Users Guide

Remote AP
Operation
Setting
Forward Mode Setting
all bridge split-tunnel tunnel decrypt-tunnel
all Management
frames on the
AP.
Frames are
bridged
between wired
and wireless
interfaces.
No frames are
tunneled to the
controller.
Station acquires
its IP address
locally from an
external DHCP
server.
Management
frames on the
AP.
Frames are
either GRE
tunneled to the
controller to a
trusted tunnel or
NATed and
bridged on the
wired interface
according to
user role and
session ACL.
Typically, the
station obtains
an IP address
from a VLAN on
the controller.
Typically, the AP
has ACLs that
forward
corporate traffic
through the
tunnel and
source NAT the
non-corporate
traffic to the
Internet.
Frames are GRE
tunneled to the
controller to an
untrusted
tunnel.
100% of station
frames are
tunneled to the
controller.
Management
frames on the
AP.
Frames are
always GRE
tunneled to
controller.
always ESSID is
always up
when the AP
is up
regardless of
whether the
controller is
reachable.
Supports PSK
ESSID only.
SSID
configuration
stored in flash
on AP.
Provides an
SSID that is
always available
for local access.
Not supported Not supported Not supported
all bridge split-tunnel tunnel
Table 150: Remote AP Modes of Operation and Behavior
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