Weidmuller WI-MOD-945-E: 900Mhz Wireless Ethernet & Device Server v2.16 - Manual (Page 72)

Weidmuller Wireless Ethernet Modem & Device Server WI-MOD-945-E User Manual
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VLAN Group 2 is bridging the default wireless interface with the “VLAN ID 10” virtual Ethernet interface. Configuration of
the wireless bridge, i.e. Operating Mode, SSID and Radio Encryption methods/keys, etc is done from the main network
page, example below.
Figure 55 - VLAN Encryption
VLAN Groups 3 & 4 are similarly bridging their wireless interfaces, however they are using virtual modules which are
configured on the Repeaters page. WDS Repeater #1 & WDS Repeater #2 are being bridged to “VLAN ID 20” & “VLAN ID
30” respectively, configuration for these wireless bridges is done from the Repeaters page, see example below.
Figure 56 - WDS Encryption
You can see that all three wireless interfaces are setup as Access Points but are configured with different SSIDs and
Encryption methods/keys. If encryption fields are left blank the connection will use the default wireless interface
parameters as configured on the Network page. Likewise if the Router IP and Subnet are left blank the connection will use
the same default settings.
Note: Router IP and Subnet do not need to be configured in the WDS Connection as it will use the IP
address assigned in the VLAN Group.
The VLAN Multiple Wireless Interfaces example above shows that each group is using a different VLAN priority. Priorities
can be given to each interface by configuring a value between zero
– seven, seven being the highest priority and one
being the lowest. These values can be used to prioritize the configured VLAN networks, i.e. in our example the
“Production” VLAN has the highest priority which means it will have more time slots available to send data followed by the
“Guest” network and then “Staff”.
The default value is zero which will configure the group to have a mid- range “Best Effort” value.