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 <s...@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 > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel > >
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