ath vap - second hostap _almost_ works

[John Nielsen]

Sam et al-

I just upgraded my "router" box to -CURRENT so I could try out the new vap 
code. The upgrade went fine and the single access point setup I had 
before works fine on wlan0.

I'm trying to set up a second access point for an "insecure" network. I am 
able to create and configure the wlan1 interface and clients can see the 
SSID and associate to the network. However the access point is unable to 
send traffic over the interface (the 103 network below):

stealth# ping 192.168.103.240
PING 192.168.103.240 (192.168.103.240): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Network is down

Interestingly, it can receive traffic just fine. DHCP, for instance:

stealth# tcpdump -i wlan1
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on wlan1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 68 bytes
10:35:32.557438 IP 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, 
Request [|bootp]
10:35:36.558022 IP 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, 
Request [|bootp]

etc. dhcpd receives and acts on the requests but is unable to send 
replies:

Jul 22 10:11:13 stealth dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:1b:77:9d:ab:ba 
(jnielsengl1830) via wlan1
Jul 22 10:11:13 stealth dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.103.240 to 
00:1b:77:9d:ab:ba (jnielsengl1830) via wlan1
Jul 22 10:11:13 stealth dhcpd: send_packet: Network is down

The problem seems to follow the second hostap device configured (e.g. 
wlan1). I swapped the networks and the insecure one worked propery and 
the "old" network stopped working. I'm trying to determine if this is a 
misconfiguration on my part, a software bug or a hardware limitation. 
I've tested with ipfw turned off via sysctl and with and without hidessid 
and bgscan on both interfaces. Details of my setup:

FreeBSD stealth.jnielsen.net 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Mon Jul 
21 03:24:10 EDT 2008     
john at stealth.jnielsen.net:/usr/obj/usr/src8/src/sys/STEALTH  i386

(D-Link DWL-G520 PCI card)
ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xe5040000-0xe504ffff irq 16 at device 8.0 on 
pci0
ath0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 radio 4.5

stealth# egrep "ath|wlan" /etc/rc.conf | grep -v "^#"
wlans_ath0="wlan0 wlan1"
create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap"
create_args_wlan1="wlanmode hostap wlanaddr 10:0d:88:a6:61:a8"
ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.3.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid sixten 
wepmode on deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:0x[26 digit hex key]"
ifconfig_wlan1="inet 192.168.103.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid freewifi 
wepmode off"

stealth# ifconfig ath0 && ifconfig wlan0 && ifconfig wlan1
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
        ether 00:0d:88:a6:61:a8
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
        status: running
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 
1500
        ether 00:0d:88:a6:61:a8
        inet 192.168.3.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.3.255
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
        status: running
        ssid sixten channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:0d:88:a6:61:a8
        regdomain FCC indoor ecm authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 1
        wepkey 1:104-bit txpower 19 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme burst ff
        dturbo dtimperiod 1 -dfs
wlan1: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 
mtu 1500
        ether 10:0d:88:a6:61:a8
        inet 192.168.103.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.103.255
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
        status: running
        ssid freewifi channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g) bssid 10:0d:88:a6:61:a8
        regdomain FCC indoor ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 19
        scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme burst ff dturbo dtimperiod 1 -dfs

Any input greatly appreciated. Thanks!

JN