Multiple SSIDs/VLANs and mesh on B2200

timbo777 · 2021-03-09T16:41:09.989Z

Hello,

New to Openwrt (running on pcwrt now) and very little experience tinkering with it so bear with me if this is a newbie Q. Have been searching the forums but have not been able to find a direct answer.

I’m interested in the Velica but was hoping someone could chime in on setting up multiple SSIDs/Vlans as well as using them in a mesh network. My understanding is aside from 1 Guest network you have to use LuCi or command to setup multiple SSIDs/VLANS. Assuming this is not that hard to do but a few Q’s on it:

-Will mesh network work with all the multiple SSIDs?
-Do network isolation settings work?
-Are you able to use GLs UI and features with the different SSIDs? For example, have VPN or Adblock setup for only one of the SSIDs or assign a specific VLAN to the ethernet port.
-Does VLAN port tagging work with this scenerio to setup APs with multiple SSIDs?

I know most if not all of these are possible on OpenWRT but if I can even figure out how to setup them up through luci will they break GLs UI settings and features?

Thanks for taking the time.

alzhao · 2021-03-11T08:54:38.137Z

I just suggest that you keep the default setting as it.

You will easily break mesh when you tinker the SSID and vlans.

timbo777 · 2021-03-11T16:49:53.372Z

Thanks for the response. Any other suggestions then? VLANs are a required ticket feature for me to move forward?

Or any plans for GL to implement VLANs in their UI in the future as its a desired function for privacy and security?

alzhao · 2021-03-13T09:31:47.515Z

timbo777:

Or any plans for GL to implement VLANs in their UI in the future as its a desired function for privacy and security?

Yes, do have this plan but cannot promise anything now.