EnGenius Technologies EOA7530 Chapter11BuildingaWirelessNetwork

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Chapter11–BuildingaWirelessNetwork

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WithitsabilitytooperateinAccessPoint,ClientBridge,orClientRouterMode,yourEOA7530isthe

idealdevicearoundwhichyoucanbuildyourWLAN.ThisappendixdescribeshowtobuildaWLAN

aroundyourEOA7530.ItbeginswithadescriptionoftheEOA7530’sthreeoperatingmodesandthen

goesontoprovideexamplesofhowtheseoperatingmodescanbeusedinreal‐worldconfigurations

andhowtoconfiguretheEOA7530tooperateintheseconfigurations.

ThefollowingsectionsdescribethethreeEOA7530operatingmodes.

InAccessPointMode,theEOA7530operatesasacentralconnectionforstationsorclientsthat

supportIEEE802.11b/gnetworks.Allstationsandclientswithinthewirelessareatobecoveredmust

beconfiguredtousethesameSSIDandSecurityPasswordtoassociatewitheachother.Inthis

operatingmode,theEOA7530supportsfourSSIDsthatcanbeconfiguredindependentlytoisolate

clients.

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