Meru Technical Note - Configuring GRE Tunnels

The GRE tunneling provides packet isolation from one endpoint to another, encapsulated within an IP tunnel to separate user traffic.

Configuring GRE Tunnels.

KB ARTICLE TYPE: Configuration

RELATED PRODUCTS: N/A

RELATED SOFTWARE VERSIONS: N/A

KEYWORDS: GRE, Tunnels, Ethernet

GUI Steps:

Configuring a GRE tunnel:
Configuration>>Wired>>GRE
Local IP: x.x.x.x
Remote IP : y.y.y.y
Fast Ethernet Interface Index : 1/2
OK

To configure the GRE ESSID:

Configuration >> Wireless >> ESS
ESS Profile Name: Name
Tunnel Interface Type: GRE
GRE Tunnel Profile Name: GRE profile name
Security Profile Name: Select profile name
OK

CLI Steps:

Configuring a GRE tunnel:
default(config)# gre guest
default(config-gre)# interface FastEthernet controller 2
default(config-gre)# controller FastEthernet IP address x.x.x.x
default(config-gre)# ip remote-external-address y.y.y.y
default(config-gre)# end

x.x.x.x : Local end point
y.y.y.y : Remote end point

To configure the GRE ESSID:

default(config)# essid guest
default(config-essid)# gre name guest
default(config-essid)# tunnel-type gre
default(config-essid)# security-profile default
default(config)# exit