Chapter 4. Advanced Configuration
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ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP320 Reference Manual
Enabling Wireless Bridging and Repeating
The ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP320 lets you build large bridged wireless
networks. Select the product family mode you want to use for your environment:
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Wireless Point-to-Point Bridge
. In this mode, the WNAP320 can communicate with
another bridge-mode wireless station and with wireless clients if you select the
Enable
Wireless Client Association
check box. To associate wireless clients with this access
point, select clients from the list in the Enable Wireless Clients Association table, and
select the corresponding check box in the Enable column.
When you click the
Edit
button, you must enter the profile name and the MAC address
(physical address) of the other bridge-mode wireless station in the fields provided. WEP,
WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSK are supported. WPA2-PSK can (and should) be used to protect
this communication.
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Wireless Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge
. Select this only if this WNAP320 access point is
the master for a group of bridge-mode wireless stations. This mode supports default
association with wireless clients. To associate wireless clients with this Access Point,
choose clients from the list in the Enable Wireless Clients Association table, and select
the corresponding check box in the Enable column.
The other bridge-mode wireless stations must be set to point-to-point bridge mode, using
the MAC address of this WNAP320 access point. They then send all traffic to this master,
rather than communicate directly with each other.
When you click the
Edit
button, you must enter the profile name and the MAC address
(physical address) of the other bridge-mode wireless stations in the fields provided. WEP,
WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSK are supported. WPA2-PSK can (and should) be used to protect
this communication.
These features are accessed by selecting
Configuration > Wireless Bridge
(see
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Repeater
. If this option is selected, this product family will operate as a repeater only, and
send all traffic to the remote access point.
Note:
This option does not support communication with wireless clients,
that is, the client cannot associate with the access point when it is
operating as a repeater.
When you click the
Edit
button, you must enter the profile name and the MAC address
(physical address) of the other bridge-mode wireless station in the fields provided. WEP,
WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSK are supported. WPA2-PSK can (and should) be used to protect
this communication.
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Client Mode
. If selected, this product family will operate as a client bridge only, and send
all traffic to the remote access point or peer device. MAC Cloning can also be enabled in
Client Mode.
