NETGEAR WNDAP350-100NAS manual Enabling Wireless Bridging

ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point WNDAP350 Reference Manual

Table 4-1. QoS Queues and Parameters

QoS Queue	Description
Data 3 (Background)	Lowest priority queue, high throughput. Bulk data that requires maxi-
	mum throughput and is not time-sensitive is sent to this queue (FTP
	data, for example).
AIFS (Arbitration Inter-Frame	Specifies a wait time (in milliseconds) for data frames. Valid values for
Space)	AIFS are 1 through 255.
cwMin (Minimum Contention	Upper limit (in milliseconds) of a range from which the initial random
Window)	backoff wait time is determined. Valid values for the “cwmin” are 1, 3, 7,
	15, 31, 63, 127, 255, 511, or 1024. The value for cwMin must be lower
	than the value for cwMax.
cwMax (Maximum Contention	Upper limit (in milliseconds) for the doubling of the random backoff
Window)	value. Valid values for the “cwmax” are 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, 127, 255,
	511, or 1024. The value for cwMax must be higher than the value for
	cwMin.
Max. Burst Length	Specifies (in milliseconds) the Maximum Burst Length allowed for
	packet bursts on the wireless network. A packet burst is a collection of
	multiple frames transmitted without header information. Valid values for
	maximum burst length are 0.0 through 999.9.

Enabling Wireless Bridging

The ProSafe Dual Band Wireless-N Access Point WNDAP350 lets you build large bridged wireless networks. Select the desired wireless access point mode for your environment:

•Wireless Point-to-Point Bridge. In this mode, the WNDAP350 can communicate with another bridge mode wireless access point. Select the Enable Wireless Client Association option to enable wireless clients to associate with this access point.

When you click the Edit button, you must enter the Profile Name and the MAC address (physical address) of the other Bridge mode wireless access point in the fields provided. WEP, WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSK are supported. WPA2-PSK can (and should) be used to protect this communication.

•Wireless Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge. Select this only if this WNDAP350 is the “Master” for a group of bridge-mode wireless access points. Select the Enable Wireless Client Association option to enable wireless clients to associate with this access point.

The other bridge-mode wireless access points must be set to point-to-point bridge mode, using the MAC address of this WNDAP350. They then send all traffic to this “Master”, rather than communicate directly with each other.

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