AP 1
AP 2
STA 1
STA 2
STA 3
Wireless Link
Ethernet Link
Switch
WCI:
This AP Only
WCI:
This AP Only
Behavior of the “This AP Only” wireless client isolation option.
AP 1
AP 2
STA 1
STA 2
STA 3
Wireless Link
Ethernet Link
Switch
WCI:
All APs in This
Subnet
WCI:
All APs in This
Subnet
Behavior of the “All APs on This Subnet” wireless client isolation option.
As illustrated in the first figure when AP 1 and AP 2 are using the “This AP
Only” option, wireless traffic between STA 1 and STA 2 is blocked by AP 1.
While wireless traffic between STA 2 and STA 3, which are associated with
different APs, is still allowed. If the “All APs in This Subnet” option is used as
shown in second figure, AP 1 and AP 2 communicates with each other via an
inter-AP protocol to share their STA association information to block wireless
traffic among all the STAs.
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