[HostAPD issue] - how to create multiple SSIDs

[Yu Li]

Thanks for relying Jouni.

I am only aware of iwlwifi supporting AP mode (master mode). But I have not
find any document demonstrating that iwlwifi does not support creating
multiple SSIDs. Would you point out the source of it?

thanks,


On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 06:44:33PM -0400, Yu Li wrote:
> > I have been following this post to create multi-SSID:
> > http://wiki.stocksy.co.uk/wiki/Multiple_SSIDs_with_hostapd
> >
> > But in the end when I try to start hostapd daemon, I got the error
> message
> > similar to this one:
> > Could not set interface wlan0_0 flags: Device or resource busy
> > Failed to add BSS (BSSID=02:22:6b:a6:bb:4f)
> >
> > I am not sure if this is a bug or I configured it wrong. I've tried with
> > hostapd v0.7.3 and v1.1 both with this same issue.
> > Other information - OS: Ubuntu 12.04, wireless driver: iwlwifi.
>
> You would need to use a driver and WLAN hardware that supports multiple
> AP mode interfaces for this to work. I don't think iwlwifi is such a
> driver.
>
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