[HostAPD issue] - how to create multiple SSIDs

[Douglas Diniz]

Hi, when I run "iw phy0 info", there is this line:

max # scan SSIDs: 4


Is Hostapd using this number as a limit of SSIDs to use?

Yu Li, try to find this line and post it here.




On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Yu Li <yli025 at fiu.edu> wrote:

> Thank your both  for your replies.
> FYI, I have set the MAC address ended with "0", here is how the error
> shows:
>
> ~/Desktop$ sudo hostapd ./test1.conf
> Configuration file: ./test1.conf
> Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 02:23:15:0b:24:40 and ssid 'Discover_Net'
>
> Could not set interface wlan0_0 flags: Device or resource busy
> Failed to add BSS (BSSID=02:23:15:0b:24:41)
> wlan0: Unable to setup interface.
> Failed to remove BSS interface wlan0_0
>
> --------
>
> And here is my test1.conf:
>
> interface=wlan0
> bssid=02:23:15:0b:24:40
> driver=nl80211
> ssid=Discover_Net
> channel=6
> wpa=1
> wpa_passphrase=12345678
> wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> rsn_pairwise=CCMP
>
> bss=wlan0_0
> ssid=DN_0
>
> ====
>
> I don't if I should calculate the MAC and how to do that if so. My
> original MAC on wlan0 is xx:23:15:0b:24:4x, according to the tutorial, I
> just set it to 02:23:15:0b:24:40
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Douglas Diniz <dgdiniz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, the first instruction in this post is to change the MAC, setting the
>> last digit to 0, but your log reports a MAC ended with a "4F"!
>>
>> By the way, is there a limit in the number of SSIDs? Because I can only
>> create 4 SSIDs by card. I tried two different cards (Ubiquiti XR2 and
>> SR71A) and I can only create 4 SSIDs in each of these cards using hostapd
>> 2.0.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Yu Li <yli025 at fiu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> I have been following this post to create multi-SSID:
>>> http://wiki.stocksy.co.uk/wiki/Multiple_SSIDs_with_hostapd
>>>
>>> But in the end when I try to start hostapd daemon, I got the error
>>> message similar to this one:
>>> Could not set interface wlan0_0 flags: Device or resource busy
>>> Failed to add BSS (BSSID=02:22:6b:a6:bb:4f)
>>>
>>> I am not sure if this is a bug or I configured it wrong. I've tried with
>>> hostapd v0.7.3 and v1.1 both with this same issue.
>>> Other information - OS: Ubuntu 12.04, wireless driver: iwlwifi.
>>>
>>> thanks in advance,
>>> --
>>> Lawrence
>>>
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>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Yu Li
>
>


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