Product introduction

Single IP bridge environment

In a single IP bridge environment, the device connects to an access point using a single IP address.

In this setup, the MAC cloning feature may be enabled to support certain applications and devices, such as Xbox and PlayStation® game consoles, that use the MAC address to communicate with other devices. MAC cloning allows the ASUS Pocket Wireless AP to to communicate with other devices in a wireless network using the MAC address of the host computer instead of its own.

Access Point

Multiple IP bridge environment

In a multiple IP bridge environment, the ASUS Pocket Wireless AP connects two or more wired devices to a wireless network from a hub or a switch.

Hub

Access Point

 

You must disable the MAC cloning feature when you set the device in Ethernet adapter mode under this environment. Enabling MAC cloning under this environment results to undefined and incorrect bridge behavior.

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ASUS Pocket Wireless Access Point (WL-330)