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====== Virtual Wireless ====== | ====== Virtual Wireless ====== | ||
- | The Virtual Wireless menu allows you to create and modify virtual wireless interfaces for virtual wireless networks. | + | The Virtual Wireless menu allows you to create and modify virtual wireless interfaces for virtual wireless networks. This is useful for creating things like guest networks, and separate networks for IoT (Internet of Things) devices, which are often untrusted in terms of security. |
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- | **Interface **- The wireless VIF (Virtual Interface) name\\ **Enabled **- Whether this VIF should be active and brought online \\ **SSID - **The wireless Service Set Identifier** **\\ **Mode - **Allows selection of Interface mode: Access Point, WDS, Wireless Client, etcetera** **\\ **Bridge** - Allows you to select which LAN bridge this VIF should be assigned | + | **Interface **- The wireless VIF (Virtual Interface) name |
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+ | **SSID - **The wireless Service Set Identifier | ||
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+ | **Mode - **Allows selection of the wireless Interface' | ||
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+ | * Access Point | ||
+ | * Access Point + WDS | ||
+ | * Wireless Client | ||
+ | * Wireless Ethernet Bridge | ||
+ | * WDS | ||
+ | * Media Bridge | ||
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+ | For details on Wireless modes, please see the " | ||
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+ | **Bridge** - Allows you to select which LAN bridge this VIF should be assigned | ||
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+ | Virtual wireless networks share the same radio as their corresponding main wireless interface. Because of this, for any virtual wireless network you want to enable, you must ensure the corresponding, | ||
Physical wireless interfaces are listed wl0, wl1, wl2, and so on. An alias (like for physical interfaces) is identified by a period (" | Physical wireless interfaces are listed wl0, wl1, wl2, and so on. An alias (like for physical interfaces) is identified by a period (" | ||
- | Primary and virtual wireless networks share the same radio frequency of the main interface. | + | The more virtual interfaces there are, the more possible |
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===== Virtual Wireless Notes ===== | ===== Virtual Wireless Notes ===== | ||
- | When you create/ | + | When you create/ |
- | When saving changes, the MAC Addresses of all defined non-primary wireless VIFs could sometimes | + | When saving changes, the MAC Addresses of all defined non-primary wireless VIFs could sometimes already |
FreshTomato' | FreshTomato' | ||
- | Configuration settings for the primary VIF of any physical wireless interfaces shouldn' | + | Configuration settings for the primary VIF of any physical wireless interfaces shouldn' |