VLANs over wireless

Ericunicast · ‎11-18-2007

I know that Multiple VLANs on a segment need a trunk link to transfer traffic to another switch.

BUT, can I configure a switch connected to a wireless bridge to transfer VLAN tagged frames through the wireless bridge?

I would think that if the encapsulation sets up, then the frames will not be stripped of their VLAN tags on the other end.

Thoughts?

colin.mccrory · ‎11-18-2007

Hi

There is a way to configure VLANs to be transported across a wireless bridge.

You extend VLANs into a wireless LAN by adding IEEE 802.11Q tag awareness to the bridge. VLAN 802.1Q trunking is supported between root and non-root bridges through the bridges' primary SSID.

Please check the following link on CCO on how to achieve this on 1400 series bridges.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/wireless/bridge/1400/12.2_15_JA/configuration/guide/p15vlan.html

Colin

Ericunicast · ‎11-18-2007

Thanks for the input.

Is there anything other than the 1400 series bridges that I could use to accomplish this?

Thanks