Setting The Port Type - Nortel 2300 Series Configuration Manual

72 Configuring and Managing Ports and VLANs

Setting the Port Type

A WSS port can be one of the following types:
• Network port. A network port is a Layer 2 switch port that connects the WSS switch to other networking devices
such as switches and routers.
• AP access port. An AP access point connects the WSS to an AP access port. The port also can provide power to the
AP access point. Wireless users are authenticated to the network through an AP access port.
Note.
intermediate Layer 2 or Layer 3 networks, does not use an AP access port. To
configure for a Distributed AP, see
and
• Wired authentication port. A wired authentication port connects the WSS switch to user devices, such as
workstations, that must be authenticated to access the network.
All WSS switch ports are network ports by default. You must set the port type for ports directly connected to AP access
points and to wired user stations that must be authenticated to access the network. When you change port type, WSS
Software applies default settings appropriate for the port type.
type. For example, the AP access point column lists default settings that WSS Software applies when you change a port
type to ap (AP access port).
Table 1: Port Defaults Set By Port Type Change
Port type
Parameter
AP Access
VLAN Removed from all
membership VLANs. You cannot
assign an AP access
point to a VLAN. WSS
Software automatically
assigns AP access ports
to VLANs based on
user traffic.
Spanning Tree Not applicable
Protocol (STP)
802.1X Uses authentication
parameters configured
for users.
Port groups Not applicable
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A Distributed AP, which is connected to WSS switches through
"Configuring AP access points," on page
Wired Authentication
Removed from all VLANs. You
cannot assign a wired
authentication port to a VLAN.
WSS Software automatically
assigns wired authentication
ports to VLANs based on user
traffic.
Not applicable
Uses authentication parameters
configured for users.
Not applicable
"Configuring for a Distributed AP" on page 76
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Table 1 lists the default settings applied for each port
Network
None
Note: If you clear a port,
WSS Software resets the port
as a network port but does
not add the port back to any
VLANs. You must explicitly
add the port to the desired
VLANs.
Based on the STP states of
the VLANs the port is in.
No authentication.
None