Appendix II – Wireless with Router Mode
This section provides more details on wireless with router function.
The role of the LAN and WLAN interface will change accordingly to the Wireless Mode while the device is operating in Router mode:
•Wireless interface and all the wireless clients connected are considered as the internal LAN and the Ethernet interface is dedicated for the connection to the external network while the device is operating in AP/AP WDS wireless mode;
•Wireless interface and all the wireless clients connected is considered as the external network and the all the network devices on LAN side as well as the Ethernet interface itself is considered as the internal network while the device is operating in Station/Station WDS mode.
Wireless/wired clients are routed from the internal network to the external one by default. Network Address Translation (NAT) functionality works the same way.
AP-Router mode Network Settings
IP Address: This IP addresses represents the LAN or WLAN interface which is connected to the internal network according to the wireless operation mode described above. IP will be used for routing in internal network (it will be the Gateway IP for all the devices connected on the internal network). IP address also will be used for the management purpose of the device.
WLAN IP Address: This IP addresses represents the LAN or WLAN interface which is connected to the external network according to the wireless operation mode described above. This is the IP address can be used for the routing and the device management purposes. The external network interface can be set for static IP or can be set to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server which should reside in the external network. One of the IP assignment modes must be selected for the external network interface:
DHCP – choose this option to obtain the IP address, Gateway and DNS address dynamically from the external DHCP server.
PPPoE – choose this option to obtain the IP address, Gateway and DNS address dynamically from the external PPPoE server.
Static – choose this option to assign the static IP settings for the external interface.
IP Address and Netmask settings should consist with the address space of the network segment where the device resides. If the device IP settings and administrator PC (which is connected to the device through wired or wireless) IP settings will use different address space, the device will become unreachable.
Netmask: This is used to define the device IP classification for the chosen IP address range. 255.255.255.0 is a typical netmask value for Class C networks, which support IP address range 192.0.0.x to 223.255.255.x. Class C network Netmask uses 24 bits to identify the network (alternative notation "/24") and 8 bits to identity the host.
