One router - Two networks, Two SSIDs,Two channels

Is there a 3rd party software to configure a standard home router to act as
a Wireless Access Point for two different networks and two different SSIDs?

jeepers wrote:
> Is there a 3rd party software to configure a standard home router to act as
> a Wireless Access Point for two different networks and two different SSIDs?

At the same time? How would that work?

Wouldn't the 'device' (router/AP) need two radios to do that?

And then (exactly) what would its function be?

Do you have some kind of existing commercial presumably expensive device
to exemplify what you are talking about?


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"jeepers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is there a 3rd party software to configure a standard home router to act
> as a Wireless Access Point for two different networks and two different
> SSIDs?
>
give us the detailed scenario you are attempting to create,
and then we may be able to help.....

On 08/06/10 03:03, jeepers wrote:
> Is there a 3rd party software to configure a standard home router to act as
> a Wireless Access Point for two different networks and two different SSIDs?

If you can drop the 'two channels' requirement it's easy enough. If it
has to be two channels then just using two APs would probably be cheaper.

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OK. Maybe 2 channels aren't needed but desired just the same to reduce
congestion on each frequency. Still.... how would a single router be
configured to handle 2 networks and 2 SSIDs on one channel?


alexd wrote:
> On 08/06/10 03:03, jeepers wrote:
>> Is there a 3rd party software to configure a standard home router to
>> act as a Wireless Access Point for two different networks and two
>> different SSIDs?
>
> If you can drop the 'two channels' requirement it's easy enough. If it
> has to be two channels then just using two APs would probably be
> cheaper.

On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:58:55 -0400, "jeepers" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>OK. Maybe 2 channels aren't needed but desired just the same to reduce
>congestion on each frequency. Still.... how would a single router be
>configured to handle 2 networks and 2 SSIDs on one channel?

Check out dd-wrt (www.dd-wrt.com) for an example of 3rd party firmware
that provides that feature.

On 11/06/10 17:26, John Navas wrote:

> I've been unable to get it set up to work with anything more secure than
> WEP, which I personally consider useless.

Was it really necessary to post that twice?

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