Hi, I can't get wds, after long hours of breaking my head on the wall
I have a Linksys wrt54gl as AP router and other one as client (brdging).

I think that I configure well... please take a look to my configuration, and tell me if  it's wrong :

(I set equal SSID names for both APs)

AP router

wl0_ifname=eth1
dhcp_start=100
dhcp_lease=0
lan_dhcp_num=50
wl_lazywds=1
lan_dhcp_enabled=1
lan_dhcp=0
wl0_lazywds=0
wl_wds_timeout=1
dhcp_wins=wan
wds_ifname=
wl0_wds=00:1D:7E:DC:AA:55 00:1D:7E:DC:AA:57
wan_dhcp_num=50
lan_ifnames=vlan0 eth1 eth2 eth3
wan_ifnames=vlan1
wl_wds=
lan_ifname=br0
dhcp_domain=wan
dhcp_num=50
wl_ifname=
wl0_wds_timeout=1

Client (Bridging)

wl0_ifname=eth1
wl_lazywds=1
wl0_lazywds=0
wl_wds_timeout=1
wds_ifname=
wl0_wds=00:1D:7E:DC:A8:98
lan_ifnames=vlan0 eth1 eth2 eth3
pppoe_ifname=
wan_ifnames=vlan1
wl_wds=
lan_ifname=br0
wl_ifname=
wan_ifname=vlan1
wl0_wds_timeout=1

Thanks in advance!!

Well, sorry for answer myself. But I guess that it could be useful for others. I've found that when I set wl0_mode=wep in the "secondary" wrt54gl, openwrt undo the bridge, I don't understadn well why, but that's what it happens. Then I set both to wl0_mode=ap. I could do the bridge an works when I use no encryption and when I use wep. I've tried to use wpa2 with radius on both routers but it doesn't work. So I disable encryption between APs but it doesn't work either. Please could you say me what's wrong with my settings?:

Access Point 1

wl0_wds_akm=none
wl_lazywds=1
wl0_lazywds=0
wl_wds_timeout=1
wl0_wds_ssid=test
wl0_wds= 00:1D:7E:DC:AA:57
wl_wds=
wl0_akm=wpa wpa2
wl0_wds_akm=none
wl_akm=
wl0_ssid=xxradius
wl0_mode=ap

Access Point 2 (only connected to electric power)
wl0_wds_akm=none
wl_lazywds=1
wl0_lazywds=0
wl_wds_timeout=1
wl0_wds_ssid=test
wds_ifname=
wl0_wds=00:06:25:F1:70:36
wl_wds=
wl0_akm=wpa wpa2
wl_akm=
wl0_ssid=xxradius
wl0_mode=
wl0_mode=ap

Thanks in advance!!

Well, I was looking but it seems that it's impossible that wpa-radius works fine with wds, I mean wds links won't work. If someone has running wds+wpa/wpa2-radius using White russian, please could you tell me?

Thanks in advance

I don't think you can use WPA2 with WDS and I don't think you can use radius with WDS.

However, have you tried using WPA-PSK for the WDS link (using the wl0_wds_* parameters) while using WPA2-PSK for the regular access point functions?

I am now using different ESSIDs for AP/clients and for WDS, by setting them separately with wl0_ssid and wl0_wds_ssid... interestingly, iwconfig shows eth1 as not having encryption enabled.  I think this means that the WPA-PSK is being handled at a different software layer instead of within the wireless driver, so perhaps it can also handle WPA-PSK and WPA radius for the separate functions?

I've been having trouble with setting up WDS + WPA(aes) on between my two WRT54GL routers. I thought is was a bug with NAS, as I had read that WPA2 doesn't work with WDS. It works fine without encryption, but I can't even get it to work with WPA1.

Not sure if anyone has been able to get WDS+WPA working. If they have could they pls send a copy of their settings. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but I can't see it.

My settings are as follows:

root@brdg:/usr/sbin#  nvram show | grep wl0 | egrep '_wds|close|mode=|wpa|akm|wep|ssid'
size: 10126 bytes (22642 left)
wl0_net_mode=mixed
wl0_wep_buf=
wl0_akm=psk
wl0_mode=ap
wl0_gmode=1
wl0_wep_last=
wl0_ssid=test
wl0_closed=1
wl0_macmode=allow
wl0_wpa_psk=somestring
wl0_wds=00:18:F8:D2:69:CE
wl0_wep=disabled
wl0_wep_bit=64
wl0_wpa_gtk_rekey=3600
wl0_wep_gen=
wl0_wds_timeout=1
wl0_auth_mode=none

root@fwall:~#  nvram show | grep wl0 | egrep '_wds|close|mode=|wpa|akm|wep|ssid'
size: 10097 bytes (22671 left)
wl0_net_mode=mixed
wl0_akm=psk
wl0_wep_buf=
wl0_mode=ap
wl0_gmode=1
wl0_wep_last=
wl0_ssid=test
wl0_closed=1
wl0_macmode=allow
wl0_wpa_psk=somestring
wl0_wds=00:1D:7E:C3:64:5C
wl0_wep=disabled
wl0_wep_bit=64
wl0_wpa_gtk_rekey=3600
wl0_wep_gen=
wl0_wds_timeout=1
wl0_auth_mode=none

I'm on RC5.  I have WPA1 PSK working, but with tkip instead of aes (haven't tried aes).  The other difference I have from your config is I have wl0_closed=0.

i'm running 0.9, so I would have thought that my config would work. I tried turning ESSID b/cast on, but still no joy. i'm tempted to try upgrading to Kamikaze if I can't make it work with the current version

Similar problem here

I was told that these problems are because of WDS is not yet an standard...