From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:49451 "EHLO mail.suse.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752566AbXGBNw6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jul 2007 09:52:58 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:53:09 +0200 From: Jiri Benc To: Joerg Pommnitz Cc: "Cohen, Guy" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg Subject: Re: [WIP] mac80211: kill mgmt interface Message-ID: <20070702155309.5300ef7f@griffin.suse.cz> In-Reply-To: <394827.41199.qm@web51403.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <394827.41199.qm@web51403.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > Von: "Cohen, Guy" > > This is a required feature for Access Points (multiple BSSID). On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 06:38:00 -0700 (PDT), Joerg Pommnitz wrote: > And, just from reading the documentation, it seems to be supported by MadWifi for Atheros > based devices: > > http://madwifi.org/wiki/ngFeatures > > and note the "To create APs which share a single MAC address, use the -bssid flag when > creating the VAPs:" remark. > > Even if no current mac80211 driver supports this feature, the API must not prevent this in the future. What are you talking about? Have you actually looked at mac80211? This is supported from day 0 of d80211. Jiri -- Jiri Benc SUSE Labs