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RADIUS VLAN Status
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ORiNOCO 802.11n Access Points - Software Management Guide
This parameter enables VLAN assignment to AP device's wireless clients through a RADIUS
server. This way of RADIUS based VLAN assignment helps:
– To reduce the task of manually configuring VLAN parameters on each wireless client
connected to the AP device.
– The wireless client to remain on the same VLAN as it moves across the network.
– To maintain a maximum number of groups/wireless clients under a single VAP
network.
– To reduce the interference by sending the traffic to intended groups/wireless clients.
By default, this parameter is disabled. To enable, check the Radius VLAN Status box. VLAN
Status should also be enabled, failing which the AP device will not perform the VLAN
assignment functionality.
: When RADIUS VLAN is enabled, it is recommended to use only one VAP (only for the
first SSID) per radio. This will avoid interference between different VAPs with
untagged broadcast traffic.
RADIUS based VLAN Assignment:
When a wireless client tries to connect to an AP device, the AP device forwards the request
to the RADIUS Server (a central storage of pre- configured user profiles). On receiving the
request from the AP device, the RADIUS server authenticates the wireless client. On
successful authentication, RADIUS Server sends an acknowledgment with three vendor
specific attributes Tunnel-Pvt-Group-ID, Tunnel-Medium-Type and Tunnel-Type. Refer
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the ORiNOCO 802.11n Access Points - Reference Guide, for details on how to configure
the three vendor-specific attributes within the RADIUS Server.
Figure 5-31 RADIUS based VLAN Assignment
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