Network Settings
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802.11ac Wireless Access Point Model WAC120
• Wireless point-to-multi-point bridge mode. The access point serves as the base
station for a group of bridge-mode wireless stations. You can associate wireless clients
with this access point.
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PS
WiFi On/O
WPS
WiFi On/O
WPS
WiFi On/O
LAN Segment 3
LAN Segment 1
Hub or switch
AP 3
AP 1
Router
AP2 (base station) in point-to-multi-point bridge mode
Hub or switch
AP 2
LAN Segment 2
AP1 and AP3 in point-to-point bridge mode with AP2
(base station)
Figure 6. Point-to-multi-point-bridge mode
For more information, see Wireless Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge Mode on page 43.
The other bridge-mode wireless stations in the network must be set to point-to-point
b
ridge mode and use the MAC address of the base station access point. They send all
traffic to the base station rather than communicating directly with each other. For more
information, see Wireless Point-to-Point Bridge Mode on page 41.
• Client mode. The
access point operates as a client bridge only and sends all traffic to the
remote access point or peer device. Use client mode to extend the local area network to
those clients that are not connected wirelessly. Client mode supports MAC cloning. For
more information, see Client Mode on page 46
.
Wireless Point-to-Point Bridge Mode
Coordinate the following information ahead of time for each access point:
• MAC addresses. You must know the
MAC address of each access point in the bridge
network. You can use the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz band for the wireless bridge, but the 2.4 GHz
and 5 GHz bands of each access point use a unique MAC address.
• Authentication settings. Y
ou must specify the same wireless authentication settings for
each access point in the bridge network. Each access point must use the same ESSID,
channel, authentication mode, if any, and security settings.
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