Wireless LAN Acc ess Point Configuration
3.2.2 Wire le s s Se tt ing This Access Point supports AP, Station, Bridge, WDS and Universal Repeater modes.
“AP Mode” provides pure access point function. The simplest way to build up a
wireless LAN is to use “AP Mode”. “Station Mode” is used to let a network device
with only wired Ethernet function to have wireless LAN communication capability. It
provides both Ad Hoc and Infrastructure modes for the “Station Mode”. With
“Station-Ad Hoc mode”, it can let your network device join a wireless LAN with
peer-to-peer communication. With “Station-Infrastructure mode”, it can let your
network device join a wireless LAN through an access point. “AP Bridge Mode”
provides the function to bridge more than 2 wired Ethernet networks together by
wireless LAN. You can use two access points with “AP Bridge-Point to Point mode”
to bridge two wired Ethernet networks together. If you want to bridge more than two
wired Ethernet networks together, you have to use enough access points with “AP
Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode”. An access point with “AP Bridge-Point to Point
mode” or “AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode” can only be used to bridge wired
Ethernet networks together. It can’t accept connection from other wireless station at
the same time. If you want an access point to bridge wired Ethernet network and
provide connection service for other wireless station at the same time, you have to set
the access point t o “AP Bridge-WDS mo de”. Simply speaking, “AP Bridge-WDS
mode” function is the combination of “AP mode” and “AP Bridge-Point to Multi-
Point mode”. “Universal Repeater Mode” provides the function to act as AP client
and AP at the same time. It can use AP client function to connect to a Root AP and
use AP function to service all wireless stations within its coverage. All the stations
within the coverage of this access point can be bridged to the Root AP. “Universal
Repeater Mode” is very convenient to extend the coverage of your wireless network.
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