Vlan - AMX NXA-WAP1000 Reference Manual

Browser-Based Configuration Pages

VLAN

The VLAN page (FIG. 20) is used to configure the virtual LAN (VLAN) parameters of the AP. Traffic never
uses VLAN tags over wireless links, but traffic originating on or destined for WLAN stations can be
differentiated by a VLAN identifier as it travels over other links, such as Ethernet, DSL or Cable Internet, etc.,
thus given the appropriate segmentation as it traverses the LAN or the Internet.
FIG. 20
Configuration - VLAN page
Configuration - VLAN
Name:
VLAN ID:
VLAN Tagging:
RJ45 Port State Images:
VLAN Port State Icons:
Show me an example:
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The name appearing in the first cell of each column identifies each "network."
Here the term refers to a single broadcast domain. There is also a
"Management" network, referring to communications directly to the AP/Router.
If the VLAN ID field is blank or empty, no VLAN tagging will occur for that
network. The state is shown by one of three images.
NOTE: If two rows (two networks) are assigned the same VLAN ID, then they
are considered to be the same network.
Each RJ45 port can be configured to use VLAN tagging. By default, no RJ45
port is tagged. When the icon contains a white "tag," that port is tagged;
otherwise it is un-tagged. Clicking on the icon switches between tagged and
un-tagged modes.
The AP may be connected to the same or different Ethernet "uplinks" using the
RJ45-type connectors on the back of the AP. The images of RJ45 connectors
represent those RJ45 connectors on the AP. Each image includes the label of
the RJ45 port which it represents. Clicking an icon switches between "tagged"
and "un-tagged" modes. When the icon contains a white "tag," that port is
tagged; otherwise it is un-tagged. If desired, wireless traffic can be segmented
into different VLAN IDs, which you configure using this page.
A "Member VLAN port" allows the network's traffic to flow through its
associated RJ45 connector. If that port is configured for VLAN tagging, then the
"tagged member VLAN port" icon will be displayed. A "nonmember VLAN port"
does not allow network traffic to flow through the RJ45 connector.
Clicking an icon toggles that VLAN port between "member" and "non-member"
status. The port may automatically be marked as "tagged" where appropriate.
Clicking the button labeled Show me an example opens a few sample
configurations, with an explanation of what each shows.
NXA-WAP1000 Smart Wireless Access Point