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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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+ | Clicking on any of the tabs in the Virtual Wireless Interfaces section displays the configuration/ | ||
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- | **Interface **- The wireless VIF (Virtual Interface) name | + | **Interface: **The wireless VIF (Virtual Interface) name |
- | **Enabled **- Whether this VIF should be active and brought online | + | **Enabled: |
- | **SSID | + | **SSID: |
- | **Mode | + | **Mode: |
- | 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: |
- | **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 as wl0, wl1, wl2, and so on. An alias (like for physical interfaces) is identified by a period (" |
- | 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, | + | The more virtual interfaces there are, the more possible SSIDs you get and the less throughput is available to each client. However, |
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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 (" | + | |
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- | The more virtual interfaces there are, the more possible SSIDs you get and the less throughput is available to each client | + | |
+ | **WFilter: | ||
===== Virtual Wireless Notes ===== | ===== Virtual Wireless Notes ===== | ||
- | When you create/ | + | **Warning!** Avoid using ' |
- | When saving changes, the MAC Addresses of all defined non-primary wireless VIFs could sometimes | + | When you create/ |
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+ | When saving changes, the MAC Addresses of all defined non-primary wireless VIFs could sometimes already | ||
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- | Configuration | + | You should not adjust the configuration |
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