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Ray-T
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Jan 21, 2022
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IP Address Reservations

I'm assigning IP addresses for all devices on my network which has multiple VLANs. For a few of my devices, such as my iPhone and MacBook, I need to be able to sign into each of the VLANs. While I co...
  • schumaku's avatar
    Jan 21, 2022

    If using WiFi, the SSID does define the VLAN (aka. network) you are connecting to. On one SSID, you might use the "Private Wi-Fi" address on both, or at least one one if these SSIDs. This leads for the each "network" having a dedicated, different MAC address - which you can use to reserve IP addresses for each subnet then. Should you delete the WiFi network, and reconfigure the "same" network, don't forget the "Private Wi-Fi Address" will change.

     

    There is no such thing like "sign on" to a VLAN. The above trick does not exist for wired connection. When using a cabled connection, you need to re-plug between two ports where each is configured like an access port (untagged, PVID==VLANid). 

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