On Wednesday, 24 June 2020 23:13:50 CEST Mark Birss wrote:
What other debug information are available to troubleshoot connection issues?
The first question you have to answer: Is the lower layer working or did the lower layer break? Can be tested easily with multicast/broadcast and unicast pings on the lower device. Don't assume that the driver/firmware didn't break the connection because you see entries in the originator table. And also don't assume that the link is working just because you've only tested unicast packets on the lower device. WiFi drivers/firmware started to only partially (and "accidentally") kill links for only unicast OR for broadcast.
I have enabled for OpenWRT echo "CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DEBUG=y" >> .config echo "CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DEBUGFS=y" >> .config echo "CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_BLA=y" >> .config echo "CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DAT=y" >> .config echo "CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_MCAST=y" >> .config echo "CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_NC=n" >> .config echo "CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_BATMAN_V=y" >> .config echo "CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_SYSFS=y" >> .config echo "CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_TRACING=y" >> .config
echo 255 > /sys/class/net/bat0/mesh/log_level cat /sys/kernel/debug/batman_adv/bat0/log
Seems about right from the batman-adv perspective. Of course, also check the originator/neighbor and local/global translation tables. Use this information to check whether the packets are routed correctly through the lower interfaces. Just use tools like (batctl) tcpdump to capture this traffic. You can also use a recent wireshark to dissect pcaps from the lower interfaces.
You could also start to trace packets using trace-cmd and similar tools to figure out where your packets end up inside the kernel.
since i want to understand also why on wifi mesh seems to crash for me ath10k
I've heard multiple persons complain in recent months about stability problems of ath10k. So maybe it is the same problem here. But unfortunately, I don't have more information than various threads [1] on this mailing list.
Kind regards, Sven
[1] https://lists.open-mesh.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-...