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This deployment scenario does not use VLAN 1 to connect to the layer-2 switch or router through the trunk port. The
initial setup prompts you for the IP address and default gateway for VLAN 1; use the default values. In later steps, you
configure the appropriate VLAN to connect to the switch or router as well as the default gateway.
For this scenario, you must perform the following tasks:
1. Run the initial setup.
n Use the default IP address for VLAN 1. Since VLAN 1 is not used to connect to the layer-2 switch or router
through the trunk port, you must configure the appropriate VLAN in a later step.
n Do not specify a default gateway (use the default “none”). In a later step, you configure the default
gateway.
2. Create a VLAN that has the same VLAN ID as the VLAN on the switch or router to which you will connect the
switch. Add the uplink port on the switch to this VLAN and configure the port as a trunk port.
3. Add client VLANs to the trunk port.
4. Configure the default gateway on the switch. This gateway is the IP address of the router to which you will
connect the switch.
5. Configure the loopback interface for the switch.
6. Connect the uplink port on the switch to the switch or router interface.
7. Deploy APs. The APs will use DNS or DHCP to locate the switch.
8. Now configure VLANs on the switch for the wireless client subnetworks and configure SSIDs with the VLANs
assigned for each wireless subnetwork.
Switch Configuration Workflow
The tasks in deploying a basic user-centric network fall into two main areas:
n Configuring and connecting the switch to the wired network (described in this section)
n Deploying APs (described later in this section)
The following workflow lists the tasks to configure an Alcatel-Lucentswitch. Click any of the links below for
details on the configuration procedures for that task.
1. Connect the switch to the network.
2. Set the system clock. For more information, see Setting the System Clock on page 885.
3. View current licenses installed on the switch. For more information, see Installing a License on page 91.
4. For topologies similar to deploying access points on multiple different subnets from switches, see
Deployment Scenario #3: APs on Multiple Different Subnets from Switches on page 37
5. Configure a VLAN to the switch to your network. For more information see, Configuring VLANs on page
105. You do not need to perform this step if you are using VLAN 1 to connect the switch to the wired
network.sasds.
6. The Switch IP address is used by the switch to communicate with external devices such as APs. For more
information, see Configuring the Switch IP Address on page 114. Optionally, you can configure a loopback
address for the switch. For more information, see Configuring the Loopback IP Address on page 113. You
do not need to perform this step if you are using the VLAN 1 IP address as the switch’s IP address. Disable
spanning tree on the switch if necessary.
7. Specify additional connectivity parameters for the switch to configure a trunk port between the switch and
another layer-2 switch as shown in Deployment Scenario #3: APs on Multiple Different Subnets from
Switches on page 37For more information, see Configuring a VLAN to Connect to the Network on page 45.
Optionally, configure the primary and secondary uplinks. This step applies only if you have the redundant
cellular link.
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