LevelOne WAB-1000 manual

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Navigate to the Wireless Configuration—Bridging screen.

In the first section: General, you will see the MAC address of the bridging card. This is used as the BSSID on other WAB-1000s that will be communicating with this one.

Wireless mode can be set to 802.11g for best rate, to 802.11b (if necessary) or to mixed 802.11b/g. Set basic and supported rates. Channel number must be set the same for each bridge to communicate. TX Pwr mode can be left on auto unless the power needs to be regulated. Set Spanning Tree Protocol to enable unless you are sure that there is no chance of a loop.

Bridge signal strength LED port allows you to set the number of one of the remote APs which will be listed in section 3 at the bottom of the screen once the system is operational as the guiding port that you wish to have display in the WLANSS LED on the front of the WAB-1000 as a signal. If you don’t wish to display any detecting signal, simply leave this set at 0.

Click Apply to accept your changes but remain on that screen.

In the second section on the Wireless Configuration—Bridging screen, add the BSSID of the remote bridge. The BSSID corresponds to that bridge's MAC address. In entering the BSSID,

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Contents User Guide Page Table of Contents WPA Encryption Page Basic Features IntroductionWireless Basics 802.11b Network ConfigurationAccess point configurations 802.11gPossible AP Topologies Bridging Data Encryption and SecurityWPA with TKIP/ AES-CCMP AES-ECB and 3DES for BridgingDhcp Server MAC Address AuthenticationOperator Authentication and Management Management Hardware installation Preparation for useMinimum system and component requirements Installation InstructionsEnsure the cabling is correctly installed Page LED Indicator LightsSealing Antenna Connections WANPreliminary configuration steps IntroductionInitial setup using the Local port System Configuration GeneralWAN LAN Wireless Setup Page RTS DtimEncryption SsidWPA Encryption Page MAC Address Filtering Bridging and Bridging Encryption Rogue AP Detection Advanced Services Settings Snmp Agent User Management List All UsersMonitoring/Reports Add New UserSystem Status Bridging StatusWireless Clients Adjacent AP List Dhcp Client ListWeb Access Log System LogNetwork Activity Factory Default System AdministrationFirmware Upgrade Reboot Remote LoggingUtilities Configure the WAB-1000 as a bridge General bridge setupPage Page Set up bridging type Point-to-point bridge configurationPoint-to-point bridging setup guide BssidPage Page Point-to-multipoint bridge configuration Point-to-multipoint bridging setup guide Repeater bridge configuration Repeater bridging setup guideBridging Encryption Channel Separation and Wlan Cards Manufacturer’s StatementRadio Frequency Interference Requirements 3DES AESTkip DhcpSnmp WPA