ZyXEL Communications 240B Initial Setup, Network Topology Planning, 1 ExpWave Networking Topology

ExpWave 240B Secure Outdoor Ethernet Radio Link

Chapter 3 Initial Setup

This chapter explains how to perform the initial ExpWave setup and gives an overview of SMT menus.

3.1 Network Topology Planning

The ExpWave is designed for business companies to build up a secure Inter-building wireless communication system between offices’ Ethernet connection. Your ExpWave can not only be applied for Point to Point (PTP) application but also the Point to Two Points (PT2P) for multi-sites connection. The ExpWave consists of access point (AP) and access client (AC). The ExpWave access point can communicate with one ExpWave access client for PTP connection or two ExpWave access clients for PT2P connections on the air. The network topology for PTP and PT2P wireless connection is shown below.

AC1

AC AP AC2

AP

Bridge Mode

Route Mode

Figure 3-1 ExpWave Networking Topology

There exist two networking operation modes of bridge mode and router mode within the ExpWave. The bridge mode supports only the PTP connection and the router mode supports both PTP & PT2P connection. You have to appropriately configure your ExpWave Access Point and Access Client for normal operation according to your network topology and requirements before physical installation. The operation mode and application instruction is shown in Table 3-1.

Table 3-1 Operation Mode Instruction of ExpWave

	Point to Point	Point to Two Points
Bridge Mode	yes	no
Router Mode	yes	yes

The basic configurations to both bridge mode and router mode are described in following sections.

Initial Setup 3-1