Wandy 2R, Manual

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4 Concept of the Wandy 2R radio hardware
The Wandy 2R has two interfaces
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Wireless interface
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Wired interface
These two interfaces are connected together with or without a router between them.
In bridge mode the wireless and Ethernet are directly connected. No routing or translating is done. In this mode the
unit can be used as a transparent device. The Wandy 2R can be even in different IP range.
4.1 Wireless Interface
The wireless radio of the device can acts as the following roles.
AP (Access Point)
The wireless radio of device serves as communications “hub” for wireless clients and provides a connection to a
wired LAN.
AP Client
This mode provides the capability to connect with the other AP using infrastructure/Ad-hoc networking types. With
bridge operation mode, you can directly connect the wired Ethernet port to your PC and the device becomes a
wireless adapter. And with WISP operation mode, you can connect the wired Ethernet port to a hub/switch and all
the PCs connecting with hub/switch can share the same public IP address from your ISP.
WDS (Wireless Distribution System)
This mode serves as a wireless repeater, the device forwards the packets to another AP with WDS function. When
this mode is selected, all the wireless clients can’ survey and connect to the device. The device only allows the
WDS connection.
WDS+AP
This mode combines WDS plus AP modes, it not only allows WDS connections but also the wireless clients can
survey and connect to the device.
4.2 Wireless to Wired connection
The Wireless and Wired interface can be connected together with or without a router function.
Router
The wired Ethernet (WAN) port is used to connect with ADSL/Cable modem and the wireless NIC is used for your
private WLAN. The NAT is existed between the 2 NIC and all the wireless clients share the same public IP address
through the WAN port to ISP. The default IP configuration for WAN port is static IP. You can access the web server
of device through the default WAN IP address 172.1.1.1 and modify the setting base on your ISP requirement.
Bridge
The wired Ethernet and wireless NIC are bridged together. Once the mode is selected, all the WAN related
functions will be disabled.
WISP (Wireless ISP)
This mode can let you access the AP of your wireless ISP and share the same public IP address form your ISP to
the PCs connecting with the wired Ethernet port of the device. To use this mode, first you must set the wireless
radio to be client mode and connect to the AP of your ISP then you can configure the WAN IP configuration to meet
your ISP requirement.
The following table shows the supporting combination of operation and wireless radio modes.
Bridge Router WISP
AP Yes Yes No