Linksys WAP300N manual How to set up Wireless Bridge Mode, To set up Wireless Bridge mode

Linksys WAP300N

How to set up Wireless Bridge Mode

To set up Wireless Bridge mode:

Wireless > Basic Wireless Settings

1.Log into the browser-based utility (see “How to open the browser-based utility” on page 8).

2.Click the Wireless tab, then click the Basic Wireless Settings page.

Local Wi-Fi MAC Address—The Wi-Fi MAC address of this device.

Remote Wireless Bridges’ Wi-Fi MAC Addresses—Enter the Wi-Fi MAC addresses of other WAP300N wireless bridges that you want this WAP300N to connect to.

Wireless Band—Select the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz radio band. The 5 GHz band is less crowded than the 2.4 GHz band, so that band is more likely to be free from interference.

Channel Width—For best performance in a Wireless-N network, select 40 MHz only (available only in the 5 GHz radio band) or Auto. In Auto mode, this device and other WAP300N devices connected to this one automatically switch to the 40 MHz mode if there is no interference.

Setting Up: Basics

Channel—Choose the operating channel for your wireless network.

CAUTION

While in Wireless Bridge mode, this device can communicate with other WAP300N devices only if they are also in Wireless Bridge mode and the wireless settings are all identical.

Example 1

You want to connect two wired networks together using Two WAP300N devices. One WAP300N will need to be on each network. We will call one (A) and the other (B). To make this work:

1.Enter (A)’s Local Wi-Fi MAC Address into (B)’s Remote Wireless Bridges’ Wi- Fi MAC Addresses field.

2.Enter (B)’s Local Wi-Fi MAC Address into (A)’s Remote Wireless Bridges’ Wi- Fi MAC Addresses field.

Example 2

You want to connect three wired networks together using three WAP300N devices. One WAP300N will need to be on each network. In this example, they will be called (A), (B), and (C). To make this work:

1.Enter (A)’s and (C)’s Local Wi-Fi MAC Addresses into (B)’s Remote Wireless Bridges’ Wi-Fi MAC Addresses field.

2.Enter (B)’s Local Wi-Fi MAC Address into (A)’s Remote Wireless Bridges’ Wi- Fi MAC Addresses field.

3.Enter (B)’s Local Wi-Fi MAC Address into (C)’s Remote Wireless Bridges’ Wi- Fi MAC Addresses field.

This establishes a wireless connection between (A) and (B) and another connection between (B) and (C). This approach links all three wired networks together.

CAUTION

Do not create a loop in your network. In the above example, a loop would be adding an (A)-to-(C) wireless connection, while you already had an (A)-to-(B) and (B)-to-(C) wireless connection.

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