From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-we0-x22d.google.com (mail-we0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C90321F0BA for ; Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:10:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-we0-f173.google.com with SMTP id u56so3116912wes.32 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:10:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=w8Rxjt4Jj7aU2UImT6zO2g5Mlyl9Jf0+4V4G9yIonPY=; b=uieMZgUrM8VcI7cAcxUiNauY0EUAAc56VhHSgnoODvHSe45rEpncpAe90LqOFdL34G wiLYe5NNt2Tly4loL7YT27B9grycZpyaSz/MolmEZ9NFr/e/fi10Mxwb6u1MTo9KZsdt otztD0QhlwZ8gkX2+HVVggjN0W/maOD6FocqXx0L/MpafCuecu33F4fcOQ8iEsYXYltG T8gbMRyr14hz/V0GdgOMFvc4iLgBxwNBSCtltirn4oYI0vE16LyY7F6AXu96NbByariw APfeAGRIcVk2KTHLF03IeUEGnb1oZDxV6eRjtJ4g1HPwv5z+zb3jM6TB+eOpOYBe1+vj /kkQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.184.14 with SMTP id eq14mr5882881wic.56.1384492216301; Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:10:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.217.51.5 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:10:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:10:16 -0800 Message-ID: From: Dave Taht To: Kelvin Edmison Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Stuart Cheshire , cerowrt-devel Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Recommendations for cerowrt multi-ap at home? X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 05:10:18 -0000 On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Kelvin Edmison wrote: > I've been experimenting with two WNDR3800s and meshing, and I'm starting = to > wonder if meshing is the right answer for a typical residential user who > needs multiple APs. Well, an alternative is to bridge or use WDS. > > My use case is a single cable internet connection, and a footprint that > needs 2 APs to provide sufficient high-performance coverage. I would lik= e > to provide guest and internal WiFi networks at both APs, so that both wil= l > be reasonably fast. > > I initially set up mesh mode according to wiki directions, and have it > mostly up and running. I can ping from a machine connected to the second > router, across the mesh, to the first router and out to the internet. > > The problems I am experiencing are that > 1) the second router by default isn't set to forward DNS requests to the > first router, so I have to configure each of the interfaces manually to > supply the IP of the primary router as the DNS server ? that's one line > 2) both routers try to maintain DNS for home.lan and do not exchange > information. That is something of a problem. The right thing here would be to use subnet= s downstairs.home.lan upstairs.home.lan so you can have the databases be correctly separated. > 3) the Macs in the household go a little nuts when they change networks a= s > they seem to detect the mdns repeater as a conflict when trying to assume > ownership of the hostname on the new network. My Mac's hostname has chan= ged > repeatedly to avoid the conflict and is now tesla-71.local. stuart cheshire is starting up a project to make dns-sd with a hybrid proxy work right, so we can git rid of the klugey multicast forwarding causing this problem (on WAY more networks than just ceros, this is a problem on many campus's worldwide) and actually use the defined standard for dealing with multiple mdns subnets. http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-cheshire-mdnsext-hybrid-02 some code already exists as fallout of the homenet wg and was demonstrated at ietf. It works... It will be a huge relief to have this problem resolved sometime in the near future. developers wanted! > > Is mesh the right way to go here? What are best practices for tackling > these issues? > > Thanks, > Kelvin > > _______________________________________________ > Cerowrt-devel mailing list > Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel > --=20 Dave T=E4ht Fixing bufferbloat with cerowrt: http://www.teklibre.com/cerowrt/subscribe.= html