I have 2 WRT54GLs both running Kamizaze 7.07.  They are both configured as standard Access Points and both have WDS links set up to each other.  To keep this simple there is no encryption.  The trouble is I can't get them to ping each other.  (With another vendor's AP that runs proprietary firmware I can get a good WDS link just like that between that AP and a WRT54GL running Kamikaze.)

My /etc/config/wireless files are:

----------  WRT54GL A (BSSID 00:1A:70:E6:6D:0E)  ---------

config wifi-device  wl0
        option type     broadcom
        option channel  5
        option disabled '0'

config wifi-iface
        option device   wl0
        option network  lan
        option mode     ap
        option ssid     OpenWrt
        option encryption none

config wifi-iface
        option device   wl0
        option network  lan
        option mode     wds
        option ssid     OpenWrt
        option encryption none
        option bssid    '00:12:17:E1:C3:45'

--------- WRT54GL B (BSSID 00:12:17:E1:C3:45) ---------------

config wifi-device  wl0
        option type     broadcom
        option channel  5
        option disabled '0'

config wifi-iface
        option device   wl0
        option network  lan
        option mode     ap
        option ssid     OpenWrt
        option encryption none

config wifi-iface
        option device   wl0
        option network  lan
        option mode     wds
        option ssid     OpenWrt
        option encryption none
        option bssid    '00:1A:70:E6:6D:0E'

Both configs are the same except that they reference each other's BSSID.  When I change WRT54GL A's BSSID to that of the 3rd party AP and do 'wifi up' I can ping that AP immediately.  But not when I have 2 WRT/Kamikaze boxes.  Any ideas?

I've set up lots of WDS links with White Russian.  This is my first attempt with Kamikaze so I probably have overlooked some setting. 

Thanks for any advice,
Bill

(Last edited by wtrenker on 3 Sep 2007, 01:57)

Try configuring your WDS' ssid as different to the AP's accessible ssid like "OpenWrt_WDS"

That's the only difference between your setup and what I used to make it work

Good suggestion but it didn't work.  But I finally got WDS going by freshly loading both WRT54GL boxes with Kamikaze 7.07 only this time I cleared nvram (mtd -r -e nvram -e linux write kamikaze707.trx linux).

As an experiment I set all the ssid settings in /etc/config/wireless to the same value on both boxes and the WDS link still works just fine.

So I'm not sure just why this didn't work at first but I now have one WRT54GL with 2 working WDS links, one to the 2nd WRT54GL and the 2nd  link to a 3rd party AP.  I'm getting a lot more comfortable with Kamikaze.

Thanks for the help.
Bill