Multiple SSID with WiFi adapter and hostapd?

[Olivier Nicole]

Olivier,

> I have a question for short (since I failed, possibly due to
> configuration inabilities of myself): is it possible to have multiple
> SSID on the very same WiFi hardware adapter (TP-Link Atheros based
> type)?

Yes. DD-WRT does that very well.

Bests,

Olivier

>  Idea is, to have pseudo device wlan0 assigned to a SSID for the
> internal use and another SSID for guests, which is not allowed to access
> internal server infrastructure. I tried another pseudo device "wlan1"
> and configured it the very same way in /etc/hostapd.conf, but this failed.
>
> Please set me CC/email me, I do not subscribe the list.
>
>
> Thanks in advance and regards,
>
> oliver
>