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High-Power Ceiling Mount Wireless 300N PoE Access Point
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3.5.2.3 InterfaceConfiguration–GeneralSetup
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Parameter Description
ESSID Thenameofthewirelessnetwork.
Mode AccessPoint: 
Defaultoperationmode,whichyouwillusemostofthetime.Itisusedto
connectedwirelessclientstothewirednetwork.It’salsoreferredtoasthe
‘Master’mode.
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Client:
AlsoreferredtoasAPClient,orstationmode.NormallytheIntellinetdevice
actsasafull‐fledgedwirelessaccesspoint,howeverinclientmode,thingsare
different.Inclientmode,theIntellinetaccesspointdoesnotofferitselfasa
wirelessaccesspointtowirelessclients.Insteaditusesitswirelessradioto
connecttoanotherwirelessnetwork,andanystationconnectedtotheLAN
portoftheaccesspointcancommunicatewiththewirelessnetwork.Inclient
mode,theIntellinetaccesspointactsasifitwereawirelessnetworkadapter.
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AccessPoint(WDS):
WDSstandsforwirelessdistributionsystem.Awirelessdistributionsystem
(WDS)isasystemenablingthewirelessinterconnectionofaccesspointsinan
IEEE802.11network.Itallowsawirelessnetworktobeexpandedusing
multipleaccesspointswithoutthetraditionalrequirementforawired
backbonetolinkthem.ThenotableadvantageofWDSoverothersolutionsis
thatitpreservestheMACaddressesofclientframesacrosslinksbetween
accesspoints.Onedisadvantageisthatthemaximumwirelesseffective
throughputmaybehalvedafterthefirstretransmission(hop)beingmade.For
example,inthecaseoftwoAPsconnectedviaWDS,andcommunicationis
madebetweenacomputerwhichispluggedintotheEthernetportofAPA
andalaptopwhichisconnectedwirelesslytoAPB.Thethroughputishalved,