Hello Mikrotik staff,
when will Virtual AP be support by nv2 protocol?
I need it! 
We do not have plans to implement this feature.
What is the purpose for VAP and NV2? Is there any use for it?
You can use VLAN to separate clients connected to the same AP, there is no overhead from using VLAN and NV2 on single AP (wireless interface allows to set higher MTU, http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Maximum_Transmission_Unit_on_RouterBoards#MAC.2FLayer-2.2FL2_MTU
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Yes there is a very usefull things that i can do with virtual AP:
I can give to some customer the virtual wisp service, creating a virtual ap for the customer(virtual wisp), I can automatically assign the client to the virtual wisp vlan basing on SSID… how I can do the same with nv2?
How can we implement this kind o solution??? We have a very big project, where we spend many word about the very nice feature of Virtual AP… How we can do the same in other way?.. HELP US!!!
Any news about VAP in NV2 protocol?
Why we’re loosing functionality with this new wireless protocol?
Say us that your are thinking about it… please…
Sergejs already gave you all the answers, did you read his post above?
I don’t use Virtual AP on a daily basis but I have used it numerous times in the past when changing SSID schemes or to move some customers from one AP to another temporarily without having to log into each customer and change their SSID. It is/was a very helpful feature.
I always use Vurtual AP. As Mikrotik does not handle weel when one must replace wireless interface, I found using Virtuall AP saving feature. I never connect users to native AP, always to Virutal AP, so when I have to replace card, I simply attach Virtual AP to new interface.
yes, exactly - running hotspot on a virtual ap saves a lot of time when swapping configs / cards.
Can MT change the plans on this feature please? I use it like others mentioned as well, to avoid problems when cards are down or when I need to swap SSID’s I use the virtual AP. Very handy. So now all my AP networks are NV2 I can’t do that anymore? What a loss…
the sergejs answer it’s not a real answer for my problem.
We need to implement a multiprovider network based on MPLS/VPLS on the backhaul side and VAP/VPLS on the acces side…
How we can do it?
Are there any news regarding this issue?
I need VAP, because traffic separation by VLAN is NOT secure. (All VLANs will reach the customers site!)
But traffic separation using VAPs with different security profiles IS. (Only selected VLANs reach the customers site)
Also the before mentioned configuration advantages of VAP are very important to me.
I use rather complex setups with VLANs on VAPs.
So NV2 without VAP is a big step backward here, topology-wise.
VAP also enables quick’n’dirty hacks such as creating a Hotspot for my Clients on top of the wireless backbone.
Or the other way around: abuse the Hotspot to make a connection to the backbone.
All these possibilities are gone without VAP.
I saw three different useful purposes explained by different users. I have used one of these three and it saved my life.
Hi !
One more issue not beeing solveable without virtual ap:
Usually, I have one general SSID on a sender, where customers can roam between if one segment fails, for additional redundancy.
Some customers usually will connect to the weaker signal for unknown reason, I do connect these to a sector specific SSID which is realised by Virtual AP.
Also, sharing a cell tower & APs with another provider needs Virtual APs for splitted IP connectivities, useing different security profiles (as the companys have different security configurations)
I wouldn’t need this functionality, if clients would do some type of “background scan” therefore always selecting the strongest signal even when connected to a weaker one.
the older nstreme protocol also had it …
NV2 is a huge improvment in crowded sectors, in throughput and response time - really many thanks for that.
Greetings Maria / WISP in Austria
Add my name to the list as would love to use NV2 but cannot as i use VAP`s in various scenarios.
and my.
Mine too… 
Add my name too! I just found out yesterday the hard way that it is not supported!!
yesterday VAP saved my life. i have array of 3 sectors. one went down. i was able to restore service to 90% of the effected clients by cloning the dead AP with an VAP on one of the remaining sectors.
Honestly Mikrotik VAP is very important.
I need NV2 but I need VAP also. Please consider changing your policy on this one
hi karina !
this is exactly one usual cenario vap is used by me. at the moment you have to configure the network so that nstreme & nv2 are both working, to be able to switch back to nstreme with vap support when you need it.
a second scenario is sharing accesspoints between two providers, one provider uses radius access control (via mac adresses), the other doesnt - whithout vap this is not solveable, and both providers dont want to change ther access strategy.
greetings maria