Allied Telesis AT-WA7500, AT-WA7501 Example Configuring an 802.11a Point-to-Multipoint Bridge

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Example - Configuring an 802.11a Point-to-Multipoint Bridge

In this example, each access point only has one 802.11a radio. Since the 802.11a radio can function as a master and a station, wireless end devices can communicate with either access point.

Primary LAN Secondary LAN

Host

Root	Designated
	bridge

Figure 15. 802.11a Point-to-Point Bridges

Table 10. 802.11a Point-to-Point Bridges Parameter Settings

			Bridge
		Bridge	Secondary
Screen	Parameter	Primary LAN	LAN
		(Root)	(Designated
			Bridge)
802.11a	Allow Wireless Access	On Primary	On Primary
Radio	Points
	Node Type	Master	Master
	SSID	Manufactur-	Manufactur-
		ing	ing
Spanning	LAN ID	11	11
Tree
	Root Priority	5	0
Settings
	Ethernet Bridging	Checked	Checked
	Enabled
	Secondary LAN Bridge	0	1
	Priority
	Secondary LAN Bridge	Disabled	Enabled
	Flooding

Allied Telesyn recommends that you implement some type of security.

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