5-2 VAP / VLAN Settings
Overview
As the number of data-based systems increase, it becomes more and more difficult to
provide the network infrastructure (due to the sheer number of Ethernet connections that
need to be provided) from the perspective of cost, space, and wire management. Luckily,
the advent technology called VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) can achieve her mission.
Now it is possible for these multi devices in function without the need for multiple physical
network Aps.
See the diagram below.
Under this mode, this radio can behave as 8 virtual Wireless LAN infrastructures. You can
specify unique SSID for these different infrastructures. For example, VLAN1 contains
ETH1 and STA1,VLAN2 contains ETH2 and STA2, and so on. However, they all share the
same AP and undertake different tasks. Some VLANs can be used for guest Internet
access, others for enterprise users, and administrators can be put on a high security
VLAN with enhanced firewall permissions. All this can be achieved using a single
infrastructure to emulate up to 8 infrastructures. The AP does this by assigning each of the
8 VLANs it’s own SSID, so you will think you are looking at up to 8different wireless
Networks.
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