Overview

The AP Management VLAN setting allows users to use the same AP Management VLAN at the venue level.

• Overwrites or modifies the AP management VLAN settings for all APs associated with an existing venue.
  Note: The configuration setting at the venue level applies only to the APs using venue setting specific to this venue.
• Displays a confirmation message whenever the AP management VLAN ID on a specific venue is changed.
• Displays a confirmation message whenever an AP is moved to a venue with a different AP management VLAN ID.
• Displays the Management VLAN column for all APs in the AP List table (by default, this column is hidden).

Requirements

The uplink switch connected to the AP must be capable of identifying and forwarding VLAN-tagged traffic.

Considerations

• Changing the AP management VLAN setting may lead to possible network disconnections as altering the VLAN can impact the network path. It is the customers’ responsibility to correctly adjust their own network environment settings in order to reconnect the APs. The RUCKUS One web interface displays a confirmation message to let users know about the possible disconnections when they attempt to change AP management VLAN on a specific venue.
• Moving an AP to a target venue that has different AP management VLAN setting may also result in APs getting disconnected from the network. It is the customers’ responsibility to correctly adjust their own network environment settings in order to reconnect the APs. The RUCKUS One web interface displays a confirmation message to let users know about the possible disconnections before changing the AP venue.
• AP Management VLAN ID value is limited to a positive integer between 1 through 4094. The default value is 1.

Here are the system behaviors for both existing and new venues, as well as existing and new APs:

• Existing Venue: A venue created in the RUCKUS One web interface prior to the release of the "AP Management VLAN at the Venue Level" feature. In the existing venues, there is no change to the AP's Management VLAN setting. The existing venue will transition into a fully functional new venue only if the user modifies the AP Management VLAN settings of the current venue from the RUCKUS One web interface.
• New Venue: A venue created in the RUCKUS One web interface after the release of the "AP Management VLAN at the Venue Level" feature. The management VLAN across the entire venue defaults to a value of 1, and the APs associated with this new venue will automatically inherit the VLAN setting of the venue.
• Existing AP: An AP added using the RUCKUS One web interface prior to the release of the "AP Management VLAN at the Venue Level" feature. If an AP already has a custom VLAN that was configured using the AP CLI, then RUCKUS One will honor and utilize the customized AP-level management VLAN. The existing AP will transition into a fully functional new AP only if the user modifies the AP Management VLAN settings of the current AP from the RUCKUS One web interface.
• New AP: An AP added using the RUCKUS One web interface after the release of the "AP Management VLAN at the Venue Level" feature. The new AP will inherit the Management VLAN setting of the venue.
• If an AP with a specific VLAN configured is moved to a new venue, the AP will align to the AP Management VLAN configuration of the new venue.

Best Practices

This feature has no special recommendations for feature enablement or usage.

Prerequisites

Ensure that the corresponding VLAN is configured on all switches connected to all APs in the venue. Also, verify that the switch ports connected to all the APs are set to the correct VLAN.