NETGEAR WG102NA manual Multi-Point Bridge Configuration, Point-to-Multi-Point

NETGEAR ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point WG102 Reference Manual

A computer on either LAN segment should be able to connect to the Internet or share files and printers of any other PCs or servers connected to LAN Segment 1 or LAN Segment 2.

Multi-Point Bridge Configuration

Set up a Multi-Point Bridge only if this WG102 Access Point is the “master” for a group of bridge- mode wireless stations. Then all traffic is sent to this “master,” rather than to the other access points. In addition, you can enable client associations with this WG102 Access Point.

•You must enter the MAC addresses of the other access points in the fields provided.

•The other bridge-mode wireless stations must be set to Point-to-Point Bridge mode, using the MAC address of this WG102 Access Point as the Remote MAC Address.

•Use WEP to protect this traffic.

The figure below shows an example of a Multi-Point Bridge mode configuration.

	“Master AP”	AP 3
	AP 1	Point-to-Point
Point-to-Multi-Point
Bridge mode		Bridge Mode
	AP 2	Hub or Switch
Router	Point-to-Point
	Bridge Mode
Internet
192.168.0.1		PCs
PCs	Hub or Switch	LAN Segment 3
LAN Segment 1

PC’s

LAN Segment 2

Figure 4-6

Follow the steps below to set up the Multi-Point Bridge configuration.

1.Configure the Operating Mode of the WG102 Access Points.

•Because it is in the central location, configure WG102 Access Point (AP 1) on LAN Segment 1 in Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge mode. The MAC addresses of AP2 and AP3 are required in AP1.

Advanced Configuration 4-5

v1.0, July 2008