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individuals or devices must be segregated regardless of their physical lo-
cation, the MAC-based VLANs can be used. In this case, the network is
configured with an access list mapping individual MAC addresses to VLAN
membership. Other, less common, types of VLANs exist like the protocol-
based VLANs, where the protocol type is used to separate networks.
VLAN tagging is usually supported by network switches with advanced
capabilities. The wireless networks can be viewed as a large distributed
switch with VLAN support. Two different types of VLAN tagging mecha-
nisms are supported: port-based and mac-based VLANs. Fig 5.3 reports
a network configuration example where two VLANs are set up, i.e. using
VID #2 and VID #3. Each VLAN uses a separate IP address class and the
devices belonging to the VLANs must be configured accordingly.
The Fluidmesh VLAN implementation is compatible with the specification
of the IEEE 802.1q standard and, thus, the Fluidmesh network can interop-
erate with other VLAN-aware network devices. VLAN trunking between the
Fluidmesh network and the Ethernet switches is also supported to enable
carrying VLAN membership information throughout the wireless and wired
network segments.
The VLAN tagging can be enabled and configured through the Web inter-
face as described in Section 7.11.1.
Multicast Streaming
To enable multicast video-streams from IP cameras or video-encoders, no
multicast group setting is required. Every multicast packet will be forwarded
by the Mesh Point unit towards the closest Mesh End unit. Please refer to
Section 7.15 for additional details.
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