G-3000H User’s Guide

Table 15 Wireless: Bridge/Repeater

LABEL

DESCRIPTIONS

 

 

Enable WDS Security

Select the check box to enable WDS on your ZyAIR. A Wireless Distribution

 

System (WDS) is a wireless connection between two or more APs.

 

When you select the check box, you are prompted to type a Pre-Shared Key

 

(PSK). The ZyAIR uses TKIP to encrypt traffic on the WDS between AP’s.

 

Note: Other AP’s must use the same encryption method to

 

enable WDS.

#

This is the index number of the bridge connection.

 

 

Active

Select the check box to enable the bridge connection. Otherwise, clear the

 

check box to disable it.

Remote Bridge MAC

Type the MAC address of the peer device in a valid MAC address format, that

Address

is, six hexadecimal character pairs, for example, 12:34:56:78:9a:bc.

PSK

Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including

 

spaces and symbols).

See Table 14 on page 65 for information on the other labels in this screen.

5.6.3 AP+Bridge Mode

Click the WIRELESS link under ADVANCED. Select AP+Bridge as the Operating Mode to display the screen as shown next. In this screen, you can configure the ZyAIR to function as an AP and bridge simultaneously. See the section on ZyAIR applications for more information.

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