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Bridge stops forwarding after 1 minute

Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:13 pm

Hi!

I have the following bridge configuration:

linux_router-------MT_WDS-ap------MT_WDS-station------lot's of pcs

MT at Celerons 2.3MHz, mainboards with intel (chipset, ethernet, etc.), atheros cards. MT ver. 2.9.17 at both sides.

at AP side:
/interface bridge; :foreach i in [find] do={remove $i}
    add name=wds-bridge

/interface bridge port; :foreach i in [find] do={remove $i}
    add interface=ether1 bridge=wds-bridge
    add interface=wlan1 bridge=wds-bridge

/interface wireless
    set wlan1 ack-timeout=dynamic
    set wlan1 antenna-mode=ant-a
    set wlan1 antenna-gain=0
    set wlan1 band=5ghz-turbo
    set wlan1 basic-rates-a/g=12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps,6Mbps,9Mbps
    set wlan1 basic-rates-b=11Mbps,1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps
    set wlan1 disabled=no
    set wlan1 country=no_country_set
    set wlan1 default-ap-tx-limit=0
    set wlan1 default-authentication=yes
    set wlan1 default-forwarding=no
    set wlan1 dfs-mode=none
    set wlan1 disable-running-check=no
    set wlan1 frequency=5920
    set wlan1 frequency-mode=superchannel
    set wlan1 hide-ssid=no
    set wlan1 max-station-count=10
    set wlan1 mode=bridge
    set wlan1 preamble-mode=short
    set wlan1 rate-set=configured
    set wlan1 scan-list=5920,5960,6000,6040
    set wlan1 ssid=NR_21
    set wlan1 supported-rates-a/g=12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps,6Mbps,9Mbps
    set wlan1 supported-rates-b=11Mbps,1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps
    set wlan1 tx-power=15
    set wlan1 tx-power-mode=all-rates-fixed
    set wlan1 wds-default-bridge=wds-bridge
    set wlan1 wds-mode=dynamic

/interface wireless nstreme
    set wlan1 enable-nstreme=yes enable-polling=yes framer-policy=best-fit framer-limit=3200
at station-wds site:
/interface bridge; :foreach i in [find] do={remove $i}
    add name=wds-bridge

/interface bridge port; :foreach i in [find] do={remove $i}
    add interface=ether1 bridge=wds-bridge
    add interface=wlan1 bridge=wds-bridge

/interface wireless
    set wlan1 ack-timeout=dynamic
    set wlan1 antenna-mode=ant-a
    set wlan1 antenna-gain=0
    set wlan1 band=5ghz-turbo
    set wlan1 basic-rates-a/g=12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps,6Mbps,9Mbps
    set wlan1 basic-rates-b=11Mbps,1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps
    set wlan1 disabled=no
    set wlan1 country=no_country_set
    set wlan1 default-ap-tx-limit=0
    set wlan1 default-authentication=yes
    set wlan1 default-forwarding=no
    set wlan1 dfs-mode=none
    set wlan1 disable-running-check=no
    set wlan1 frequency=5920
    set wlan1 frequency-mode=superchannel
    set wlan1 hide-ssid=no
    set wlan1 max-station-count=1
    set wlan1 mode=station-wds
    set wlan1 preamble-mode=short
    set wlan1 rate-set=configured
    set wlan1 scan-list=5920,5960,6000,6040
    set wlan1 ssid=NR_21
    set wlan1 supported-rates-a/g=12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps,6Mbps,9Mbps
    set wlan1 supported-rates-b=11Mbps,1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps
    set wlan1 tx-power=20
    set wlan1 tx-power-mode=all-rates-fixed
    set wlan1 wds-default-bridge=none
    set wlan1 wds-mode=disabled

/interface wireless connect-list; :foreach i in [find] do={remove $i}
    add mac-address=00:0E:8E:03:43:EA interface=wlan1 ssid=NR_21

/interface wireless nstreme
    set wlan1 enable-nstreme=yes enable-polling=yes framer-policy=best-fit framer-limit=3200
The bridge forwards packets normally at start point. After about 1 minute stops. There is a lot of pcs at the other side. If I try with one pc (laptop), there is nothing wrong. Link is doing well. If I switch on the big lan there, bridge stops working. After switching off the big lan, links starts working again. The same lan works without problems on routerboards with erlier version of MT. I need change to PCs, course flow rises day by day, and RB performance is too small.

Done tests without effect:
-changing channels
-switching off turbo mode
-changing atheros cards
-switching off nstreme mode

Interesting observation:
At the time of malfunction, I can see fresh arp records in:
/interface bridge host print
at AP side and Linux router gets a lot of broadcast arp packets at ethernet interface. Sends replays.

Any suggestions? Any ideas? How to test sizes of arp tables in bridges, Is there any limit of connections in newest versions of MT? Troubles with STP, which is off? Is there any tcpdump-like command in MT, which can help find out the point breaking connection?

thanks a lot
femur
 
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:51 pm

please make the support outout files when the bridge doesn't forward traffic and send then to support@mikrotik.com
Can you ping between the wireless routers when the bridge forwarding isn't working?

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