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AP 1 AP 2
STA 1 STA 2 STA 3
Wireless Link
Ethernet Link
Switch
WCI:
This AP Only WCI: This AP Only
Fig. 47. Behavior of the “This AP Only” wireless client isolation option.
AP 1 AP 2
STA 1 STA 2 STA 3
Wireless Link
Ethernet Link
Switch
WCI:
All APs in This
Subnet
WCI:
All APs in This
Subnet
Fig. 48. Behavior of the “All APs on This Subnet” wireless client isolation option.
As illustrated in Fig. 47 when AP 1 and AP 2 are using the “This AP Only” option, wire-
less traffic between STA 1 and STA 2 is blocked by AP 1, while wireless traffic between
STA 2 and STA 3, which are associated with different APs, is still allowed. If the “All
APs in This Subnet” option is used as shown in Fig. 48, AP 1 and AP 2 communicates
with each other via an inter-AP protocol to share their STA association information to
block wireless traffic among all the STAs.
There are up to 7 security modes depending on AP model variations:
• Open System. No authentication, no data encryption.