aredn/files/usr/local/bin/mgr/station_monitor.lua

--[[

	Part of AREDN -- Used for creating Amateur Radio Emergency Data Networks
	Copyright (C) 2023 Tim Wilkinson
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local unresponsive_max = 3
local last = {}
local wifiiface
local frequency
local ssid

local IW = "/usr/sbin/iw"
local ARPING = "/usr/sbin/arping"

local logfile = "/tmp/station_monitor.log"
if not file_exists(logfile) then
    io.open(logfile, "w+"):close()
end
local log = aredn.log.open(logfile, 8000)

function rejoin_network()
    os.execute(IW .. " " .. wifiiface .. " ibss leave")
    nixio.nanosleep(1, 0)
    os.execute(IW .. " " .. wifiiface .. " ibss join " .. ssid .. " " .. frequency .. " fixed-freq")
    log:write("Rejoining network")
    log:flush()
end

function station_monitor()
    if not string.match(get_ifname("wifi"), "^wlan") then
        exit_app()
    else
        wait_for_ticks(math.max(1, 120 - nixio.sysinfo().uptime))

        wifiiface = get_ifname("wifi")
        frequency = iwinfo.nl80211.frequency(wifiiface)
        ssid = iwinfo.nl80211.ssid(wifiiface)

        -- Mikrotik AC hardware has some startup issues which we try to resolve
        -- by leaving and rejoining the network
        local boardid = aredn.hardware.get_board_id():lower()
        if boardid:match("mikrotik") and boardid:match("ac") then
            rejoin_network()
        end

        while true
        do
            run_station_monitor()
            wait_for_ticks(60) -- 1 minute
        end
    end
end

function run_station_monitor()

    -- Check each station to make sure we can broadcast and unicast to them
    local total = 0
    local old = last
    last = {}
    arptable(
        function (entry)
            if entry.Device == wifiiface then
                local ip = entry["IP address"]
                local mac = entry["HW address"]
                if entry["Flags"] ~= "0x0" and ip and mac then
                    -- Two arp pings - the first is broadcast, the second unicast
                    for line in io.popen(ARPING .. " -c 2 -I " .. wifiiface .. " " .. ip):lines()
                    do
                        -- If we see exactly one response then we neeed to force the station to reassociate
                        -- This indicates that broadcasts work, but unicasts dont
                        if line:match("Received 1 response") then
                            local val = (old[ip] or 0) + 1
                            last[ip] = val
                            if val > 1 then
                                log:write("Possible unresponsive node: " .. ip .. " [" .. mac .. "]")
                                log:flush()
                                if val > total then
                                    total = val
                                end
                            end
                            break
                        end
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    )

    -- If we find unresponsive nodes too often then we leave and rejoin the network
    -- to reset everything
    if total >= unresponsive_max then
        last = {}
        rejoin_network()
    end
end

return station_monitor