Feature Overview

Managing and directing traffic efficiently is crucial for maintaining optimal network performance. SoftGRE tunneling plays a pivotal role in achieving this by encapsulating data packets and transmitting them over various network types.

The SoftGRE Tunneling Support feature allows you to:

• Create a SoftGRE tunnel profile
• Bind the profile to a specific venue and Wi-Fi network for tunneling AP traffic to a SoftGRE gateway.

Following are the benefits:

• Enhanced flexibility: Adaptability to different network environments to work with various types of networks.
• Centralized traffic management and efficiency: Centralized control of network traffic, enabling more efficient and consistent application of network policies.

Requirements

This feature has no special hardware or software requirements for feature enablement or usage.

Considerations

• A maximum of 64 SoftGRE tunnel profiles can be created per RUCKUS One tenant account, but only three can be enabled per venue and only one enabled per Wi-Fi network.
• Each SoftGRE profile name must be unique.
• All the gateway addresses in the enabled SoftGRE profiles must be different, including primary and secondary gateway IP addresses in a single SoftGRE profile.
• SoftGRE tunneling is not supported on a Captive Portal network.
• A SoftGRE profile cannot be deleted after it is activated in a venue.
• Client Isolation setting (Wi-Fi Networks > Create New/Edit Network > More Settings > Network Control tab) works as expected when SoftGRE tunnel is configured.
• VLAN setting (Wi-Fi Networks > Create New/Edit Network > More Settings > Network Control tab) works as expected when SoftGRE tunnel is configured.

Best Practices

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

Prerequisites

This feature has no prerequisites to feature enablement or usage.

Limitations