[Babel-users] Communication broken on reboot/interface restart

[Matthieu Boutier]

> On server 192.168.13.101 :
> 
> ra0       Ralink STA  ESSID:"redmesh13"  Nickname:"RT2870STA"
>          Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency=5.24 GHz  Cell: DA:3B:5A:12:D1:AC

> On Rpi 192.168.13.1 after down/up interface or reboot, connection lost :
> 
> ra0       Ralink STA  ESSID:"redmesh13"  Nickname:"RT2870STA"
>          Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency=5.24 GHz  Cell: B2:CE:17:57:F0:CA   

> Yes after reboot or down/up interface, Cell and Essid are the same on
> both nodes.

Isn't "Cell" the Cell number (BSSID) ? Are they also different when it works ?

> I have some news :
> 
> When I down/up interface or reboot, if I set at least 10 times the wifi
> config :
> for i in {1..10}; do /usr/bin/iwconfig %i mode Ad-Hoc channel ${channel}
> essid "${essid}" && sleep 0.5; done

iwconfig %i ? You mean, ra0 ?

And so, what if you manually set the Cell number ?

    iwconfig ra0 ap DA:3B:5A:12:D1:AC

Matthieu