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This mode can let you access the AP of your wireless ISP and share the
same public IP address from your ISP to the PCs connecting with both the
wired Ethernet ports of the device. When setup as this mode, the wireless
radio will be client mode connecting to the AP of your ISP as the WAN
connection and then you can configure the WAN IP configuration to meet
your WISP requirement.
The wireless radio of the device 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 enables the establishment of connection with the other AP using
infrastructure/Ad-hoc networking types. With bridge operation mode, you
can directly connect one of the wired Ethernet port to your PC and the
device becomes a wireless adapter. And with WISP operation mode, you
can connect one of 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 combines up to 8 AP to a single wireless network; the device
forwards the packets to another AP with WDS function. When this mode is
selected, all the wireless clients can’t survey and connect to the device. The
device only allows the WDS connection.
WDS+AP
This mode combines WDS plus AP modes, and it not only allows WDS
connections but also the wireless clients can survey and connect to the
device.
The following table shows the supporting combination of operation and
wireless radio modes.
Bridge
Router
WISP
AP
V
V
X
WDS
V
V
X
Client
V
X
V
