Configuring wireless bridging features
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Configuring wireless bridging features
Configuring MAC address cloning
The HP 501 supports cloning the MAC address of a single connected wired device, thereby
minimizing the impact on the network configuration when the device is converted to wireless.
MAC cloning is useful when the upstream AP does not accept requests for more than one IP
address per wireless MAC address. It also allows remote devices upstream to access the
connected wired device by its MAC address. MAC cloning renders the HP 501 transparent on
the wireless network, as it adopts the connected device’s MAC address for all communication
with the upstream AP.
Only one wired client MAC can be cloned at time. MAC address cloning is disabled by
default. When enabled, the HP 501 management interfaces are inaccessible unless the
management traffic interception feature is configured.
To configure MAC address cloning, select
Wireless
>
Bridging
.
In the
Ethernet MAC cloning
section of the
Wireless bridging
page, configure the
following settings:
Ethernet MAC cloning
Enable or disable MAC cloning. When enabled, the HP 501 disassociates from the upstream
AP and reassociates using the MAC address you configure instead of the default DHCP-
assigned IP address.
Ethernet MAC address to clone
Specify the MAC address to clone.
You can select
MAC address
and manually specify the address of a client. Or, you can select
Discovered MAC mode
for the HP 501 to discover the address of the device connected to
the Ethernet port.
Management traffic interception
A limitation of Ethernet MAC cloning is that, when the cloned MAC address is used to establish
the wireless connection, the bridge itself is no longer accessible through the wireless
connection. The management traffic interception feature allows the wireless bridge to intercept
wireless traffic on specific logical ports and redirect it to the management interfaces, instead of
forwarding it to the cloned device. Select any of the following types of management traffic to
be intercepted:
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