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ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP320 Reference Manual

• Client mode. In this mode, the wireless access point operates as a client bridge only, and

sends all traffic to the remote wireless access point or peer device. You can enable MAC

cloning in client mode. For information about how to configure this mode, see Configure

the Wireless Access Point for Client Mode on

page 96.

Configure a Point-to-Point Wireless Network

In point-to-point bridge mode, the wireless access point communicates with another

bridge-mode wireless station. Use wireless security to protect this communication. The

following figure shows an example in which two wireless access points (APs) function in

point-to-point bridge mode:

Figure 51.

To configure a point-to-point wireless network:

1. Con

figure the wireless access point (AP1 on LAN Segment 1 in the previous figure) as

a point-to-point bridge:

a. Select Co

nfiguration > Wireless Bridge. The Bridging screen displays (see

Figure 52 on

page 86).

b. Select

the Enable Wireless Bridging check box. The Local MAC Address field is a

nonconfigurable field that shows the MAC address of the wireless access point.

c. Select

the Wireless Point-to-Point Bridge radio button.

d. I

f you want to enable wireless client association while the wireless access point

functions as a point-to-point bridge, select the Enable Wireless Client Association

check box.

Wireless PC card

in a notebook computer

Wireless PC card

in a notebook computer

Point-to-point

bridge mode

Point-to-point

bridge mode

Router

Hub or switch

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