Intermec 6710 manual Glossary, Access points provide the following functions

Glossary

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Access Point

Access points provide the following functions:

"A wired bridge is an access point that attaches to the network through an Ethernet link and has bridging enabled (through access point configuration menus). A wired bridge converts wireless LAN frames to Ethernet frames, and Ethernet frames to wireless LAN frames. A wired bridge also forwards wireless LAN frames to wireless LAN nodes.

"A designated bridge is an access point that bridges frames to and from a secondary Ethernet LAN. A des- ignated bridge for a secondary Ethernet LAN attaches to the network through a radio port, or through an En- terprise Open Wireless LAN (Enterprise OWL) port when establishing an IP tunnel.

"A wired access point is an access point that attaches to the network through an Ethernet link and has bridg- ing disabled (through the configuration menus).

"A wireless access point is an access point that attaches to the network through a radio port. A wireless access point provides a wireless store-and-forward operation with frames transmitted over the wireless media to reach their destination.

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