User`s guide

Configure Employee Access Services
RoamAbout Switch Manager User’s Guide 3-15
Modify or Create Access Rules
Refertothe“ModifyingSSIDEncryptionSettingsandAccessRules”sectioninthe“Configuring
WirelessParameters”chapteroftheRoamAboutSwitchManagerInterfaceReferenceGuide.
Set Up VLANs on RoamAbout Switches
RoamAboutSwitchesinaMobilityDomaincontainauser’strafficwithintheVLANtowhichthe
userisassigned.Forexample,ifyouassignausertoVLANred,theRoamAboutSwitchesinthe
MobilityDomaincontaintheuser’strafficwithinVLANredconfiguredontheswitches.The
VLANsyou
configureforservicesetssupportwirelessusers—theydonotserveasmanagement
VLANs.
IfaRoamAboutSwitchisconnectedtothenetworkbyonlyoneIPsubnet,theRoamAboutSwitch
musthaveatleastoneVLANconfigured.Optionally,eachVLANcanhaveitsownIPaddress.
However,notwoIPaddresses
ontheswitchcanbelongtothesameIPsubnet.DefineuserVLANs
onatleastoneRoamAboutSwitchwithintheMobilityDomain.
YoucanconfiguretheSpanningTreeProtocol(STP)onaVLAN.STPisusedtomaintainaloop‐
freenetwork;meaning,deviceswillrecognizealoopinthe
topologyandblockoneormore
redundantpaths,creatingaloop‐freepath.
TheMobilitySystemSoftware(MSS)supportsPer‐VLANSpanningTreeprotocol(PVST).PVST
allowsaseparatespanningtreeineachVLAN .STP,disabledbydefaultonallVLANS,butitis
configurableforindividualVLANs.STPdoesnot
runonAPports,orwiredauthenticationports,
anddoesnotaffecttrafficflowontheseporttypes.
TosetupaVLANonaRoamAboutSwitch:
1. SelectConfigurationonthetoolbar.
2. IntheOrganizerpanel,expandtheRoamAboutSwitch.
3. ExpandSystem,thenselectVLANs.
4. IntheTaskListpanel,selectVLAN.
TheCreateVLANwizardisdisplayed.