[drdedus]

hello i am on the latest 12/07/2023 - r54475 on a tp-link 3600 v1

wlan0 is in station mode and i am getting the internet through a municipality free wifi, from wlan0.1 and wlan1 (5Ghz)

the Ssid is one .... but is transmitted from many Access points around me in the same channel..!

i tried whitelist the one with the better signal but every couple of minutes the router is changing municipality access point and i have disconnections.

is there anything i can do?
can i whitelist one or two Access points somehow maybe through firewall?

Thank you

[kernel-panic69]

There used to be a shell script (AutoAP) that was for this purpose, but it is defunct and only supported older Broadcom routers. It would have to be re-developed and tested for Atheros devices. Your MAC whitelist is for clients connecting, not APs you are connecting to.

[drdedus]

thank you
I thought the problem with wireless mac filtering was there for many people, so i was expecting to already there a solution for this.

i have some other routers, maybe one of them is Broadcom, so i will try to find the script.


if someone knows about Atheros, how to choose only one mac address and connect (wlan0=station) please post .

[ho1Aetoo]

Atheros routers have the field BSSID in station mode

BSSID = MAC address of the access point

[kernel-panic69]

Thanks for that. I had forgotten that was added some time ago during the switch from 'client' to 'station' naming.

[drdedus]

[ho1Aetoo]

I just tested it, it works perfectly here.

The Options does nothing other than write the BSSID into the wpa_supplicant.conf

By the way, I'm getting tired of all the garbage being posted all the time about this and that wouldn't work without providing any evidence.

I don't know what you mean by "old" either, the option hasn't been around that long

https://svn.dd-wrt.com/changeset/49126

To test, simply enter any bullshit MAC as BSSID and press “apply”.

The WLAN interface should then no longer connect because there is no AP with the MAC.

[drdedus]

i done it but it is connecting like before.
Clever trick by the way.

i remind you that behind the one Ssid there is more than 10 access points in the same channel but with different mac addresses.
my radio mode is in just "station" mode.
i am explain for any other wants to know.

The other dd-wrt routers i have here is 2 different versions of the TL-WR841N.

The one i have is with old firmware (maybe 3-5 years), suggested by a forum member for low memory routers.

Even with this i have the same problem. it doesn't jump from one access point to other but i have to reboot 1-3 times so i will connect by lack to the one i want.
I don't remember well because it's not plugged in and maybe I have done the same mistake we discussed before with wireless Mac filter...

The second 841 is always with the latest firmware. Same here.
The last time i tried with this device/firmware was a month ago.

[ho1Aetoo]

post screenshots

Wireless_Basic.asp (Station Inferface)
Status_Wireless.asp (Status Station Interface + connected Clients)

and the contents of wpa_supplicant.conf

[drdedus]

are these what you asked?

[ho1Aetoo]

.. there is no BSSID in the wpa_supplicant.conf
Did you actually press “apply”?

Can you please test build r53339?

I would be interested to know if this is a current problem or has been broken on your router for a while
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[drdedus]

yes save and apply and reboot and power.

i tested the build you asked (without reset) and it is the same everything.
the command is giving me the same.

if you want more ask me.
if you want reset please tomorrow.
if you want take the aeroplane and come!

[ho1Aetoo]

Yes, thanks, I'll see if I can find the error and ask the developer.

The problem seems to be that your GUI settings are not transferred to the configuration file.

The BSSID would have to be written to wpa_supplicant.conf

[drdedus]

i will try the reset tomorrow.
Here except the 841 i also have
a RT-N16 asus but with tomato installed
(and some other like mikrotik xiaomi etc and outdoors again tplink mikrotik ubnt etc )
but i want more to work with my lovely tplink 3600 .

[dale_gribble39]

I do not have a VAP configured on this device, but this is a straight reconfiguration from AP to Station mode and changing the necessary bits for testing with no reset after upgrading to current release. Posting from a laptop connected wired to the device <wink>