Multiple SSID

[Jeff Meden]

I dont believe the SSID is used past association, its only used during 
'discovery' to tell the client where he should be looking at to 
associate.  A better plan might be a WDS linked pair of radios, each 
offering a different service, but operating on the same channel.  I 
don't know much about WDS so I can't say if this is the best idea or 
not.  By the time you have two radios, you might as well put them on 
spaced apart channels to get more bandwidth.

Jeff


CASASSOVICI Alexander wrote:

>Great!!!
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>Can u map each ssid to a vlan and have various security policies on each
>SSID ? (eg one ssid non-crypted and one with eap/tls & 802.1x)
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>>-----Message d'origine-----
>>De : hostap-bounces+casassov=wave-storm.com at shmoo.com [mailto:hostap-
>>bounces+casassov=wave-storm.com at shmoo.com] De la part de Lukic
>>Envoy? : vendredi 12 septembre 2003 15:03
>>? : hostap at shmoo.com
>>Objet : Re: Multiple SSID
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>>Yes, this works, i tried it right now :-) somwhere on net i found
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>script
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>>named FakeAP, and with it you can generate tousands of fake APs :-)
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>Maybe
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>>it
>>will need to set greater delay (option --sleep) between essid changes,
>>permit only few AP names and it will works just like you need..
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>>Lukic
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>>N49? 02,40' E19? 43,07'
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Jeff Meden <jmeden at qn.net>
>>To: <hostap at shmoo.com>
>>Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 8:38 PM
>>Subject: Re: Multiple SSID
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>>>This is a issue that can be worked around...  Since users will not
>>>de-associate when the SSID is changed, it is possible to 'rotate'
>>>through two or more and pick up users as you go through, to allow
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>users
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>>>to see multiple SSIDs.  With creative timing, this method lets you
>>>migrate from one name to another, without having to reconfigure all
>>>clients at once.  Realistically, to have one AP with multiple IDs
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>goes
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>>>against the idea of the SSID/ESSID as intended in 802.11b, you
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>usually
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>>>dont even want several APs to have more than one, since its a
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>'service
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>>>set ID' and you cant have more than one actual 'service set' on one
>>>channel at one time no matter how hard you try.
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>>>Jeff
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>>>CASASSOVICI Alexander wrote:
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>>>>I'm looking for information about HostAP performances.
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>>>>It looks great... one important question remains unsolved, though:
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>>>>Can HostAP manage multiple SSID on the same Wireless Network (just
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>>>>Cisco is doing in their aironet cards) and hw is it done, (do u get
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>2
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>>>>interfaces...?)
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>>>>Thanx  for your help
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>>>>--
>>>>CASASSOVICI Alexander  -- Ing?nieur ENST
>>>>Soci?t? WaveStorm
>>>>mobile : +33 (0)6 61 17 05 66
>>>>tel : +33 (0)1 45 81 42 13
>>>>mel : casassov at wave-storm.com
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