Re: Multiple SSID support


From: Jim Thompson (jim_at_netgate.com)
Date: 2002-10-01 14:32:45 UTC


No commercial AP does (yet) in a standard release.

Symbol and Cisco are working on it. Others may too.

On Tuesday, October 1, 2002, at 08:01 AM, Mody Sachin (Princeton) wrote:

> Hi,
> Could post those links (to APs that support mmultiple SSIDs) on the
> mailiing list. Alo what changes would be nedded in the hostap code to
> support this kind of feature?
>
> Regards,
> Sachin Mody
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Kelly [mailto:wireless2025_at_yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 2:09 AM
> > To: Jim Thompson; Martin Whitlock
> > Cc: Hostap_at_Lists. Ssh. Com
> > Subject: Re: Multiple SSID support
> >
> >
> > HI Jim / Martin ,
> >             Can you please name the company whose AP's
> > are supporting Multiple SSID . I would like to look
> > into it . Please forward  me documents / website link
> > related to Multiple SSID support if u have .
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mark
> >
> > --- Jim Thompson <jim_at_netgate.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > requires control over association, beacon and probe
> > > response frames.
> > > likely requires f/w changes.
> > >
> > > its really amusing to me, since I developed the idea
> > > back in 1997, and
> > > Cisco/Symbol/Lucent/Intermec/...
> > > were all introduced to it by either me, or someone
> > > after me @
> > > Wayport... and for the longest time, they didn't
> > > 'get it'.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 11:27 AM, Martin
> > > Whitlock wrote:
> > >
> > > > There are a few AP's coming up that supports
> > > multiple SSID. What are
> > > > the possibilities for HostAP to manage this? Could
> > > for example be a
> > > > cool feature if you want separate networks with
> > > different rules
> > > > regarding access control.
> > > >  
> > > > /Martin
> > >
> >
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