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HAPTER
2
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Infrastructure Wireless Bridge
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wireless network cards and adapters and wireless access points within a
specific ESS must be configured with the same SSID.
Figure 8: Infrastructure Wireless LAN for Roaming Wireless PCs
I
NFRASTRUCTURE
W
IRELESS
B
RIDGE
The IEEE 802.11 standard defines a Wireless Distribution System (WDS)
for bridge connections between BSS areas (access points). The access
point uses WDS to forward traffic on links between units.
The access point supports WDS bridge links that are independently
configurable on each VAP. There are two WDS modes; WDS-AP and WDS-
STA. Otherwise, VAPs operate in a normal AP mode.
◆
AP Mode
: The VAP provides services to clients as a normal access
point.
◆
WDS-AP Mode
: The VAP operates as an access point in WDS mode,
which accepts connections from client stations in WDS-STA mode.
◆
WDS-STA Mode
: The VAP operates as a client station in WDS mode,
which connects to an access point VAP in WDS-AP mode. The user
needs to specify the MAC address of the VAP in WDS-AP mode to which
it intends to connect.
<BSS 2>
<ESS>
<BSS 1>
Server
Switch
Desktop PC
Access Point
Seamless Roaming
Between Access Points
Desktop PC
Notebook PC
Access Point
Notebook PC
Switch
Summary of Contents for E21011
Page 1: ...EliteConnectTM 802 11 a b g n Access Point SMCE21011 USER GUIDE...
Page 21: ...TABLES 21 Table 32 1000BASE T MDI and MDI X Port Pinouts 255 Table 33 Console Port Pinouts 256...
Page 22: ...TABLES 22...
Page 25: ...INDEX OF CLI COMMANDS 25...
Page 109: ...CHAPTER 10 Status Information Event Logs 109...
Page 111: ...SECTION Command Line Interface 111 VLAN Commands on page 228 WMM Commands on page 231...
Page 147: ...CHAPTER 16 DHCP Relay Commands 147 RELATED COMMANDS show interface wireless...
Page 235: ...CHAPTER 30 WMM Commands 235...
Page 263: ...INDEX 263...
Page 264: ...SMCE21011 149100000016A R01...