User's Manual

Virtual Network configuration
hwc_vnsconfiguration.fm
Bridging traffic locally
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If you select Tagged, type the VLAN ID in the VLAN ID box.
Note: The VLAN IDs are assigned by the branch office network administrator.
The AP will operate correctly if you set the VLAN ID corresponding to the
VLAN ID that was setup in the LAN.
Configuring two untagged branch VNSs to the same AP on different radios is
permitted. This is similar to having two untagged branch VNSs with the same
VLAN ID assigned to the same AP on different radios. In both cases, the AP
will connect the two VNSs. That type of configuration can be viewed as a
single VNS/VLAN with different SSIDs on different radios.
An effective scenario of the configuration described above, in which the same
subnet is used with different SSIDs on radio a and b/g, is when this
configuration is defined consistently on all APs. It would allow dual band a+b/
g clients to associate to one of the radios by specifying the correct SSID. This
is particularly effective with Microsoft clients that do not allow defining a
preferred radio.
6. To save your changes, click Save.
Note: In previous releases, an entire AP had to be put into branch mode. In
the current release, an individual VNS can be put into bridging mode. An AP
can have bridged and non-bridged VNSs.
If it has more than one branch mode VNS, only one bridged VNS can be