Customer sometimes would require only certain VLANs to be allowed in the mesh links to avoid unnecessary flooding. This article explains how this can be achieved.
Trunking on Mesh downlink applicable for all IAP versions.
Network Topology : Switch (Allowed Vlans 1,10,15,45,100,164)==== IAP Mesh Portal =======IAP Mesh Point (Allowed Vlans 1,10,15,100,164)===== Switch.
For allowing only specific set of vlans in the mesh downlink, we need to create a wired port profile.
1) To create a Wired port profile, in UI go to more and click on the wired.
2) Click New and create a new wired port profile.
3) Configure the wired port profile.
4) Mention the VLANs that are to be allowed in the allowed VLAN list.
Only VLANs 1,10,15,45,100 and 164 have been allowed in the downlink.
Now in the created Wired port profile to the necessary ports like Eth0 and Eth1 ports as required.
Run the datapath bridge table output. The wired port profile that was created is mapped to both Eth1 and Eth0. Eth0 is refered to as bond0.
9/23/2013 21:20:46 PM Target: 6c:f3:7f:c4:0b:50 Command: show datapath bridge
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Datapath Bridge Devices
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Flags: F - source-filter, T - trusted, Q - tagged, I - IP
S - split-tunnel, B - bridge, M - mesh, P - PPPoE
C - content-filter, O - corp-access, h - to HAP, f - to FAP
h - dhcp-redirect
Dev Name VLANs PVID ACLs FramesRx FramesTx Flags
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3 eth1 6 1 142/0 0 71553 FQB
4 bond0 6 1 142/0 12272 59376 FQB
9 br0 0 1 105/0 30709 0 FIB
12 aruba000 4095 1 0/0 0 89582 TQBM
13 aruba001 4095 1 0/0 110603 43614 FTQBM
15 aruba102 1 3333 131/0 0 0 B
6 VLANs only have been allowed on these ports so its showing a Value of 6.
Both IAPs get their IP address from the native VLAN, which can be checked from the "show APs" command.
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9/23/2013 21:26:14 PM Target: Abilash-lab Command: show aps
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AP List
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Name IP Address Mode Spectrum Clients Type Mesh Role 2.4 Channel 2.4 Power (dB) 2.4 Utilization (%) 2.4 Noise Floor (dBm) 5.0 Channel 5.0 Power (dB) 5.0 Utilization (%) 5.0 Noise Floor (dBm) Need Antenna Config From Port Config Id
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Abilash-lab 10.10.45.253 access disable 0 135 Portal 1 21 91(poor) -90(good) 149+ 20 26(good) -89(good) No none 6
6c:f3:7f:c4:0b:50 10.10.45.254 access disable 0 135 Point 11 21 95(poor) -87(ok) 149+ 20 26(good) -93(good) No none 6
Flat Slave AP Count:1
Hierarchy Slave AP Count:0