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ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP320 Reference Manual
3. Configure and verify the following settings for both wireless access points:
• V
erify the LAN network configuration of the wireless access points. Both must be
configured to operate in the same LAN network address range as the LAN devices.
• Both
wireless access points must use the same channel, authentication mode, and
security settings.
4. V
erify connectivity across the LAN 1 and LAN 2.
A computer on either LAN segment should be able to
connect to the Internet or share files
and printers of any other computers or servers connected to LAN Segment 1 or LAN
Segment 2.
Configure a Point-to-Multipoint Wireless Network
In a point-to-multipoint bridge, the wireless access point is the master for a group of
bridge-mode wireless access points. All traffic is sent to the master rather than to the other
wireless access points. Use wireless security to protect this communication.
For each wireless access point that you want the master to be able
to connect to, you need to
configure a security profile with a unique name and the MAC address of the wireless access
point. You can configure up to four such security profiles (NETGEAR-WDS-1,
NETGEAR-WDS-2, and so on).
The following figure shows an example in
which AP1 functions in point-to-multipoint bridge
mode and AP2 and AP3 function in point-to-point bridge mode:
Figure 54.
Wireless PC card
in a notebook computer
Point-to-point
bridge mode
Multipoint
bridge mode
Point-to-point
bridge mode
Router
Hub or switch
Hub or switch
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