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Section 4 - Advanced WLAN Conguration

Distributed Tunnel

The DistributedTunneling mode, also known as AP‐AP tunneling mode, is used to support L3 roaming for

wirelessclientswithoutforwardinganydatatractothewirelesscontroller.

IntheAP‐APtunnelingmode,whenaclientrstassociateswithanAPinthewirelesssystem,theAPforwardsits

datausingtheVLANforwardingmode.TheAPtowhichtheclientinitiallyassociatesistheHomeAP.TheAPto

whichtheclientroamsistheAssociationAP.

WhenaclientroamstoanotherAPinadierentsubnettheAssociationAPtunnelsalltracfromtheclientto

2. Congure the following settings:

• Distributed Tunnel Clients - Specify the maximum number of distributed tunneling clients that

canroamawayfromtheHomeAPatthesametime.

• Distributed Tunnel Idle Timeout - Specify the number of seconds of no activity by the client

beforethetunneltothatclientisterminatedandtheclientisforcedtochangeitsIPaddress.

• Distributed Tunnel Timeout - Specify the number of seconds before the tunnel to the roamed

clientisterminatedandtheclientisforcedtochangeitsIPaddress.

• Distributed Tunnel Max Multicast Replications Allowed - Specify the maximum number of

tunnelstowhichamulticastframeiscopiedontheHomeAP.