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General Operations
Specifying the Operational Mode
Go to the General, Operational Mode section, select an operational mode and then click Save at the bottom of this page. This will take you back to the starting page.
The AP supports 2 operational modes:
yAP/Bridge.
This mode provides both Access Point and Static
The static
yAP Client.
This mode is for Dynamic
In either mode, the NI
There are 2 types of wireless links as specified by the IEEE 802.11 standard.
ySTA-AP.
This type of wireless link is established between an IEEE 802.11 Station (STA) and an IEEE 802.11 Access Point (AP). An STA is usually a client computer (PC or PDA) with a WLAN network interface card (NIC). The AP Client mode is actually an STA.
yWDS.
This type of wireless link is established between two IEEE 802.11 APs. Wireless packets transmitted along the WDS link comply with the IEEE 802.11 WDS (Wireless Distribution System) format at the link layer.
The relationships among the operational modes and the wireless link types are shown in the following table:
| AP/Bridge | AP Client |
AP/Bridge | WDS | |
AP Client |
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To establish a static bridge link based on WDS, the AP/bridges at both end of the WDS link must be configured manually with each other’s MAC addresses. To establish a dynamic bridge link between an AP and an AP Client, both devices must be configured with the same SSID and WEP settings. The AP Client automatically scans for any AP that is using the matched SSID and establishes a bridge link with the scanned AP.