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WAX206 in AP mode with 2 SSIDs
Hope this isn't blatantly obvious: I wanted to use the WAX206 as access points with a Draytek router and wanted to set up 2 different SSIDs, one for myself and one for guests with no access to my de...
Meanwhile I got confirmation that what I had in mind cannot be configured in WAX206. Will have to figure out something else. The VLAN route is probably a dead-end as well as the AP only provides one ethernet port and doesn't support tags, at least not in AP mode.
Thanks for your help schumaku
Islandvolker wrote:
The VLAN route is probably a dead-end as well as the AP only provides one ethernet port and doesn't support tags, at least not in AP mode.
A major omission on the specs for these WAC20x or WAX202, 206, 208 in my opinion - that's why i have never considered to buy any of these. Mitigation should not be very difficult RaghuHR
Just bought a WAX206 and really wishing I had read this first....
In AP Mode;
It seems that your guest network you setup, can in no way be segregated from your main LAN either using VLAN tagging or an entirely seperate network, i.e. you cannot configure LAN port 4 for example to be on this seperated network.
In my mind this product is not fit for purpose. I'm considering returning it.
Nick123 Correct, you can't.
As a simple AP on a single network the WAX is actually not half bad, signal strength is ok and unlike many other APs it offers a few additional LAN ports.
I'm now using a couple of VigorAp902 instead. They can handle VLANs properly and my guest/internal wifi networks are working as expected.
Thanks Islandvolker, yes we've used the draytek AP units for some time on our network with there seperate lans to good effect. But I'm getting some weird droputs on Dell laptops so I thought I'd try a completely different brand for a WAP. Since we use Netgear switches I thought I'd try a Netgear WAP.
Anywho I've returned this unit now and bought a Draytek AP906
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