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  • 1.  Managing networks in differnt locations

    Posted Jul 06, 2023 09:18 AM

    I want to Have different 505H AP's in different sites and create different VLAN's for each of these AP's. Can I have all my AP's in one group but separate them into their own sites creating VLAN's for each of the AP's in the sites but still manage them lets say under 1 WLAN.



  • 2.  RE: Managing networks in differnt locations

    Posted Jul 06, 2023 10:31 AM

    If you asking what I think you are you can using Aruba central but it's kind of hidden.

     

    Each site will have to have its own virtual controller but they can all be in the same device group.  Group level settings are inherited by all site devices.  But you can override device group settings with individual Virtual Controller level settings by clicking the virtual controller name hyperlink in the devices section.  This will change the management context from the entire device group to the specific VC.  There you can add settings that will apply only to your APs in that VC and they will override a corresponding setting in the device group.

     

    So you can set common options in the device group and site specific settings in the site VC.  But you may want to document site specific settings you make because as far as I know there is no central report to see what device group setting have been overridden. If you forget you did that you may try to make a change to something at the device group settings that will not inherit down to the same changed setting at the site VC level.




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  • 3.  RE: Managing networks in differnt locations

    Posted Jul 07, 2023 03:32 AM

    As Jimmy pointed out, you can use Aruba Central for this. If you go with AOS10, then each AP is in fact standalone and can have it's own configuration if desired.

    You can also use AirWave for the management of all sites and have all APs in one group for common configuration. You can have different vlans on each location for the same SSID. One way is to have named vlans and use a name, or you can use native vlan or you can have the same user role locally redefined to use different vlans.

    Best, Gorazd 



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