3Com 3CRGPC10075 - VLAN Support

14 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE OFFICECONNECT WIRELESS ACCESS POINT
Figure 6 Wireless Stations Using Different Security Settings
VLAN Support
A virtual LAN (VLAN) is a network of computers that behave as if they are
on the same local network, even if they are physically located on different
segments of the network.
If you have VLANs set up on the network, you can configure the Access
Point to work with a switch to segment associated wireless stations into
different VLANs. Membership of wireless stations in the VLANs can be
defined by mapping SSIDs to available VLAN IDs.
For example, you have two active SSIDs (SSID1 and SSID2) and two
existing VLANs (VLAN1 and VLAN2). To segment wireless stations
associated with SSID1 into VLAN1, you need to map SSID1 to VLAN1
using the VLAN Configuration screen of the Web interface. Do the same
with SSID2 to segment wireless stations that are associated with it into
VLAN2. Figure 7
illustrates this VLAN setup.
VLAN support requires a one-to-one mapping of SSIDs to VLAN IDs. This
means you can segment wireless stations associated with one SSID into
only a single VLAN.
When wireless stations are segmented into a VLAN using the SSID to
which they are associated, they can communicate with other members of
the VLAN.
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