Motorola AP-7131N-FGR, Product Reference Manual

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Adaptive AP 10-9
10.2.2 Extended WLANs Only
An extended WLAN configuration forces all MU traffic through the switch. No wireless traffic is
locally bridged by the AAP.
Each extended WLAN is mapped to the access point's virtual LAN2 subnet. By default, the access
point's LAN2 is not enabled and the default configuration is set to static with IP addresses defined
as all zeros. If the extended VLAN option is configured on the switch, the following configuration
updates are made automatically:
• The AAP’s LAN2 subnet becomes enabled
• All extended VLANs are mapped to LAN2.
10.2.3 Independent WLANs Only
An independent WLAN configuration forces all MU traffic be bridged locally by the AAP. No wireless
traffic is tunneled back to the switch. Each extended WLAN is mapped to the access point's LAN1
interface. The only traffic between the switch and the AAP are control messages (for example,
heartbeats, statistics and configuration updates).
10.2.4 Extended WLANs with Independent WLANs
An AAP can have both extended WLANs and independent WLANs operating in conjunction. When
used together, MU traffic from extended WLANs go back to the switch and traffic from independent
WLANs is bridged locally by the AP.
All local WLANs are mapped to LAN1, and all extended WLANs are mapped to LAN2.
NOTE MUs on the same WLAN associated to the AAP can communicate locally
at the AP Level without going through the switch. If this scenario is
undesirable, the access point's MU-to-MU disallow option should be
enabled. To enable the access point’s MU-to-MU disallow option, see
Creating/Editing Individual WLANs on page 5-32 .