How do I setup WireMode over VLAN interfaces?

This article covers how to setup WireMode over VLAN interfaces on a SonicWall firewall.

Please note, this feature is:

1. Not available in 6.2.7.1
2. Available in 6.2.7.7 (9800)
3. Available in 6.5.0
   

Wiremode over VLAN is only supported when VLAN is over two parent interfaces. One parent interface is currently not support.

In our example we will setup WireMode between VLAN 50 and 51.

Before configuration:

After configuration:

To configure please perform the following:

1. Navigate to Network | Interfaces – “Add Interface” via the drop down and select Virtual Interface. Do not select a zone but specify your VLAN tag and parent interface.
   

To unconfigure perform the following:

1. Edit either VLAN sub-interface and select “Unassigned”. At this point you can delete either or both sub-interfaces using the “X” delete icon.
   

   To configure via CLI perform the following:

   config(C0EAE4AC50C0)# interface X10 vlan 50
(edit-interface[X10:V50])#
(edit-interface[X10:V50])# commit [Else it will not be an option for the next part…]
(edit-interface[X10:V50])# exit

   config(C0EAE4AC50C0)# interface x11 vlan 50
(add-interface[X11:V50])# ip-assignment LAN wire-mode
(add-wire-mode[X11:V50])# paired-interface X10:V50
(add-wire-mode[X11:V50])# paired-interface-zone LAN
(add-wire-mode[X11:V50])# commit

   To unconfigure via CLI perform the following:

   config(C0EAE4AC50C0)# interface x10 vlan 50
(edit-interface[X10:V50])# no ip-assignment
(edit-interface[X10:V50])# commit
(edit-interface[X10:V50])# exit

   config(C0EAE4AC50C0)# no interface x10 vlan 50
config(C0EAE4AC50C0)# no interface x11 vlan 50
config(C0EAE4AC50C0)# commit