by

                    its the same rules i got, mayb if u read in older posts ull see that all the debug has been done and config is all perfect and firewall is also not blocking any dhcp packets but its just that dhcp isnt replying properly or something like that

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                      matrix200
                      last edited by

                      I think it is not a firewall issue at all because in my setup I don't have dhcp and just have my laptop with an ip in my lan subnet and unless I do the bridging from lan to wifi interface , I simply can't access it (ping , telnet etc).
                      Sounds like bridging/routing issue to me.

                      Current network "hardware" :
                      Running 2.2RC in Virtualbox 4.2.16.

                      Retired:
                      ALIX2C2 , 4 gigabyte disk cf card running 2.0 (official release).

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                      • jimpJ
                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                        last edited by

                        I would probably also help to see the output of "ifconfig -a" and also a copy of the rules for the wireless interface for both those who say it works, and those who say it doesn't.

                        Perhaps there is some telling difference between the two.

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                          xbipin
                          last edited by

                          doesnt work for me now doesnt even with static ips on wireless bridged to lan

                          $ ifconfig -a
                          vr0: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                          	options=2809 <rxcsum,vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic>ether 00:0d:b9:13:47:84
                          	inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
                          	inet6 fe80::20d:b9ff:fe13:4784%vr0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
                          	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                          	status: active
                          vr1: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                          	options=280b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic>ether 00:0d:b9:13:47:85
                          	inet6 fe80::20d:b9ff:fe13:4785%vr1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 
                          	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                          	status: active
                          vr2: flags=8802 <broadcast,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                          	options=280b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic>ether 00:0d:b9:13:47:86
                          	media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
                          	status: no carrier
                          ath0: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 2290
                          	ether 00:0b:6b:2c:d4:61
                          	inet6 fe80::20b:6bff:fe2c:d461%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 
                          	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>status: associated
                          	ssid "1mbps Blazing" channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:0b:6b:2c:d4:61
                          	authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED deftxkey 2 TKIP 2:128-bit
                          	txpower 31.5 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
                          	roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5 pureg protmode RTSCTS burst dtimperiod 1
                          pfsync0: flags=41 <up,running>metric 0 mtu 1460
                          	pfsync: syncdev: lo0 syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128
                          enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
                          lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384
                          	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
                          	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 
                          	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7 
                          pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33204
                          ng0: flags=88d1 <up,pointopoint,running,noarp,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1492
                          	inet6 fe80::20d:b9ff:fe13:4784%ng0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9 
                          	inet 92.99.242.71 --> 195.229.252.44 netmask 0xffffffff 
                          bridge0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                          	ether aa:44:2b:7b:c5:65
                          	id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15
                          	maxage 20 holdcnt 6 proto rstp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200
                          	root id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 ifcost 0 port 0
                          	member: vr0 flags=143 <learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp>ifmaxaddr 0 port 1 priority 128 path cost 200000
                          	member: ath0 flags=143 <learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp>ifmaxaddr 0 port 4 priority 128 path cost 370370</learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp></learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></up,pointopoint,running,noarp,simplex,multicast></promisc></up,loopback,running,multicast></up,running></hostap></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic></broadcast,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></rxcsum,vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast> 
                          
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                          • AhnHELA
                            AhnHEL
                            last edited by

                            MTU on ath0 is 2290

                            Is this proper?

                            Ran the following commands in console to set all interfaces to 1500 mtu including bridge0 and thats how it started to work again for me.

                            ifconfig vr0 mtu 1500
                            ifconfig ath0 mtu 1500
                            ifconfig bridge0 destroy
                            ifconfig bridge create

                            Change the vr0 above with your interface name for LAN

                            $ ifconfig
                            vr0: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                            options=2809 <rxcsum,vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic>ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
                            inet xxx.xxx.xxx.x netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
                            inet6 xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%vr0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
                            media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                            status: active
                            vr1: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                            options=284b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,polling,wol_ucast,wol_magic>ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
                            inet6 xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%vr1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
                            inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 0xfffff000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
                            media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                            status: active
                            ath0: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                            ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
                            inet6 xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
                            media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>status: associated
                            ssid Taino1 channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11g) bssid xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
                            authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED deftxkey 3 TKIP 2:128-bit
                            TKIP 3:128-bit txpower 31.5 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300
                            bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5 protmode OFF burst
                            -apbridge dtimperiod 1
                            pfsync0: flags=41 <up,running>metric 0 mtu 1460
                            pfsync: syncdev: lo0 syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128
                            enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
                            lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384
                            inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
                            inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
                            inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
                            pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33204
                            tun0: flags=8051 <up,pointopoint,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                            inet6 xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%tun0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9
                            inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx –> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 0xffffffff
                            Opened by PID 446
                            tun1: flags=8051 <up,pointopoint,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                            inet6 xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%tun1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xa
                            inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx --> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 0xffffffff
                            Opened by PID 453
                            bridge0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                            ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
                            id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15
                            maxage 20 holdcnt 6 proto rstp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200
                            root id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 ifcost 0 port 0
                            member: vr0 flags=143 <learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp>ifmaxaddr 0 port 1 priority 128 path cost 200000
                            member: ath0 flags=143 <learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp>ifmaxaddr 0 port 3 priority 128 path cost 370370</learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp></learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></up,pointopoint,running,multicast></up,pointopoint,running,multicast></promisc></up,loopback,running,multicast></up,running></hostap></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,polling,wol_ucast,wol_magic></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></rxcsum,vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>

                            AhnHEL (Angel)

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                            • C
                              covex
                              last edited by

                              updated to the recent snapshot and the same thing again. dhcp wont work on the wireless. alix, atheros 5212, full install.
                              ifconfig shows mtu of 2290 on ath0 and on bridge0
                              also, after upgrade I'm getting error message invalid parameter while loading firewall rules 2 and 3.
                              Here are those rules from config file (nothing was changed, this is how they are in config file):
                              <rule><type>pass</type>
                              <interface>optXXXX</interface>
                              <max-src-nodes><max-src-states><statetimeout><statetype>keep state</statetype>
                              <os><source>
                              <any><destination><any></any></destination></any></os></statetimeout></max-src-states></max-src-nodes></rule>
                              <rule><type>pass</type>
                              <interface>opt2</interface>
                              <max-src-nodes><max-src-states><statetimeout><statetype>keep state</statetype>
                              <os><source>
                              <any><destination><any></any></destination></any></os></statetimeout></max-src-states></max-src-nodes></rule>
                              what these rules do? opt2 is my wireless.

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                              • AhnHELA
                                AhnHEL
                                last edited by

                                Did you run the ifconfig commands i listed above to see if that resolves your wireless problem?

                                I'd reboot my Alix box and try again myself to see if the commands consistently resolve the issue but my Alix box is remote to my location and I cant afford the downtime if the commands dont help.

                                AhnHEL (Angel)

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                                  covex
                                  last edited by

                                  screenshot in your post, is it before you've recreated the bridge or after?
                                  your card is in promiscuous mode here

                                  ath0: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500</up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>
                                  

                                  mine does not have it after I change mtu on it.

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                                  • AhnHELA
                                    AhnHEL
                                    last edited by

                                    Screenshot is taken after.

                                    Wont both vr0 and ath0 be in promiscuous mode because they are bridged?

                                    AhnHEL (Angel)

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                                      covex
                                      last edited by

                                      I don't know what is going on!  ???
                                      My wireless works right now but vr1 (LAN) mtu is 1500, ath0 mtu is 2290 and bridge0 is 1500.
                                      The only thing I changed was switching from channel 6 to channel 10 in the wireless settings. I'm afraid to reboot my router now!  :)

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                                        xbipin
                                        last edited by

                                        after changing the mtu of ath0 to 1500, still wireless clients dont get ip from dhcp nor with static ip clients works

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                                          matrix200
                                          last edited by

                                          Hope it will be helpful for others , here is my ifconfig -a output
                                          Like I said it works after the bridging from lan to wireless interface is performed.

                                          vr0: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                                                  options=2809 <rxcsum,vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic>ether 00:0d:b9:15:33:f0
                                                  inet6 fe80::20d:b9ff:fe15:33f0%vr0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
                                                  inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
                                                  media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                                                  status: active
                                          vr1: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                                                  options=280b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic>ether 00:0d:b9:15:33:f1
                                                  inet6 fe80::20d:b9ff:fe15:33f1%vr1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
                                                  inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
                                                  media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                                                  status: active
                                          ath0: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                                                  ether 00:0b:6b:dc:66:c6
                                                  inet6 fe80::20b:6bff:fedc:66c6%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
                                                  media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>status: associated
                                                  ssid Cyberspace channel 8 (2447 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:0b:6b:dc:66:c6
                                                  authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED deftxkey 2 TKIP 2:128-bit
                                                  TKIP 3:128-bit txpower 18 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300
                                                  bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5 protmode RTSCTS burst
                                                  dtimperiod 1
                                          pfsync0: flags=41 <up,running>metric 0 mtu 1460
                                                  pfsync: syncdev: lo0 syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128
                                          enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
                                          lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384
                                                  inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
                                                  inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
                                                  inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
                                          pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33204
                                          ng0: flags=89d1 <up,pointopoint,running,noarp,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1492
                                                  inet 62.0.92.255 --> 212.143.205.175 netmask 0xffffffff
                                                  inet6 fe80::20d:b9ff:fe15:33f0%ng0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9
                                          bridge0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                                                  ether d6:46:73:a0:9f:39
                                                  id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15
                                                  maxage 20 holdcnt 6 proto rstp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200
                                                  root id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 ifcost 0 port 0
                                                  member: ath0 flags=143 <learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp>ifmaxaddr 0 port 3 priority 128 path cost 55
                                                  member: vr0 flags=143 <learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp>ifmaxaddr 0 port 1 priority 128 path cost 200000</learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp></learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></up,pointopoint,running,noarp,promisc,simplex,multicast></promisc></up,loopback,running,multicast></up,running></hostap></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></rxcsum,vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast> 
                                          

                                          Current network "hardware" :
                                          Running 2.2RC in Virtualbox 4.2.16.

                                          Retired:
                                          ALIX2C2 , 4 gigabyte disk cf card running 2.0 (official release).

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                                            DeCex
                                            last edited by

                                            @xbipin:

                                            after changing the mtu of ath0 to 1500, still wireless clients dont get ip from dhcp nor with static ip clients works

                                            Sorry if this questionn sound stupid,

                                            • you have not tick the "Deny unknown clients" in the DHCP setting?
                                            • you´v tried changing the default channel on the OPT1 card ad see if the MTU changes? (try choosing another from Auto,Save and check MTU after saving and see what it say)

                                            channel.png
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