Hi Javier,
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have created multiple wlan virtual interfaces with 1 card and changed the
>> mac address of the virtual interfaces to differ from the actual interface.
>> I'd created 3 mesh points using those different virtual interfaces.
>>
>> when all the virtual mesh point are up, from wireshark, I can only see the
>> beacon from from the 1st interface which I'd turn up. The beacon frame from
>> other mesh points are not detect-able.
>>
>> In the case of virtual AP , multiple virtual interface with different mac
>> address was created and by using hostapd, multiple virtual AP with different
>> SSID had created. In this case, with wireshark, all the beacon from all the
>> AP can be detected.
>>
>> is it possible for virtual mesh point to send beacon as what happen in
>> virtual AP? Any modification of code needed?
>
>Not that i know of. We use the mac80211 beaconing framework, and last
>time I checked this would only allow beaconing on one of the virtual
>interfaces.
>I was not aware that you could create multiple virtual APs either. My
>understanding is that you would do that with a single AP interface and
>multiple vlans with hostapd.
>
>Javier
I am using kernel 3.0.0 rc2, git from open11s with ath9k card.
I had been successfully created up to 4 virtual interface by using iw
application in managed mode. The mac addresses of the virtual interfaces had
been changed accordingly so that it is different from each other.
By using hostapd, I had created 4 ap using those virtual interfaces with four
different SSID. The beacon frame can be seen from wireshark for each of the
SSID.
I found this in the ath5k page:
2010-10-05
Support for virtual STA and AP added: Support for up to 4 virtual APs and as
many virtual STA interfaces as desired got added (commit).
This feature is sometimes also called "Multi ESSID" and allows us to
configure several AP and STA interfaces on top of only one physical
device.
It is something similar which I'd done. Would it be the same in case of ath9k?
If ap and mp is using the same beaconing framework, by creating virtual mp
using iw application, should the virtual mp also sending out individual beacon
as in the case of virtual ap?
Thanks,
Ming Ann
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