main: wifi-mesh-only connected node does not set up mesh interfaces

[maurerle]

Bug report

What is the problem?

mesh interfaces are not created.

It seems that this is related to hostapd: Line 61: invalid bssid item, though I do not really know why this exists.

issueing wifi does not help.
removing /etc/config/wireless and issueing gluon-reconfigure and wifi does not help

logread:

Sat Dec 14 12:44:09 2024 daemon.warn dnsmasq[3455]: no servers found in /var/gluon/wan-dnsmasq/resolv.conf, will retry
Sat Dec 14 12:44:09 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: Set new config for phy phy0:
Sat Dec 14 12:44:09 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: Set new config for phy phy1:
Sat Dec 14 12:44:09 2024 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (2882): Command failed: Not found
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 daemon.notice netifd: radio1 (2883): Command failed: Not found
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 daemon.info dnsmasq[1]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: Set new config for phy phy0:
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 daemon.info dnsmasq[1]: started, version 2.90 cachesize 150
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 daemon.info dnsmasq[1]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus UBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP no-DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack no-ipset no-nftset no-auth cryptohash DNSSEC loop-detect inotify dumpfile
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 daemon.info dnsmasq[1]: UBus support enabled: connected to system bus
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 daemon.info dnsmasq[1]: using only locally-known addresses for lan
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 daemon.warn dnsmasq[1]: no servers found in /tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto, will retry
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 daemon.info dnsmasq[1]: read /etc/hosts - 12 names
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 daemon.info dnsmasq[1]: read /tmp/hosts/dhcp.cfg01411c - 0 names
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 daemon.err usbmuxd[3661]: [12:44:10.827][3] usbmuxd v2023.10.11~360619c5 starting up
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 daemon.err usbmuxd[3661]: [12:44:10.829][3] Using libusb 1.0.27
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 daemon.err usbmuxd[3661]: [12:44:10.831][0] libusb_init failed: LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER
Sat Dec 14 12:44:10 2024 kern.crit usbmuxd[3897]: [0] libusb_init failed: LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER
Sat Dec 14 12:44:11 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: Set new config for phy phy1: /var/run/hostapd-phy1.conf
Sat Dec 14 12:44:11 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: Restart interface for phy phy1
Sat Dec 14 12:44:11 2024 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (2882): command failed: No such device (-19)
Sat Dec 14 12:44:11 2024 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'client' is now up
Sat Dec 14 12:44:12 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: Configuration file: data: driver=nl80211 logger_syslog=127 logger_syslog_level=2 logger_stdout=127 logger_stdout_level=2 country_code=DE ieee80211d=1 ieee80211h=1 hw_mode=a beacon_int=100 stationary_ap=1 chanlist=44 noscan=1 tx_queue_data2_burst=2.0 #num_global_macaddr=1 ieee80211n=1 ht_coex=0 ht_capab=[LDPC][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40][TX-STBC][RX-STBC1][MAX-AMSDU-7935] ieee80211ac=1 vht_oper_chwidth=0 vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx= vht_capab=[RXLDPC][SHORT-GI-80][TX-STBC-2BY1][SU-BEAMFORMER][SU-BEAMFORMEE][MU-BEAMFORMER][MU-BEAMFORMEE][RX-ANTENNA-PATTERN][TX-ANTENNA-PATTERN][RX-STBC-1][SOUNDING-DIMENSION-2][BF-ANTENNA-2][MAX-MPDU-7991][MAX-A-MPDU-LEN-EXP7] ieee80211ax=1 he_oper_chwidth=0 he_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx= he_su_beamformer=1 he_su_beamformee=1 he_mu_beamformer=1 he_bss_color=128 he_spr_sr_control=3 he_default_pe_duration=4 he_rts_threshold=1023 he_mu_edca_qos_info_param_count=0 he_mu_edca_qos_info_q_ack=0 he_mu_edca_qos_info_queue_request=0 he_mu_edca_qos_info_txop_reque
Sat Dec 14 12:44:12 2024 daemon.err hostapd: Line 61: invalid bssid item
Sat Dec 14 12:44:12 2024 daemon.err hostapd: 1 errors found in configuration file '<inline>'
Sat Dec 14 12:44:12 2024 daemon.err hostapd: Failed to set up interface with data: driver=nl80211 logger_syslog=127 logger_syslog_level=2 logger_stdout=127 logger_stdout_level=2 country_code=DE ieee80211d=1 ieee80211h=1 hw_mode=a beacon_int=100 stationary_ap=1 chanlist=44 noscan=1 tx_queue_data2_burst=2.0 #num_global_macaddr=1 ieee80211n=1 ht_coex=0 ht_capab=[LDPC][SHORT-GI-20][SHORT-GI-40][TX-STBC][RX-STBC1][MAX-AMSDU-7935] ieee80211ac=1 vht_oper_chwidth=0 vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx= vht_capab=[RXLDPC][SHORT-GI-80][TX-STBC-2BY1][SU-BEAMFORMER][SU-BEAMFORMEE][MU-BEAMFORMER][MU-BEAMFORMEE][RX-ANTENNA-PATTERN][TX-ANTENNA-PATTERN][RX-STBC-1][SOUNDING-DIMENSION-2][BF-ANTENNA-2][MAX-MPDU-7991][MAX-A-MPDU-LEN-EXP7] ieee80211ax=1 he_oper_chwidth=0 he_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx= he_su_beamformer=1 he_su_beamformee=1 he_mu_beamformer=1 he_bss_color=128 he_spr_sr_control=3 he_default_pe_duration=4 he_rts_threshold=1023 he_mu_edca_qos_info_param_count=0 he_mu_edca_qos_info_q_ack=0 he_mu_edca_qos_info_queue_request=0 he_mu_edca_qos_inf
Sat Dec 14 12:44:12 2024 daemon.notice hostapd: hostapd.add_iface failed for phy phy1 ifname=client1
Sat Dec 14 12:44:12 2024 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (2882): command failed: No such device (-19)
Sat Dec 14 12:44:12 2024 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifup of client (br-client)

What is the expected behaviour?

iwinfo should show all mesh interfaces as well, mesh should be working

Gluon Version:

main with applied patch from #3387

Site Configuration:

https://github.com/ffac/site/tree/v2025.1.x

Custom patches:

see site

[maurerle]

This is cat /etc/config/wireless:

config wifi-device 'radio0'
	option type 'mac80211'
	option path '1e140000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:02:00.0'
	option channel '11'
	option band '2g'
	option htmode 'HE20'
	option country 'DE'
	option legacy_rates '0'

config wifi-device 'radio1'
	option type 'mac80211'
	option path '1e140000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:02:00.0+1'
	option channel '44'
	option band '5g'
	option htmode 'HE20'
	option country 'DE'

config wifi-iface 'mesh_radio0'
	option ifname 'mesh0'
	option network 'mesh_radio0'
	option device 'radio0'
	option mesh_fwding '0'
	option mesh_id 'ffac-bat4-mesh'
	option mcast_rate '12000'
	option mode 'mesh'
	option disabled '0'
	option macaddr '0a:a2:8d:fb:249:59'

config wifi-iface 'mesh_radio1'
	option ifname 'mesh1'
	option network 'mesh_radio1'
	option device 'radio1'
	option mesh_fwding '0'
	option mesh_id 'ffac-bat4-mesh'
	option mcast_rate '12000'
	option mode 'mesh'
	option disabled '0'
	option macaddr '0a:a2:8d:fb:249:5d'

config wifi-iface 'client_radio0'
	option ifname 'client0'
	option network 'client'
	option disabled '0'
	option device 'radio0'
	option mode 'ap'
	option macaddr '0a:a2:8d:fb:249:58'
	option ssid 'Freifunk'

config wifi-iface 'client_radio1'
	option ifname 'client1'
	option network 'client'
	option disabled '0'
	option device 'radio1'
	option mode 'ap'
	option macaddr '0a:a2:8d:fb:249:5c'
	option ssid 'Freifunk'

I don't know why this failes for mesh here

[maurerle]

Copying the wifi mesh interface mac addresses of my working node:
and copying it to /etc/config/wireless and issuing wifi works fine.
So it seems to be a special case for these mac addresses:
option macaddr '0a:a2:8d:fb:249:5d'
option macaddr '0a:a2:8d:fb:249:59'

[maurerle]

Found it.

with patch #3357 the overflow creates:

lua -e 'print(require("gluon.util").generate_mac(1))'
0a:a2:8d:fb:249:59

while without this patch:

lua -e 'print(require("gluon.util").generate_mac(1))'
0a:a2:8d:fb:f9:59

so this is related to #3357 and not an issue on main.