what we really need ... a UWD

What we really need is a "universal wireless device". A "UWD" would be
able to be configured as a bridge or a router, and as a client or as an
access point. An even better device (A UWD++) would be able to support
multiple configurations, including VLANs, differing for specific SSIDs
or MACs. It would be able to bind any wired port, and SSID, or any
specific MAC no matter where that MAC shows up, to a specific VLAN for
both routing and bridging purposes (e.g. everything in the same VLAN
would see each other as in the same ethernet segment), and create
virtual interfaces for the router logic to each VLAN which is to have
access to the routing logic (maybe one or more won't have any at all).

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