Create new virtual wireless interface?

[smasher]

Running Merlin on an AC68U and an N66U, I can't figure out how to create a new virtual wireless interface.

# ifconfig | grep 'wl'
wl0.1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:11
wl0.2     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:12
wl0.3     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:13
wl1.1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:15
wl1.2     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:16
wl1.3     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:17

I've tried several incantations of "ifconfig" and "ip", but I can't create new virtual wireless interfaces, eg "wl0.4" and "wl1.4".

Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[RMerlin]

These are created by enabling Guest networking.

 

[smasher]

Yeah, turning on Guest Networking creates three virtual wireless interfaces per radio. How do I enable more/additional virtual wireless interfaces?

eg if I want to create wl0.4, wl0.5, wl1.4, wl1.5?

 

[Val D.]

How do I enable more virtual wireless interfaces?

If you live somewhere around my place and dare to create more than two SSID per band... I'll find you, I promise.

 

[RMerlin]

Yeah, turning on Guest Networking creates three virtual wireless interfaces per radio. How do I enable more/additional virtual wireless interfaces?

eg if I want to create wl0.4, wl0.5, wl1.4, wl1.5?

You can't. The firmware is only designed to handle those allowed by Guest Networking.

 

[smasher]

No work-around?

Any other commodity/consumer hardware that would allow more virtual wireless interfaces?

 

[RMerlin]

No work-around?

Not from an end-user's point of view, no. The firmware code simply doesn't know how to handle any additional interface that it didn't configure itself.

Any other commodity/consumer hardware that would allow more virtual wireless interfaces?

Probably none in the home market. What you want is very unique, and might require either business-class products, or custom-made setups.