Instant On - Wireless

Ok, thank you, I will take a look at the deployment guide and may try some of the alternatives you suggested. Unfortunately I have to put the switch on the third floor to support the APs on the second and third floors. There is only a single cable from the third floor to the basement, where my fiber comes into the house, so I can't put the switch next to the modem. I could plug both the switch and the AP 11D directly into the pfSense FW or modem provided router though. 

i would have liked to have had all my APs powered by the switch and just have used another port on the AP11D, as if it were a port on the 1930 switch.  But not sure what kind of performance or other issues this may cause.

Ok, thank you, I will take a look at the deployment guide and may try some of the alternatives you suggested. Unfortunately I have to put the switch on the third floor to support the APs on the second and third floors. There is only a single cable from the third floor to the basement, where my fiber comes into the house, so I can't put the switch next to the modem. I could plug both the switch and the AP 11D directly into the pfSense FW or modem provided router though. 

i would have liked to have had all my APs powered by the switch and just have used another port on the AP11D, as if it were a port on the 1930 switch.  But not sure what kind of performance or other issues this may cause.

If you simply need an alternate means of powering the AP11D, you can pick up an external power adapter. 

Also, there is no Port labelled P0… there's E0/PT, unless there's been an undocumented change. 

Aruba IO products need a connection at Port E0/PT or they will revert to Wireless extended mode (mesh). 

Sounds like you'll need an external power adapter for this topology. 

If you simply need an alternate means of powering the AP11D, you can pick up an external power adapter. 

Also, there is no Port labelled P0… there's E0/PT, unless there's been an undocumented change. 

Aruba IO products need a connection at Port E0/PT or they will revert to Wireless extended mode (mesh). 

Sounds like you'll need an external power adapter for this topology. 

I see. Well, test it out and let us know if your theory can work! 

By the way, you keep mentioning the WAN / WAN uplink. This is confusing. Looking at your topology, you're looking for a LAN uplink, not a WAN link. The Router would link to the WAN, not the APs or switches. 

Am I incorrect here? Best of luck with this - hope you get a chance to test it out and find some success. 

If you simply need an alternate means of powering the AP11D, you can pick up an external power adapter. 

Also, there is no Port labelled P0… there's E0/PT, unless there's been an undocumented change. 

Aruba IO products need a connection at Port E0/PT or they will revert to Wireless extended mode (mesh). 

Sounds like you'll need an external power adapter for this topology. 

Thanks Ethan, fair enough, I guess I am just considering a typical router that has a WAN port identified on it, that you normally would use for uplink connection to the modem.

I guess part of my concern and inexperience, is that the WAN port gets assigned an IP by the modem/router. You then have a 'LAN' on each side of this 'WAN' port, one created by router/modem, one created by your APs/switches. But what I want to do is connect my Aruba network to the modem/router or FW, using a LAN port on the AP11D. 

i do have the pfSense device that does have both a LAN port and an OPT port on it.  Not sure if they could get their IPs assigned by Aruba, or if I need to disable DHCP on Aruba or something and let the pfSense device assign IPs to the mgmt LAN 1 network.

I see. Well, test it out and let us know if your theory can work! 

By the way, you keep mentioning the WAN / WAN uplink. This is confusing. Looking at your topology, you're looking for a LAN uplink, not a WAN link. The Router would link to the WAN, not the APs or switches. 

Am I incorrect here? Best of luck with this - hope you get a chance to test it out and find some success. 

If you simply need an alternate means of powering the AP11D, you can pick up an external power adapter. 

Also, there is no Port labelled P0… there's E0/PT, unless there's been an undocumented change. 

Aruba IO products need a connection at Port E0/PT or they will revert to Wireless extended mode (mesh). 

Sounds like you'll need an external power adapter for this topology. 

The "WAN" port on the AP11-D is a combo port: E0/PT. It acts as a WAN port when set up as router and a LAN port when acting solely as an AP. 

I recommend all routing being handled by the pfSense router. It has much more capability and flexibility. The AP11-D's routing functions are great for basic requirements and a real bonus to have built into such a neat and tidy package. But if you have alternatives, I'd utilize those. 

Thanks Ethan, fair enough, I guess I am just considering a typical router that has a WAN port identified on it, that you normally would use for uplink connection to the modem.

I guess part of my concern and inexperience, is that the WAN port gets assigned an IP by the modem/router. You then have a 'LAN' on each side of this 'WAN' port, one created by router/modem, one created by your APs/switches. But what I want to do is connect my Aruba network to the modem/router or FW, using a LAN port on the AP11D. 

i do have the pfSense device that does have both a LAN port and an OPT port on it.  Not sure if they could get their IPs assigned by Aruba, or if I need to disable DHCP on Aruba or something and let the pfSense device assign IPs to the mgmt LAN 1 network.

I see. Well, test it out and let us know if your theory can work! 

By the way, you keep mentioning the WAN / WAN uplink. This is confusing. Looking at your topology, you're looking for a LAN uplink, not a WAN link. The Router would link to the WAN, not the APs or switches. 

Am I incorrect here? Best of luck with this - hope you get a chance to test it out and find some success. 

If you simply need an alternate means of powering the AP11D, you can pick up an external power adapter. 

Also, there is no Port labelled P0… there's E0/PT, unless there's been an undocumented change. 

Aruba IO products need a connection at Port E0/PT or they will revert to Wireless extended mode (mesh). 

Sounds like you'll need an external power adapter for this topology.