Hi all,

Please bear with me, I'm still learning!

I am running a setup connecting multiple rooms with different APs who have their own SSIDs, own Subnet (as in: one uses 192.168.30.X, another 192.168.40.X) and, when setting up the IP address range, also set one VLAN for each EAP, named according to the IP range ("30", "40" etc.). The goal is that devices on different wifis cannot communicate/disturb one another, and it's working well.

The router/modem are in one room, run to a TL-SG2008 v3.0 smart switch in the basement, to which the EAP245s are connected.

The issue I'm facing now is that if I want to use a wired ethernet connection in one of the other rooms, the plugged in device will receive an IP in the default range (192.168.0.X), which also the EAPs, Switch and router use. I'd much rather they received an IP in the same range of the subnet/VLAN associated with the AP.

If I assign a VLAN to the specific port of the switch, to make sure everything that happens behind it gets an IP in, for example, the range of VLAN 30 (192.168.30.X), the respective EAP245 also receives such an IP and I lose access to it from the OC200 cloud controller. I want to stay in control/connected to the EAPs, but have other ethernet clients receive a different IP. Hope that makes sense!

I hope I was able to explain my challenge/what I'm trying to achieve well enough, and would be grateful for any input on how to solve this!

Thanks a lot in advance,

D