do you bridge ap0 to lanX? I guess not…
Only wifi bridge.
bpi-r2-gentoo ~ # brctl show br0
bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
br0 8000.0208223eeefb no ap0
wlp1s0Imho problems start if using bridge with dsa ports
I’ve tried to add wan to br0
bpi-r2-gentoo ~ # brctl show br0
bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
br0 8000.0208223eeefb no ap0
wan
wlp1s0
For now everything looks good, but wan has no any cord.
Yep, i got dmesg errors when add any active lan/wan port, or on activating the port after it’s alredy added. bridge.log (8.8 КБ)
But openvswitcht bridge looks fine with wan/lan ports:
bpi-r2-gentoo ~ # ovs-vsctl show
251c8858-4cde-4b26-83a8-6012e44cd420
Bridge "br1"
Port wan
Interface wan
Port "lan1"
Interface "lan1"
Port "lan2"
Interface "lan2"
Port "lan3"
Interface "lan3"
Port "br1"
Interface "br1"
type: internal
Port "lan0"
Interface "lan0"
It works, and no errors in dmesg:
[61685.501577] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[61685.504230] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 wan: configuring for phy/gmii link mode
[61685.504682] 8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device wan
[61689.690506] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 wan: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[61689.690596] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wan: link becomes ready
[61978.018146] device lan0 entered promiscuous mode
[61979.768981] device lan1 entered promiscuous mode
[61981.567568] device lan2 entered promiscuous mode
[61983.951665] device lan3 entered promiscuous mode
[61993.384593] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan0: configuring for phy/gmii link mode
[61993.385169] 8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device lan0
[61995.580923] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan1: configuring for phy/gmii link mode
[61995.581375] 8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device lan1
[61997.675238] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan2: configuring for phy/gmii link mode
[61997.675673] 8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device lan2
[62000.076117] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan3: configuring for phy/gmii link mode
[62000.076700] 8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device lan3
[62067.210756] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[62067.210844] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): lan0: link becomes ready
[62411.454469] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan0: Link is Down
[62414.570440] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[62430.176316] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 wan: Link is Down
[62433.299239] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan0: Link is Down
[62439.529862] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 wan: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[62439.531778] mt7530 mdio-bus:00 lan0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
uplink/downlink test:
iperf3 -c 10.0.0.1
Connecting to host 10.0.0.1, port 5201
[ 5] local 10.0.0.2 port 59724 connected to 10.0.0.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 85.5 MBytes 717 Mbits/sec 18 338 KBytes
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 86.7 MBytes 728 Mbits/sec 3 378 KBytes
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 88.0 MBytes 738 Mbits/sec 2 421 KBytes
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 87.4 MBytes 733 Mbits/sec 23 332 KBytes
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 88.4 MBytes 742 Mbits/sec 13 385 KBytes
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 87.7 MBytes 736 Mbits/sec 2 423 KBytes
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 88.0 MBytes 738 Mbits/sec 17 335 KBytes
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 88.1 MBytes 739 Mbits/sec 10 385 KBytes
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 88.1 MBytes 739 Mbits/sec 1 427 KBytes
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 88.2 MBytes 740 Mbits/sec 9 337 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 876 MBytes 735 Mbits/sec 98 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 874 MBytes 733 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf3 -c 10.0.0.1 -R
Connecting to host 10.0.0.1, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 10.0.0.1 is sending
[ 5] local 10.0.0.2 port 59728 connected to 10.0.0.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 110 MBytes 926 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 111 MBytes 935 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 112 MBytes 939 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 112 MBytes 939 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 112 MBytes 939 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 112 MBytes 939 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 112 MBytes 939 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 112 MBytes 939 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 112 MBytes 939 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 112 MBytes 939 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.10 GBytes 947 Mbits/sec 0 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.09 GBytes 937 Mbits/sec receiver
I’ll update this thread on any errors.
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UPD: In 5.5-merged regular bridge looks stable too. My previous bridge errors appeard in 5.3-wifi branch kernel. But upload speed seems slower - only ~500Mbps, download is the same: ~930Mbps
In 5.4 there are only some cleanups (removing android wakelocks) from lexa2 merged…i don’t think they affect speed of wifi-device
Hi frank-w where i can get test image? I tryied to compile but i failed. With kernel 5.5.
You can use my debian image and install newer kernel there. 5.4 is on github releases or on my gdrive. 5.5 not yet
Hi Frank,
Is the embedded wireless chip M6625L working fine in your 5.4 kernel ?
I also have installed and MT7612E mPCIE card on the board. Can they work in paralel ?
I have some old devices which cannot use AC standard and I want to configure M6625L to run on 2.4 GHz band and the MT7612E card to run on the 5GHz band.
imho Internal wifi works same as in older kernels. I have same setup with kernel 4.14 on my main router,so yes. You need one instance of hostapd configured for each card/band.
OK thanks.
I see your build.sh script looks for WMT-Tools in some folder utils/wmt/ which is not found in the git tree. Where do I put the firmware files so that the script copy them to the proper location when creating the package ?
Just checkout the folder from 4.14-main
I copied the utils folder from the 4.14-main branch into 5.4-main and then ran ./build.sh but in the end when I select deb to create a debian package for the kernel I do not see any wmt files copied inside the deb package.
prepare_sd function should copy also wmt-tools (if they are there… 4.14 contains also binaries) and is called by deb-function
Ah ok,i have not used wmt files (and other) in deb package pnly kernel and modules
So this means after I upload and install the deb kernel package I need to manually copy those wmt files in the specified folders on the BPI-R2 device ?
right, or simply use the pack-option, there is all included
I got following pci-e wlan card today, and placed into BPI-R2 :
“01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01)”
The sticker on it describes : Atheros AR5BXB63
Would you mind giving me some hints, how could I turn it on, and configure 2,4ghz wifi ap?
try booting kernel with all ath wireless modules installed and see which one is loaded and if wifi-device is created (ip a / iw list). then it should be same as my examples for mt7612e
Command lsmod tells me that ath9k is available. After typing modprobe ath9k, nothing happens, lspci - nn doesnt write to the wlan card it’s loaded as module! But on the other hand, how can I apply what you’ve mentioned? (booting kernel with all ath modules?)