Are multiple blue networks possible?

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Hi, new to ipfire I am checking whether it can replace my current linux-based router.
Is it possible to assign multiple wifi adapters each to their own blue network?
This hardware is present:

# lspci | grep -ie network -ie ethernet -ie wireless
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (14) I219-V (rev 11)
01:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller (rev 05)

Both on-board Intel/Realtek NICs are to be used for green and red.
The three wifi adapters each provide an AP using designated hostapd processes:

# ps ww | grep hostap | grep -v grep
 1671 root     27564 S N  /usr/sbin/hostapd -B -P /var/run/hostapd_wlan6.pid /etc/hostapd.wlan6
12349 root     27568 S <  /usr/sbin/hostapd -B -P /var/run/hostapd_wlan4.pid /etc/hostapd.wlan4
29134 root     27568 S <  /usr/sbin/hostapd -B -P /var/run/hostapd_wlan5.pid /etc/hostapd.wlan5

Is this possible with ipfire as well?

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Hi @bkuhls,

Welcome to the IPFire community.

Unfortunately it cannot be done with IPFire 2.x as only a max of 4 network interfaces can be used.

Additional interfaces is something that will be possible with IPFire 3.x but that is still being developed and won’t be available for a while yet.