Field | Description |
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Radio | The Gateway 7001 AP is available in a dual band and single band version. |
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| On the single band version of the Gateway® 7001 AP, this box is not included |
| on the WDS tab. |
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| For each WDS link on a |
| rest of the settings for the link apply to the radio selected in this box. The |
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| here. |
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Local Address | Indicates the Media Access Control (MAC) addresses for this access point. |
| A MAC address is a permanent, unique hardware address for any device |
| that represents an interface to the network. The MAC address is assigned |
| by the manufacturer. |
| You cannot change the MAC address. It is provided here for informational |
| purposes as a unique identifier for the access point or interface. |
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| On the single band version of the Gateway® 7001 AP, a single MAC address |
| is shown at the top of the WDS settings page. The address shown for the |
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| by which the AP is known externally to other networks. |
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| For each WDS link on a |
| address for the internal interface on the selected radio (Radio One on |
| WLAN0 or Radio Two WLAN1). |
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Remote Address | Specify the MAC address of the destination access point, that is, the access |
| point to which data will be sent or |
| received. |
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Bridge with | The Gateway 7001 Series |
| up guest and internal networks on the same access point. (See “Setting up |
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| The guest network typically provides internet access but isolates guest |
| clients from more sensitive areas of your internal network. It is common to |
| have security disabled on the guest network to provide open access. |
| Alternatively, the internal network provides full access to protected |
| information behind a firewall and requires secure logins or certificates for |
| access. |
| When using WDS to link up one access point to another, you need to identify |
| within which of these networks you want the data exchange to occur. |
| Specify the network to which you want to bridge this access point: |
| • Internal Network |
| • Guest Network |
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