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tantony
Feb 06, 2019Luminary
ProSAFE XS728T, DHCP on trunk port?
Is it possible to do DHCP on trunk ports?
On my Netgear switch, I have VLANs 128 and 192. I've made port 23 and 24 trunk ports. I'm connecting an access poing to the trunk ports because the S...
- Feb 06, 2019
tantony wrote:
The AP is connected to trunk port 24, and I tagged it with VLANS 128 and 192 because the AP SSIDs are using those VLANS. The port PVID is 1. So if I change the port PVID to 128, the AP will get DHCP from that VLAN?
Yes, untagged traffic will be associated to the VLAN 128 then.
tantony wrote:
I'm assuming the SSIDs will still work?
Of corse, yes. Not sure why you intend to expose the management VLAN to the wireless, up to you...
tantony wrote:
The AP is connected to trunk port 24, and I tagged it with VLANS 128 and 192 because the AP SSIDs are using those VLANS. The port PVID is 1. So if I change the port PVID to 128, the AP will get DHCP from that VLAN? I'm assuming the SSIDs will still work?
I guess it makes sense why the AP is not getting a dhcp now because the PVID is 1 no ports are members of VLAN 1.
Yep - no DHCP server on the VLAN, too.
schumaku
Feb 06, 2019Guru - Experienced User
tantony wrote:
The WLAN AP is a Ubiquity AP AC PRO.
Unless they changed or there is something well hidden, the UAP management is untagged, so see the PVID approach above.
- tantonyFeb 06, 2019Luminary
The AP is connected to trunk port 24, and I tagged it with VLANS 128 and 192 because the AP SSIDs are using those VLANS. The port PVID is 1. So if I change the port PVID to 128, the AP will get DHCP from that VLAN? I'm assuming the SSIDs will still work?
I guess it makes sense why the AP is not getting a dhcp now because the PVID is 1 no ports are members of VLAN 1.
- schumakuFeb 06, 2019Guru - Experienced User
tantony wrote:
The AP is connected to trunk port 24, and I tagged it with VLANS 128 and 192 because the AP SSIDs are using those VLANS. The port PVID is 1. So if I change the port PVID to 128, the AP will get DHCP from that VLAN?
Yes, untagged traffic will be associated to the VLAN 128 then.
tantony wrote:
I'm assuming the SSIDs will still work?
Of corse, yes. Not sure why you intend to expose the management VLAN to the wireless, up to you...
tantony wrote:
The AP is connected to trunk port 24, and I tagged it with VLANS 128 and 192 because the AP SSIDs are using those VLANS. The port PVID is 1. So if I change the port PVID to 128, the AP will get DHCP from that VLAN? I'm assuming the SSIDs will still work?
I guess it makes sense why the AP is not getting a dhcp now because the PVID is 1 no ports are members of VLAN 1.
Yep - no DHCP server on the VLAN, too.
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