What driver and firmware (if applicable) are you using?
Virtual stations should be independent of each other unless
the driver/firmware has limitations.
Thanks,
Ben
On 07/03/2018 04:19 AM, kiran k wrote:
Hi,
I tried creating multiple interface creation using iw. Started wpa
supplicant and it associates with upstream AP. Then created a new
virtual interface using iw command "iw dev [radio-dev-name] interface
add [virtual-ap-name] type __ap "
Now the virtual interface is created and I am able to see the
secondary interface sending out beacons. Is it possible to replicate
the same functionality using wpa_supplicant and hostapd running
simultaneously.
If I put in configuration as described above the station interface
goes down since hostapd sets the primary interface in to AP mode. Can
you let me know how do I achieve this using hostapd and wpa
supplicant.
Thanks,
Kiran
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 10:08 PM Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 06/26/2018 10:04 PM, kiran k wrote:
Hi,
Is it possible to run WPA Supplicant on primary interface so that
primary interface would act as station interface and hostapd would run
on other VAPs. From second interface the VAPs would function in AP
mode.
You need a driver that supports multiple vdevs, and then create one vdev to
act as a station and use another (maybe the auto-created wlanX) as the AP.
Thanks,
Ben
I have started supplicant and the primary STA interface connects to
upstream interface. When I start hostapd, hostapd sets the interface
mode in kernel to AP using nl command NL80211_CMD_SET_INTERFACE. The
driver sets the interface to AP mode. The driver supports AP+station
mode. The config files I am using are
wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
ap_scan=1
network={
ssid="UPSTREAM"
key_mgmt=NONE
}
hostapd.conf
interface=eth6
driver=nl80211
ssid=UPSTREAM
hw_mode=b
channel=1
start_disabled=1
wpa=0
bss=wl1.1
wpa=0
ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
ctrl_interface_group=0
bssid=02:90:4C:2C:20:84
ssid=VAP1
ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd_wl01
ctrl_interface_group=0
Can someone please provide more information how this is configured
from hostapd or is there an issue with the configuration or other
issues.
Thanks & Regards,
Kiran
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