System information

 Layer 2 Distributed Tunnel
New Functions Implementation (DWS-4026/DWL-8600AP)
Layer 2 Distributed Tunnel
 Some more parameters
 Advantages of Layer 2 distributed tunneling
• Support fast roaming
•
Reduce network resources because traffic is forwarded locally
Reduce network resources because traffic is forwarded locally
• Reduce Unified Switch loading
 Disadvantages of Layer 2 distributed tunneling
• Reduce AP performance due to the extra load on the APs for handling roamed
clients
clients
.
• If the Home AP fails, the L3 roaming does not work because the traffic is not
tunneled to the Home AP.
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