Nortel Networks 2300 manual Configuring AP access points, AP Overview

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Configuring AP access points

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AP contain radios that provide networking between your wired network and IEEE 802.11 wireless users. An AP connects to the wired network through a 10/100 Ethernet link and connects to wireless users through radio signals.

AP Overview

Figure 6 on page 222 shows an example of a Nortel network containing AP access points and WSSs. An AP can be directly connected to a WSS port or indirectly connected to an WSS switch through a Layer 2 or IPv4 Layer 3 network. For redundancy, an AP can have one of the following combinations of multiple connections:

•Two direct connections to a single WSS or two WSSs

•Up to four indirect connections to WSSs through intermediate Layer 2 or Layer 3 networks

•One direct connection to a WSS and up to three indirect connections to WSSs through intermediate Layer 2 or Layer 3 networks

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