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actually, I was kidding about the competitor thing, wanted
to see if it'd start a fire. It's something I'd thought of, but you can't
route based on Virtual AP SSID
Having an invididual hotspot page per virtual SSID would be
cool, on a wholesale level... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Reed Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 10:44 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Virtual AP I guess my question is, how does advertising the competitor's name help you? I like the wholesale idea though. I may have to pursue that in the future. Scott Reed Owner NewWays Wireless Networking Network Design, Installation and Administration www.nwwnet.net The season is Christmas, not X-mas, not the holiday, but Christmas, because Christ was born to provide salvation to all who will believe! ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Rick Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 10:15:08 -0500 Subject: RE: [WISPA] Virtual AP > Yep, I create virtual SSIDs for all my competitors names (they only do DSL) :) > > I also wholesale service off one of my towers via 2.4 and 900 mhz to a local computer guy that likes to see his name "in the air" - > the virtual SSID thing was a natural win... > > Not sure about the broadcast thing...haven't seen a performance hit because of the virtual ssid's ... > R > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Davis > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:57 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Virtual AP > > Mikrotik APs have the capability to create a "Virtual AP" with a secondary SSID, but I haven't found much documentation about it. > > Has anyone used this feature much? I could see this being useful during a transitional period, while you are changing the SSID, so > you can access the CPE with the "old" ssid. > I could also see this being useful for colocating two companies on the same tower/AP, like if you have an ISP geared toward > residential service, and another company name/marketing scheme for business customers. > I don't know what kind of performance impact there is when you create a bunch of APs on one radio. > > I had a wierd thought about this, however: If I have 40 clients on an AP, and set up 40 "virtual AP's" on the network with each > client on his own SSID, do they count as 40 PTP links, allowing me to kick up the antenna gain like with the CPE? > > Does the virtual AP really broadcast a secondary SSID, or does it switch between the two rapidly, kind of like a poor man's Time > Division Multiplexing. > > Pete Davis > NoDial.net > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.7/214 - Release Date: 12/23/2005 > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.7/214 - Release Date: 12/23/2005 > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ------- End of Original Message ------- -- -- |
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