Chapter 2 Management Modes
NWA1000 Series User’s Guide
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2.2 Standalone AP Roles
Depending on your network setup, your NWA1000 Series in standalone mode can adopt the following
roles.
2.2.1 Root AP
The NWA1000 Series (
Z
) can act as the root AP in a wireless network and also allow repeaters (
X
and
Y
)
to extend the range of its wireless network at the same time. In the figure below, both clients
A
,
B
and
C
can access the wired network through the root AP.
Figure 3
Root AP Application
On the NWA1000 Series in Root AP mode, you can have multiple SSIDs active for regular wireless
connections and one SSID for the connection with a repeater (repeater SSID). Wireless clients can use
either SSID to associate with the NWA1000 Series in Root AP mode. A repeater must use the repeater
SSID to connect to the NWA1000 Series in Root AP mode.
When the NWA1000 Series is in Root AP mode, repeater security between the NWA1000 Series and other
repeater is independent of the security between the wireless clients and the AP or repeater. When
repeater security is enabled, both APs and repeaters must use the same pre-shared key. See
and
for more details.
Unless specified, the term “security settings” refers to the traffic between the wireless clients and the AP.
At the time of writing, repeater security is compatible with the NWA1000 Series only.