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Re: Using a Wifi adaptor as a client and an AP at the same time

From	Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.networking
Subject	Re: Using a Wifi adaptor as a client and an AP at the same time
Date	2024-02-13 16:51 +0000
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On 2024-02-13, David Brown wrote:
> On 13/02/2024 15:26, Dan Purgert wrote:
>> On 2024-02-13, David Brown wrote:
>
>>> I have had one Wifi adaptor acting as several different APs / SSIDs, on
>>> different nets, but all on a single channel.
>> 
>> Oh? Which chipset is that?  I've not seen multiple SSIDs supported from
>> the same chip in the consumer kit I've got laying about (or maybe it's
>> less "the chip" and more hostapd...?)
>> 
>
> I've done it with OpenWRT on a TP-Link router - cheap off-the-shelf 
> hardware.  With AP's, you can set up as many as you like when they all 
> go on the same channel.

Yeah, but that's (to my knowledge, anyway) a different chipset than what
one can normally get in a USB stick (or replacement wifi card for a
laptop -- i.e. "in the consumer market").

Then again, things may have changed, and I'm way off base now (used to
be that way back in 2017/18 anyway).

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  Re: Using a Wifi adaptor as a client and an AP at the same time Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-02-13 12:49 +0100
  Re: Using a Wifi adaptor as a client and an AP at the same time Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2024-02-13 12:36 +0000
    Re: Using a Wifi adaptor as a client and an AP at the same time David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-02-13 13:47 +0100
      Re: Using a Wifi adaptor as a client and an AP at the same time Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2024-02-13 14:26 +0000
        Re: Using a Wifi adaptor as a client and an AP at the same time David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-02-13 16:39 +0100
          Re: Using a Wifi adaptor as a client and an AP at the same time Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2024-02-13 16:51 +0000
            Re: Using a Wifi adaptor as a client and an AP at the same time David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-02-13 20:22 +0100

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