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--- howto:general:wireless:virtual_ap [2015/05/22 07:56]
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+++ howto:general:wireless:virtual_ap [2018/05/24 09:05] (current)
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 ==== Related topics ====
-  * [[documentation:configuration:uci|UCI]]
   * [[documentation:configuration:config_files:config_wireless|/etc/config/wireless]]
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 ==== GUI ====
-Not available, yet
+In this tutorial we will create a virtual access point.
-==== UCI Config System ====
+At first open your browser and go to your router's configurations website (default: 192.168.11.1). Log in to the router with your password.
-  * **Define virtual wireless interface**
+Go to the __Network Settings__ tab and then to __Wireless__. Here you can see your radios.
-__Note:__ the device 'wl0' must be replaced by the device listed in your 'wifi-device' section! ((details see 'UCI config files' section))
-<code>
-uci add wireless wifi-iface
-uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[-1].device=wl0
-uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[-1].mode=ap
-uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[-1].network=guest
-uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[-1].ssid=guest-wlan
-uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[-1].encryption=mixed-psk
-uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[-1].key=guest-access
-</code>
-  * **Store changes**
+{{ :howto:general:wireless:virtualap.png?nolink&900 |}}
-<code>
-uci commit wireless
-</code>
-  * **Apply changes**
-<code>
-wifi
-</code>
-==== UCI config files (native) ====
-Configuration file: [[documentation:configuration:config_files:config_wireless|/etc/config/config_wireless]]
-As stated before, a vap consists of a new 'wifi-interface' section in the wireless configuration file, which points to an existing //'wifi-device'//.
-So the first step is to look for the wireless-device which should broadcast the new SSID.
-In our example, the device we are looking for is '**wl0**':
-<code>
-config wifi-device 'wl0'
-        option device 'wl0'
-        option type 'brcm'
-        option country 'CH'
-        option hwmode '11g'
-        option htmode 'HT20'
-        option channel '0'
-        option disabled '0'
-</code>
-   * **Add wireless-interface**
-Now we can add the new wireless-interface with the //'device'//-option set to our physical device.
-<code>
-config wifi-iface
-        option device 'wl0'
-        option mode 'ap'
-        option network 'guest'
-        option ssid 'guest-wlan'
-        option encryption 'mixed-psk'
-        option key 'guest-access'
-</code>
-   * **Apply changes**
-To get the new setup working, the config needs to be reloaded:
-<code>
-wifi
-</code>
-As mentioned, the VAP results in an independent interface to the routers operating system.
-Generally the new interface name is the physical device, followed by a continuos number (wl0, wl0-1, wl0-2, ...) ((the section order in /etc/config/wireless is significant)).
-<code>
-wl0-1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr CE:E1:D5:9F:12:DF
-          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
-          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:144036
-          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
-          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
-          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
-</code>
+In the under right corner of every radio you will notice a button [+] which creates a new virtual access point. After creating the access point a SSID is required to apply the changes. Make sure to encrypt your vAP!
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