G-3000H User’s Guide

Figure 46 Layer-2 Isolation Configuration Screen

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 31 Layer-2 Isolation Configuration

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Enable Layer-2

Select the Enable Layer-2 Isolation check box to enable layer-2 isolation on the

Isolation

ZyAIR.

 

When you select the Enable Layer-2 Isolation check box and save this

 

configuration screen, the Enable Intra-BSS Traffic check box in the Wireless

 

configuration screen is cleared. This means that wireless clients connected to the

 

ZyAIR cannot communicate with one another. This would be appropriate in a

 

hotspot application, for example, in a hotel where wireless clients can access the

 

Internet, but cannot communicate with other wireless clients or AP’s.

 

If you want wireless clients associated with the ZyAIR to be able to communicate

 

with each other, you must select the Enable Intra-BSS Traffic check box in the

 

Wireless configuration screen.

Allow devices with

These are the MAC address of a wireless client, AP, computer or router. A wireless

these MAC

client associated with the ZyAIR can communicate with another wireless client,

addresses

AP, computer or router only if the MAC addresses of those devices are listed in

 

this table.

Set

This is the index number of the MAC address.

 

 

MAC Address

Type the MAC addresses of the wireless client, AP, computer or router that you

 

want to allow the ZyAIR associated wireless clients to have access to in these

 

address fields. Type the MAC address in a valid MAC address format, that is, six

 

hexadecimal character pairs, for example, 12:34:56:78:9a:bc.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyAIR.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

8.2.1 Layer-2 Isolation Examples

The following section shows you example layer-2 isolation configurations on the ZyAIR (A).

Chapter 8 Other Wireless Configurations

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