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WC7520 SSIDs with VLANs
Hi folks, I have a Netgear WC7520 that I've been using for a long time successfully both in work and home environments. The need has arisen for a couple of extra SSIDs using tagged VLANs for Gues...
Well, I've finally gotten to the bottom of the mystery and it was far simpler than I thought. The "fault" as it were was a mis-configuration of the DHCP Server on my 2x Server 2012 R2 VMs. I had all of my scopes sitting under a superscope for organisation and tidiness but it turns out that changes the behaviour of DHCP server.
After much research online I found a Superscope is used when you have multiple subnets on the same physical/logical network (i.e. no VLANs but multiple subnets). Going into DHCP, right-clicking each scope and choosing "Remove from Superscope" fixed the problem.
Thanks for all of your help!
You may post screenshots as well as it would be best if you post an image of your detailed network setup on how everything is connected.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
Well, I've finally gotten to the bottom of the mystery and it was far simpler than I thought. The "fault" as it were was a mis-configuration of the DHCP Server on my 2x Server 2012 R2 VMs. I had all of my scopes sitting under a superscope for organisation and tidiness but it turns out that changes the behaviour of DHCP server.
After much research online I found a Superscope is used when you have multiple subnets on the same physical/logical network (i.e. no VLANs but multiple subnets). Going into DHCP, right-clicking each scope and choosing "Remove from Superscope" fixed the problem.
Thanks for all of your help!
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