MRV Communications MRW55, User Manual

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System Configuration
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Mode – The wireless bridge is set to operate as a Slave or Master unit:
• Master Mode: In a point-to-multipoint network configuration, only one wireless
bridge unit must be a Master unit (all others must be Slave units). A Master wireless
bridge provides support for up to 16 MAC addresses in the WDS forwarding table.
The MAC addresses of all other Slave bridge units in the network must be
configured in the forwarding table.
• Slave Mode: A Slave wireless bridge provides support for only one MAC address
in the WDS forwarding table. A Slave bridge communicates with only one other
wireless bridge, either another Slave bridge in a point-to-point configuration, or to
the Master bridge in a point-to-multipoint configuration.
Port Number (Master bridge only) – The wireless port identifier.
MAC Address – The physical layer address of the wireless bridge unit at the other
end of the wireless link. (12 hexadecimal digits in the form “xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx”)