Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:58623 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754254AbXGABsM convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:48:12 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: RE: [WIP] mac80211: kill mgmt interface Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 04:48:06 +0300 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20070622151514.028a644d@griffin.suse.cz> From: "Cohen, Guy" To: "Jiri Benc" , "Joerg Pommnitz" Cc: , "Johannes Berg" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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? > > I don't think that would be ever possible when using monitor > interfaces. > > 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).