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l "Working with Access Control Lists and Firewall Policies" on page 535
l "Understanding Split Tunneling" on page 535
l "Provisioning Wi-Fi Multimedia" on page 541
NOTE: The information in this section assumes you have already configured the remote AP functionality, as described "Configuring
the Secure Remote Access Point Service" on page 512.
Understanding Remote AP Modes of Operation
Table 170 summarizes the different remote AP modes of operation. You specify both the forward mode setting
(which controls whether 802.11 frames are tunneled to the controller using GRE, bridged to the local Ethernet LAN,
or a combination thereof) and the remote AP mode of operation (when the virtual AP operates on a remote AP) in
the virtual AP profile.
The column on the left of the table lists the remote AP operation settings. The row across the top of the table lists
the forward mode settings. To understand how these settings work in concert, scan the desired remote AP operation
with the forward mode setting and read the information in the appropriate table cell.
The “all” column and row lists features that all remote AP operation and forward mode settings have in common
regardless of other settings. For example, at the intersection of “all” and “bridge,” the description outlines what
happens in bridge mode regardless of the remote AP mode of operation.
Remote
AP
Oper-
ation
Setting
Forward Mode Setting
all bridge split-tunnel tunnel decrypt-tunnel
all Management
frames on AP.
Frames are bridged
between wired and
wireless interfaces.
No frames are
tunneled to the
controller.
Station acquires its
IP address locally
from an external
DHCP server.
Management frames
on AP.
Frames are either
GRE tunneled to the
controller to a
trusted tunnel or
NATed and bridged
on the wired
interface according
to user role and
session ACL.
Typically, the station
obtains an IP
address from a VLAN
on the controller.
Typically, the AP has
ACLs that forward
corporate traffic
through the tunnel
and source NAT the
non-corporate traffic
to the Internet.
Frames are GRE
tunneled to the
controller to an
untrusted tunnel.
100% of station
frames are tunneled
to the controller.
Management
frames on AP.
Frames are
always GRE
tunneled to
controller.
Table 170:
Remote AP Modes of Operation and Behavior
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