User guide

Configuring the Access Point

Configuring VLAN Settings

The VLAN page is used to configure the virtual LAN (VLAN) parameters of the AP.

Traffic never uses VLAN tags over wireless links, but traffic originating on or destined

for WLAN stations can be differentiated by a VLAN identifier as it travels over other

links, such as Ethernet, DSL or Cable Internet, etc., thus given the appropriate

segmentation as it traverses the LAN or the Internet.

Figure 38. The Admin > VLAN page

Navigating the VLAN Page

■ Name: The name appearing in the first cell of each column identifies each

“network.” Here the term refers to a single broadcast domain. There is also a

“Management” network, referring to communications directly to the AP/Router.

■ VLAN ID: If the VLAN ID field is blank or empty, no VLAN tagging will occur for

that network. The state is shown by one of three images, explained below in

“VLAN port state icons.”

NOTE: If two rows (two networks) are assigned the same VLAN ID, then they are

considered to be the same network.