Configuring Vlan Settings - ProSoft Technology RLX2-IHW-E User Manual

RLX2-IHx Series ♦ 802.11a, b, g, n
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Configuring VLAN Settings

You use the VLAN tab to specify the Virtual Local Area Network parameters of a RLX2-
IHx series radio. When the radio sends a packet, it includes the configured VLAN ID.
RLX2-IHx series radios support port based VLANs. Each RLX2-IHx series radio can be
considered to have 3 different ports or interfaces; the Ethernet interface, the local
applications stack of the radio itself, and the 802.11 BSS created by each radio, allowing
client devices to associate.
You can configure the VLAN settings for the Ethernet interface on all RLX2-IHx series
radios. You can only configure the VLAN for the Internal Application and SSID ports on
the Master radio. The Master radio pushes these settings to each connected Repeater
radio. This allows the VLAN settings for a bridged network rooted at a Master radio to
have common settings for these ports. For example, this ensures that if the Local
interface is set to a management VLAN, then all Repeater radios are accessible from a
Management PC.
To facilitate customer networks that use VLANs to separate management of network
components from operational functions, the RLX2-IHx has the ability to assign different
VLAN IDs to these functions. This allows the configuration and firmware upgrade
functions to be accessible only from a management VLAN, leaving the ENIP module on
an operational VLAN so it can be accessed by PLCs or Master Controllers.
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