Adding extra SSIDs (aka "Guest Network")

[smasher]

I've got an N66U (Merlin 380.70) and an AC68U (Merlin 384.13).

On both of these, nvram is hinting at the ability to add not just 3 "Guest Networks" (per band), but 15 guest networks (per band). Screenshot:



Question 1 - How can these be turned into functioning "Guest Networks"?

Question 2- If it's not possible to turn these into functioning "Guest Networks", can they be used to broadcast "vanity" SSIDs?

 

[OzarkEdge]

Question 2- If it's not possible to turn these into functioning "Guest Networks", can they be used to broadcast "vanity" SSIDs?

God, I hope not.

OE

 

[smasher]

Playing around... I found that running these commands:

nvram set wl_vifnames='wl0.1 wl0.2 wl0.3 wl0.4 wl0.5 wl0.6 wl0.7 wl0.8 wl0.9 wl0.10 wl0.11 wl0.12 wl0.13 wl0.14 wl0.15'
nvram set wl0_vifnames='wl0.1 wl0.2 wl0.3 wl0.4 wl0.5 wl0.6 wl0.7 wl0.8 wl0.9 wl0.10 wl0.11 wl0.12 wl0.13 wl0.14 wl0.15'
nvram set wl0_vifs='wl0.1 wl0.2 wl0.3 wl0.4 wl0.5 wl0.6 wl0.7 wl0.8 wl0.9 wl0.10 wl0.11 wl0.12 wl0.13 wl0.14 wl0.15'
nvram set wl1_vifnames='wl1.1 wl1.2 wl1.3 wl1.4 wl1.5 wl1.6 wl1.7 wl1.8 wl1.9 wl1.10 wl1.11 wl1.12 wl1.13 wl1.14 wl1.15'

Shows what I'm looking for in http://192.168.1.1/Guest_network.asp - 15 "Guest networks" per band!

But... Clicking "Apply" or running "service restart_wireless" resets most of them to defaults, with only 3 virtual interfaces ("Guest networks") per band. This seems to be hard-coded in "/sbin/rc", which is hard-linked to "/sbin/restart_wireless".

How can I "restart wireless" and keep the extra Guest networks?