On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 4:14 PM, Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 01/02/2018 04:28 AM, Fejes József wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> This question was asked a couple of years ago (eg. here >> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/hostap/2012-January/025117.html) >> with a negative answer. >> >> However, it seems like things have changed in Linux at least. Recent >> wifi cards support multiple virtual interfaces with multiple channels. >> Eg. with the command: iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan1 type __ap . >> Thus even if I have one card with one chip, I can have multiple wlan >> devices and the card will handle communication with different >> bands/channels accordingly. > > > Which cards do you think support this option? > For example iw reports this for a BCM4366 (it also reports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands in the channel list): valid interface combinations: * #{ managed } <= 1, #{ P2P-device } <= 1, #{ P2P-client, P2P-GO } <= 1, total <= 3, #channels <= 1 * #{ managed } <= 1, #{ AP } <= 1, #{ P2P-client } <= 1, #{ P2P-device } <= 1, total <= 4, #channels <= 1 * #{ AP } <= 4, total <= 4, #channels <= 1, STA/AP BI must match Last combination is the key, you can create 4 AP-type interfaces at the same time. Although it says channels<=1 which is weird for dual-band but whatever. I've seen pastes where channels was 2. > > Thanks, > Ben > >> >> My question is, does hostap work with such virtually created >> interfaces for the same chip? >> >> It would be even better if hostap could create such virtual interfaces >> on its own. Is it supported or is it going to be supported? >> >> Cheers, >> Jozsef >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hostap mailing list >> Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap >> > > -- > Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
