NETGEAR WNDAP350-100NAS manual Configuring a Point-to-Multi-Point Wireless Bridge

ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point WNDAP350 Reference Manual

Configuring a Point-to-Multi-Point Wireless Bridge

To configure a point-to-multi-point wireless bridge as shown in Figure 4-9:

1.Under the Configuration tab, select Wireless Bridge. Then, select Bridging. The Bridging screen displays.

AP1

AP3

AP in	AP in
Point-to-Point	Point-to-Point
Bridge Mode	Bridge Mode

AP2

Hub or Switch

Router

'Master' AP in

Point-to-Multi-Point

192.168.0.1	Bridge Mode	LAN
LAN	Hub or Switch	Segment 3
Segment 1

LAN

Segment 2

Figure 4-9 Wireless point-to-multipoint bridge setup

2.Configure the Operating Mode of the WNDAP350 wirelss access points.

•WNDAP350 (AP1) on LAN Segment 1 in Point-to-Point Bridge mode with the Remote MAC Address of AP2.

•Because it is in the central location, configure WNDAP350 (AP2) on LAN Segment 2 in Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge mode. The MAC addresses of the adjacent APs are required in AP2.

•Configure the WNDAP350 (AP3) on LAN 3 in Point-to-Point Bridge mode with the Remote MAC Address of AP2.

3.Verify the following parameters for all access points:

•Verify that the LAN network configuration the WNDAP350 wirelss access points are configured to operate in the same LAN network address range as the LAN devices

•Only one access point is configured in Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge mode, and all the others are in Point-to-Point Bridge mode.

•All access points must be on the same LAN. That is, all the APs LAN IP address must be in the same network.

4-14 Advanced Configuration

v1.1, November 2009