This chapter explains VLAN setup menu 16. Refer to the web configurator VLAN chapter for
background information on VLAN.
16.1 VLAN Setup
To setup VLAN, select option 16 from the main menu to open Menu 16 – VLAN Setup as
shown next.
Figure 84 Menu 16 VLAN Setup
The following table describes the fields in this menu.
Table 53 Menu 16 VLAN Setup
FIELD
VLAN Tagging
Native VLAN ID
When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt "Press ENTER to confirm or ESC
to cancel" to save your configuration or press [ESC] to cancel and go back to the previous screen.
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VLAN Tagging= Yes
Native VLAN ID= 1
DESCRIPTION
To enable VLAN tagging, press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press
[ENTER].
This field is activated only when you select Yes in the VLAN Tagging field.
Enter a number from 1 to 4094 to specify the ID of the management VLAN.
Your management computer must belong to this VLAN group in order to
manage the ZyAIR. This can be done in the following ways:
•
The management computer could be a wireless client of the ZyAIR if the
ZyAIR's WLAN adapter is set to add the add the management VLAN ID tag
to Ethernet frames received from wireless clients.
•
The management computer could be on the wired network, behind a
VLAN-aware switch that is configured to add the management VLAN ID
tag to Ethernet frames from the computer before sending them to ZyAIR.
Note: Mail and FTP servers must have the same management
VLAN ID to communicate with the ZyAIR.
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