The WiFi settings are configured in the file \texttt{/etc/config/wireless}
-(currently supported on Broadcom and Atheros). When booting the router for the first time
+(currently supported on Broadcom, Atheros and mac80211). When booting the router for the first time
it should detect your card and create a sample configuration file. By default '\texttt{option network lan}' is
commented. This prevents unsecured sharing of the network over the wireless interface.
config wifi-device "wifi0"
option type "atheros"
option channel "5"
- option agmode "11g"
+ option hwmode "11g"
config wifi-iface
option device "wifi0"
option encryption "none"
\end{Verbatim}
+\paragraph{Generic mac80211 wireless config:}
+
+\begin{Verbatim}
+config wifi-device "wifi0"
+ option type "mac80211"
+ option channel "5"
+
+config wifi-iface
+ option device "wlan0"
+# option network lan
+ option mode "ap"
+ option ssid "OpenWrt"
+ option hidden "0"
+ option encryption "none"
+\end{Verbatim}
+
\paragraph{Generic multi-radio Atheros wireless config:}
\begin{Verbatim}
A full outline of the wireless configuration file with description of each field:
\begin{Verbatim}
-config wifi-device wifi device name
- option type broadcom, atheros
- option country us, uk, fr, de, etc.
- option channel 1-14
- option maxassoc 1-128 (broadcom only)
- option distance 1-n
- option agmode 11b, 11g, 11a, 11bg (atheros only)
+config wifi-device wifi device name
+ option type broadcom, atheros, mac80211
+ option country us, uk, fr, de, etc.
+ option channel 1-14
+ option maxassoc 1-128 (broadcom only)
+ option distance 1-n
+ option hwmode 11b, 11g, 11a, 11bg (atheros, mac80211)
+ option rxantenna 0,1,2 (atheros, broadcom)
+ option txantenna 0,1,2 (atheros, broadcom)
config wifi-iface
- option network the interface you want wifi to bridge with
+ option network the interface you want wifi to bridge with
option device wifi0, wifi1, wifi2, wifiN
- option mode ap, sta, adhoc, or wds
+ option mode ap, sta, adhoc, monitor, or wds
+ option txpower transmission power in dBm
option ssid ssid name
option bssid bssid address
- option encryption none, wep, psk, psk2, wpa, wpa2
+ option encryption none, wep, psk, psk2, wpa, wpa2
option key encryption key
option key1 key 1
option key2 key 2
\item \texttt{mode} \\
The frequency band (\texttt{b}, \texttt{g}, \texttt{bg}, \texttt{a}). This feature is only supported on the atheros chipset.
+ \item \texttt{diversity} \\
+ Optional: Enable diversity for the Wi-Fi device. This feature is supported only on the atheros chipset.
+
+ \item \texttt{rxantenna} \\
+ Optional: Antenna identifier (0, 1 or 2) for reception. This feature is supported by atheros and some broadcom chipsets.
+
+ \item \texttt{txantenna} \\
+ Optional: Antenna identifier (0, 1 or 2) for emission. This feature is supported by atheros and some broadcom chipsets.
\end{itemize}
\item \texttt{adhoc} \\
Ad-Hoc mode
+ \item \texttt{monitor} \\
+ Monitor mode
+
\item \texttt{wds} \\
WDS point-to-point link
\item \texttt{bssid}
Set the BSSID address to be used for wds to set the mac address of the other wds unit.
+ \item \texttt{txpower}
+ Set the transmission power to be used. The amount is specified in dBm.
+
\item \texttt{encryption} \\
Encryption setting. Accepts the following values:
The RADIUS server ip address
\item \texttt{port} (wpa) \\
- The RADIUS server port
+ The RADIUS server port (defaults to 1812)
\item \texttt{hidden} \\
0 broadcasts the ssid; 1 disables broadcasting of the ssid
\end{itemize}
+\paragraph{Wireless Distribution System}
+
+WDS is a non-standard mode which will be working between two Broadcom devices for instance
+but not between a Broadcom and Atheros device.
+
+\subparagraph{Unencrypted WDS connections}
+
+This configuration example shows you how to setup unencrypted WDS connections.
+We assume that the peer configured as below as the BSSID ca:fe:ba:be:00:01
+and the remote WDS endpoint ca:fe:ba:be:00:02 (option bssid field).
+
+\begin{Verbatim}
+config wifi-device "wl0"
+ option type "broadcom"
+ option channel "5"
+
+config wifi-iface
+ option device "wl0"
+ option network lan
+ option mode "ap"
+ option ssid "OpenWrt"
+ option hidden "0"
+ option encryption "none"
+
+config wifi-iface
+ option device "wl0"
+ option network lan
+ option mode wds
+ option ssid "OpenWrt WDS"
+ option bssid "ca:fe:ba:be:00:02"
+\end{Verbatim}
+
+\subparagraph{Encrypted WDS connections}
+
+It is also possible to encrypt WDS connections. \texttt{psk}, \texttt{psk2} and
+\texttt{psk+psk2} modes are supported. Configuration below is an example
+configuration using Pre-Shared-Keys with AES algorithm.
+
+\begin{Verbatim}
+config wifi-device wl0
+ option type broadcom
+ option channel 5
+
+config wifi-iface
+ option device "wl0"
+ option network lan
+ option mode ap
+ option ssid "OpenWrt"
+ option encryption psk2
+ option key "<key for clients>"
+
+config wifi-iface
+ option device "wl0"
+ option network lan
+ option mode wds
+ option bssid ca:fe:ba:be:00:02
+ option ssid "OpenWrt WDS"
+ option encryption psk2
+ option key "<psk for WDS>"
+\end{Verbatim}
+
+\paragraph{802.1x configurations}
+
+OpenWrt supports both 802.1x client and Access Point
+configurations. 802.1x client is only working with
+Atheros or mac80211 drivers. Configuration only
+supports EAP types TLS, TTLS or PEAP.
+
+\subparagraph{EAP-TLS}
+
+\begin{Verbatim}
+config wifi-iface
+ option device "ath0"
+ option network lan
+ option ssid OpenWrt
+ option eap_type tls
+ option ca_cert "/etc/config/certs/ca.crt"
+ option priv_key "/etc/config/certs/priv.crt"
+ option priv_key_pwd "PKCS#12 passphrase"
+\end{Verbatim}
+
+\subparagraph{EAP-PEAP}
+
+\begin{Verbatim}
+config wifi-iface
+ option device "ath0"
+ option network lan
+ option ssid OpenWrt
+ option eap_type peap
+ option ca_cert "/etc/config/certs/ca.crt"
+ option auth MSCHAPV2
+ option identity username
+ option password password
+\end{Verbatim}
\paragraph{Limitations:}
\item 1x \texttt{sta}, 0-3x \texttt{ap}
\item 1-4x \texttt{ap}
\item 1x \texttt{adhoc}
+ \item 1x \texttt{monitor}
\end{itemize}
WDS links can only be used in pure AP mode and cannot use WEP (except when sharing the
\item \textbf{Atheros}: \\
\begin{itemize}
- \item 1x \texttt{sta}, 0-4x \texttt{ap}
- \item 1-4x \texttt{ap}
+ \item 1x \texttt{sta}, 0-Nx \texttt{ap}
+ \item 1-Nx \texttt{ap}
\item 1x \texttt{adhoc}
\end{itemize}
+
+ N is the maximum number of VAPs that the module allows, it defaults to 4, but can be
+ changed by loading the module with the maxvaps=N parameter.
\end{itemize}
\paragraph{Adding a new driver configuration}
-Since we currently only support two different wireless drivers : Broadcom and Atheros,
+Since we currently only support thread different wireless drivers : Broadcom, Atheros and mac80211,
you might be interested in adding support for another driver like Ralink RT2x00,
Texas Instruments ACX100/111.
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