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advanced-wlanvifs [2022/01/21 00:57] – [Virtual Wireless]-grammar hogwild | advanced-wlanvifs [2022/07/15 01:40] – [Virtual Wireless Notes] added warning about using virtual interface on WEB or MB interface hommeoursporc | ||
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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, (for questionable/ |
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**SSID - **The wireless Service Set Identifier | **SSID - **The wireless Service Set Identifier | ||
- | **Mode - **Allows selection of Interface mode: | + | **Mode - **Allows selection of the wireless |
- | Access Point | + | * Access Point |
+ | * Access Point + WDS | ||
+ | * Wireless Client | ||
+ | * Wireless Ethernet Bridge | ||
+ | * WDS | ||
+ | * Media Bridge | ||
- | WDS | + | For details on Wireless modes, please see the " |
- | Wireless Client | + | **Bridge** - Allows you to select to which LAN bridge this VIF should be assigned. |
- | **Bridge** - Allows | + | Virtual wireless networks share the same radio as their corresponding main wireless interface. Thus, for any virtual wireless network |
- | \\ | + | Physical wireless interfaces are listed |
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- | Virtual wireless networks share the same radio used for the the corresponding main wireless interface. Because of this, for any virtual wireless network you want to work, you must ensure the corresponding, | + | |
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- | Physical wireless interfaces are listed wl0, wl1, wl2, and so on. An alias (like for physical interfaces) is identified by a period (" | + | |
The more virtual interfaces there are, the more possible SSIDs you get and the less throughput is available to each client (though this is hardly noticeable for up to 4-5 virtual SSIDs). | The more virtual interfaces there are, the more possible SSIDs you get and the less throughput is available to each client (though this is hardly noticeable for up to 4-5 virtual SSIDs). | ||
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===== Virtual Wireless Notes ===== | ===== Virtual Wireless Notes ===== | ||
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+ | **Warning!** Avoid using ' | ||
When you create/ | When you create/ | ||
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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' |