Do I use DSA or Switch to configure VLANs on Flint 1?

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My setup is the following:

Router (Flint 2) <--> Switch (Zyxel GS1900 8HP) <--> Flint 1 (AP)

Router eth0 is connected to port 1 of Zyxel
Flint 1 eth0 is connected to port 5 of Zyxel

I have the following settings in Zyxel:

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On Flint 2, I have configured the following VLANs:

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I have also created a new Wireless network and assigned it to VLAN 11. I can connect to this network, I get an IP from that network and I can browse the internet exactly as I wanted it to do. So, I know that this setup works.

I also know that the Zyxel setup is correct, since it's confirmed from various users here and at the Zyxel forums.

HOWEVER, it seems that I cannot use DSA with Flint 1, or I am doing something wrong.
In Flint 1, I tried this:

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Basically, anexact copy of what I have in Flint 2.

But when I click the "Save & Apply", connection to Flint 1 is lost and I have to revert the changes.
When I ping from the Switch to Flint 1, I see 100% packet loss.

So, how do I setup VLANs in Flint 1? Do I use the DSA, or the old method via the Switch menu?

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I will answer my own question.
The solution was relatively simple, as soon as I saw the /etc/config/network.
FLINT 1 was configured to use the old method.
But I wanted to have an as common setup as possible between my AP.

So, what I did was:

  • Take a backup of the configuration files
  • Remove the switch configuration from the /etc/config/network file.
  • Copy the VLAN configuration from my Flint 2 to Flint 1
  • Modify the configuration to match the entries of Flint 1

And now I have the basic VLAN configuration I wanted!

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