USRobotics Instant802 APSDK Understanding Interfaces as Presented in the CLI, Wlan0vwn1, Vlan1234

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Administrator Guide

Understanding Interfaces as Presented in the CLI

The following summary of interface names is provided to help clarify the related CLI commands and output results. These names are not exposed on the Web User Interface, but are used throughout the CLI. You get and set many configuration values on the access point by referring to interfaces. In order to configure the access point through the CLI, you need to understand which interfaces are available on the access point, what role they play (corresponding setting on the Web User Interface), and how to refer to them.

Interface

Description

lo	Local loopback for data meant for the access point itself.
eth0	The wired (Ethernet) interface for the Internal network.
br0	The Internal bridge represents the Internal interface for the access point. To telnet
	or ssh into the access point, use the IP address for this interface.
	br0 consists:
	•	eth0 (or vlanSomeNumber if you have VLANs configured)
	•	wlan0
	The IP address of the access point is provided in the output detail for br0. So, a
	useful command is get interface. This gives you common information on all inter-
	faces. From the output results, you can find the IP address for br0. Use this IP
	address to connect to the access point.
brguest	The Guest bridge, which consists of eth1 and wlan0guest.
brvwn1	The bridge interface for Virtual Wireless Network (VWN) 1.
	The bridge interface for VWN1 consists of:
	•	wlan0vwn1
	•	vlanVLANID where VLANID is a four-digit VLAN ID that you provided. (For
		example, if you provided a VLAN ID of 1234, the VLAN interface would be
		"vlan1234"
brvwn2	This is for the second Virtual Wireless Network (VWN) 2.
	The bridge interface for VWN2 consists of:
	•	wlan0vwn1
	•	vlanVLANID where VLANID is a four-digit VLAN ID that you provided. (For
		example, if you provided a VLAN ID of 1234, the VLAN interface would be
		vlan1234.)
wlan0	The wireless (radio) interface for the Internal network.
wlan0guest	The wireless (radio) interface for the Guest network.
wlan0vwn1	The wireless interface for Virtual Wireless Network (VWN) 1.
wlan0vwn2	The wireless interface for Virtual Wireless Network (VWN) 2.

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