Configuring a Guest Network

Building a guest wireless network might seem like a complex task; however, it is really no different from building any other WLAN that is tailored for a user community. The trick is to provide the appropriate degree of isolation from the rest of the enterprise network.

The guest WLAN can be bound to a guest VLAN that is isolated from other VLANs, as shown in Figure 16-2. Before guest users can access any other WLAN or VLAN, a router or firewall must permit and provide the access. The Guest WLAN advertises service set identifier (SSID) Guest and is bound to the controller’s Guest interface on VLAN 20. The same access point (AP) and controller infrastructure has an Engineering WLAN that is bound to the controller’s ...

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