Is iw telling me I can't do it

[Krishna Chaitanya]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:39 PM, John Finley <john.finley at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I can set up my wireless card as an AP, as a STA, or as both AP and STA. What I want to do next is set it up as an AP with two SSIDs (one will be WPA2, and one will be open). I have groped around through various postings, and I *think* iw is telling me I can't do it, but wanted to make sure.
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> The card is as follows (from dmesg):
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>         ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9300 Rev:3 mem=0xa0c80000, irq=155
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> Amidst all the "iw list" output, I have:
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>         valid interface combinations:
>                  * #{ managed, WDS, P2P-client } <= 2048, #{ AP, P2P-GO } <= 8,
>                    total <= 2048, #channels <= 1, STA/AP BI must match
>                  * #{ AP } <= 1,
>                    total <= 1, #channels <= 1, STA/AP BI must match, radar detect widths: { 20 MHz (no HT), 20 MHz }
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> I have only seen the information in the first bullet in other postings, and if I had only that, I'd assume dual SSIDs was possible. However, I think the second bullet is telling me I can only have one >AP. Is that right? If so, then is the correct interpretation of this output that the maximum number of APs I can run is one (second bullet), and the maximum of the sum of the number of APs and P2P->GOs I can have is eight, e.g. one AP + seven P2P-GO, or zero AP + eight P2P-GO.