Netgear WAX214 Access Point Management interface on VLAN Trunk

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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First, Thank You to the forum for all the great information on how to load OpenWRT onto my access point. It took a little time because the information was spread across several places, but I now have OpenWRT running. (I will post my process for upgrade once I get the configuration working.)

My challenge now is to integrate it back into my network. I have three of these access points that have experienced connectivity drops. (Known issue with the WAX214.) I am hopeful that the new firmware will solve that issue.

Here is my immediate challenge. My network has a VLAN configuration with three VLANs.

An Inside network, VLAN 30 (10.10.10.###),
a DMZ network, VLAN 20 (10.10..0.###), and
an Outside network, VLAN 15 (10.10.5.###).

The trunk line originates from a Netgear PoE switch, and all three VLANs are tagged. When I connect to the Trunk line, there is no connectivity (Ping, SSH, http)

If I connect directly to a port on the DMZ VLAN (VLAN 20), I can access the management interface, ping, and SSH without issue. (10.10.0.52).

Here is my network config file.

config interface 'loopback'
        option device 'lo'
        option proto 'static'
        list ipaddr '127.0.0.1/8'

config globals 'globals'
        option dhcp_default_duid '0004bb529b184a844a7987f4b75043d5673a'
        option ula_prefix 'fd8f:7667:b786::/48'
        option packet_steering '1'

config device
        option name 'br-lan'
        option type 'bridge'
        list ports 'lan'

config interface 'lan'
        option device 'br-lan'
        option proto 'static'
        option ipaddr '10.10.0.52'
        option netmask '255.255.255.0'
        option gateway '10.10.0.1'

config bridge-vlan
        option device 'br-lan'
        option vlan '15'
        list ports 'lan:t'

config bridge-vlan
        option device 'br-lan'
        option vlan '20'
        list ports 'lan:t*'

config bridge-vlan
        option device 'br-lan'
        option vlan '30'
        list ports 'lan:t'

config device
        option name 'lan'

I’m hopeful that I am close. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Once I have this working, I'll likely need some guidance on setting up the wireless networks and connecting them to the VLANs.

Thanks in advance.

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You are close... here's what you need to adjust:

remove the * that is after the t:

delete this (unless there is a MAC address, in which case it's fine to keep it):

change the device for the lan interface to br-lan.20:

Finally, for your other two networks, you need to add unmanaged network interfaces:

config interface 'outside'
        option device 'br-lan.15'
        option proto 'none'

config interface 'inside'
        option device 'br-lan.30'
        option proto 'none'

Reboot and test.

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That did the trick. Now up and running. next step is to get the wifi networks working. Thank you for the quick response.

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You're welcome.

The unmanaged interfaces are necessary for wifi which is why I advised those. Now you just create your SSIDs and connect them to the appropriate networks.

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