BW2251 User Guide v1.0
Nov. 2013
Page 54 of 187
Figure 67 – Bridge Link Setting
NodeType
– determine the AP as Root or client rule. As a root AP, the nearby bridge client will
automatically associate to the root AP based on the signal quality. In case a bridge link is broken, the
client AP will automatically seek the nearby root AP based on the best signal quality and same NetID
to re-build a bridge link. For the client AP the NetID must same with root AP to distinguish which root
AP is in the link table. And the frequency channel is determined by the root AP despite the client AP
configured.
NetID
–
NetID is a very important element for the dynamicbridge link. The link between root and client
AP will based on the same NetID to make the bridge link.
Security
– specify the security policy of the bridge link. [WPA-PSK (AES)/disable]
WPAPSK-AES
–specify more than 8 characters and less than 64 characters for WPA with
pre-shared key encryption
Disable
– no data encryption for the bridge link.
Click
Save
button to save the change of settings or
Cancel
button to discard the change
Figure 68 –Apply or Discard the advanced Settings in Bridge mode
For each change of settings, the BW2251 needs to be restarted to apply all settings changes when
clicking
Apply
Changes
. Request for reboot server appears:
Figure 69 – Reboot information
