Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.01.03 or greater

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Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)
VLAN Assignment
Figure 3-41. Assigning a New VLAN to a WLAN
See “Identity-Based, or Dynamic, VLAN Assignment” on page 3-69 for an
explanation of how the Wireless Edge Services xl Module can dynamically
match WLAN traffic to multiple VLANs.
Considerations for WLAN-Based VLAN Assignment
By default, all WLANs are mapped to VLAN 1. In some networks that use
multiple VLANs, this VLAN is reserved for the management VLAN. Just as you
might prevent a switch port from carrying traffic in VLAN 1 before connecting
a user to this port, you might want to remove a WLAN from VLAN 1 and place
it in a different VLAN.
In addition, just as you might create several VLANs to isolate users from each
other and direct them toward the appropriate resources, you might create
several WLANs and assign different VLANs to these WLANs to control wireless
users’ network rights.