LevelOne WAB-1000 manual Point-to-multipoint bridging setup guide

Models: WAB-1000

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bridging encryption of each must be set to the appropriate type and key length and must be the same on all.

Because the WAB-1000 has two separate WLAN cards, one for the AP card and one for the bridging card, each bridge can have a WLAN on the 802.11b/g protocol with no loss of efficiency in bridging if you wish.

The following diagram pictures a point-to-multipoint setup, which might be of use where a company's network spans several buildings within a campus-like setting.

Follow the steps of the procedure outlined in the point-to-point bridge section. The chart below describes the basic attributes.

Point-to-multipoint bridging setup guide

Direction

Bridge 1

Bridge 2 ~ n

 

 

 

Wireless Configuration – General

 

 

 

 

 

SSID

default (or set for 802.11b/g

default (or set for

 

WLAN)

802.11b/g WLAN)

 

 

 

Channel

11

11

 

 

 

Wireless Configuration – Encryption

Set for 802.11b/g WLAN

Set for 802.11b/g WLAN

 

 

 

Wireless Configuration – Bridging

 

 

 

 

 

Channel

4

4

 

 

 

Wireless Client Access

Enable

Enable

 

 

 

Spanning Tree Protocol

Enable (or Disable if no

Enable (or Disable if no

 

bridging loop possible)

bridging loop possible)

 

 

 

BSSID

Add Bridge 2 ~ n BSSIDs

Add Bridge 1 BSSID

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LevelOne WAB-1000 manual Point-to-multipoint bridging setup guide