Setting Ethernet Port Type
Ruckus Wireless AP Ethernet ports can be configured as one of the following port types:
• Trunk Port
• Access Port
• General Port
Trunk Port
Trunk Ports forward and receive tagged and untagged frames and are used for bridging
switch ports together. The Trunk port is a member of all VLANs that exist on the switch,
and all VLAN-tagged traffic arriving on the port is seen. If an untagged frame is received
on a Trunk port, the frame is associated with the Untag VLAN (also known as “native
VLAN”, by default, 1).
If a port is configured as a Trunk port, the Untag ID field can be used to define the Untag
VLAN--the VLAN that the switch uses for forwarding/filtering purposes when a frame
arrives without an 802.1Q header.
Access Port
Access Ports are used to provide network access. Traffic arriving on different Access
Ports can be segmented into different logical networks (VLANs) using the Untag VLAN
ID field. Access Ports are members of only one VLAN --the VLAN that is configured in
the Untag VLAN field.
General Port
The General Port can be configured to support multiple tagged VLANs and one untagged
VLAN. As Trunk Ports by definition are members of all VLANs, the General Port is the
only port type for which membership is user configurable for multiple VLANs.
Working with Port-Based VLANs
The AP provides options for segmenting all incoming traffic (both wireless and wired
Ethernet traffic) into specific VLANs.
There are two ways to segment incoming traffic into VLANs:
• Each of the wireless interfaces (SSIDs) can be configured with a specific Access
VLAN ID: (Configuration > Wireless > Wireless [#] > Access VLAN).
• Each of the LAN ports can be configured with an Untag VLAN ID (Configuration >
Ethernet Ports > VLAN > Untag ID).
For Ethernet ports, the behavior of the Untag VLAN ID depends on the Port Type selected.
If the port is configured as a Trunk port, it includes all VLANs (1-4094) in its membership.
The VLAN Untag ID field (default = 1) can be used to redefine the “Native VLAN” for the
port.
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Configuration
Configuring the AP
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