Multiple SSIDs in AP mode

[Jacob Mansfield]

On 5 Sep 2013, at 10:05PM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Jacob Mansfield wrote:
>> On 5 Sep 2013, at 8:04AM, Nils Kassube wrote:
>>> AIUI you can do it with Atheros chipsets. With the iw command you
>>> can
>>> create additional interfaces (on the same channel obviously) and use
>>> them with individual SSIDs. I haven't tried it though.
>> 
>> Sorry, I meant to say ad-hoc mode. Are the Atheros chipsets compatible
>> with that?
> 
> Well, I didn't know it, so I tried it with two atheros chipsets, AR2425 
> and AR7010+AR9287. At least with these chipsets it doesn't seem to work. 
> I could only create a single ad-hoc (ibss) interface with each of them.
> 
> I don't know about your application, but if you want to use two 
> simultaneous ad-hoc connections more often it might be an option to buy 
> two USB WLAN adapters. For the TL-WN821N I paid only about €15 some 
> years ago and I think the TL-WN721N is even cheaper. Both are using 
> Atheros chipsets for IEEE 802.11b/g/n. The advantage would be that you 
> can use two separate channels for the two links.
> 
> 
> Nils

I've just ordered a TL-WN821N to see what happens. Out of interest, how would an actual access point handle the situation?

Kind Regards,
Jacob Mansfield
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