Weidmuller Wireless Ethernet Modem & Device Server WI-MOD-E-G/A User Manual
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The other VLAN groups each have an Ethernet and a wireless Interface configured. All Ethernet interfaces are tagged as
they are all connected to a VLAN network, each wireless interface is configured as untagged to allow connection from
untagged devices. VLAN Group 2 is using the standard wireless interface which is configured from the main network page
while the other two are each using one of the WDS Repeater virtual interfaces.
VLAN Group 2 is bridging the default wireless interface with the “VLAN ID 10” virtual Ethernet interface. Configuration of
the wireless bridge, i.e. Operating Mode, SSID and Radio Encryption methods/keys, etc is done from the main network
page, example below.
Figure 62 - VLAN Encryption.
VLAN Groups 3 & 4 are similarly bridging their wireless interfaces, however they are using virtual modules which are
configured on the Repeaters page. WDS Repeater #1 & WDS Repeater #2 are being bridged to “VLAN ID 20” & “VLAN ID
30” respectively, configuration for these wireless bridges is done from the Repeaters page, see example below.
You can see that
all three wireless interfaces are setup as Access Points but are configured with different SSIDs and Encryption
methods/keys. If encryption fields are left blank the connection will use the default wireless interface parameters as
configured on the Network page. Likewise if the Router IP and Subnet are left blank the connection will use the same
default settings.
Note: Router IP and Subnet do not need to be configured in the WDS Connection as it will use the IP
address assigned in the VLAN Group.
The VLAN Multiple Wireless Interfaces example above shows that each group is using a different VLAN priority. Priorities
can be given to each interface by configuring a value between zero – seven, seven being the highest priority and one
being the lowest. These values can be used to prioritize the configured VLAN networks, i.e. in our example the
“Production” VLAN has the highest priority which means it will have more time slots available to send data followed by the
“Guest” network and then “Staff”.
The default value is zero which will configure the group to have a mid-range “Best Effort” value.
Figure 63 - WDS Encryption
