AW: [WIP] mac80211: kill mgmt interface

AW: [WIP] mac80211: kill mgmt interface

[Joerg Pommnitz]

And, just from reading the documentation, it seems to be supported by M=
adWifi 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.

-- =20
Regards
       Joerg

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Betreff: RE: [WIP] mac80211: kill mgmt interface



Jiri Benc wrote:
> > Can one run multiple MLME (e.g. hostapd) instances to run multiple
> virtual master mode interfaces
> > for different networks? With different BSSID?
>=20
> I don't think that would be ever possible when using monitor
> interfaces.
>=20
> On the other hand, it doesn't make much sense to support that. The
> interfaces are not completely independent, e.g. you cannot tune to
> different channels on different virtual interfaces. Therefore, at
least
> a minimal knowledge about virtual interfaces would be needed in more
> complicated user space MLMEs.

This is a required feature for Access Points (multiple BSSID).






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AW: [WIP] mac80211: kill mgmt interface

[Joerg Pommnitz]

Tomas Winkler <tomasw@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is probably difference between running multiple hostapd
> instances and running in multiple BSSID mode over one interface,
> meaning that hostapad is running multiple instances of MLME. I guess
> the original post was a bit confusing.
> I'm not sure if and how current implementation of hostapd can do that,
> but that's probably question for another mailing list.

What triggered my initial mail was the concern that I did not see how
one monitor interface could be used to control multiple AP interfaces.
Obviously there must be a link that allows the MLME to associate
frames that it receives from the monitor IF to a specific AP interface.

I wanted to make sure that the API provides such an association. If
this is already the case, my point is mute and I will go back to lurking.
 
--  
Regards
 
       Joerg




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