From 978c673052577ce1ad80c693100ba94a7f3fa2ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jouni Malinen Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:58:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note on using 'iw list' to determine multi-BSS support This adds a pointer to hostapd.conf to using 'iw list' with the current nl80211 drivers to determine supported interface combinations. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen --- hostapd/hostapd.conf | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/hostapd/hostapd.conf b/hostapd/hostapd.conf index b5770a4f0..5012fbc9d 100644 --- a/hostapd/hostapd.conf +++ b/hostapd/hostapd.conf @@ -1731,6 +1731,11 @@ own_ip_addr=127.0.0.1 # - is not the same as the MAC address of the radio # - is not the same as any other explicitly specified BSSID # +# Not all drivers support multiple BSSes. The exact mechanism for determining +# the driver capabilities is driver specific. With the current (i.e., a recent +# kernel) drivers using nl80211, this information can be checked with "iw list" +# (search for "valid interface combinations"). +# # Please note that hostapd uses some of the values configured for the first BSS # as the defaults for the following BSSes. However, it is recommended that all # BSSes include explicit configuration of all relevant configuration items.