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Con a Point-to-Multipoint Wireless Network, Configuration > Wireless Bridge

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ProSAFE Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Point WAC720 WAC730 A computer on either LAN segment should be able to connect to the Internet or share files and printers of any other computers or servers connected to LAN Segment 1 or LAN Segment 2. Configure a Point-to-Multipoint Wireless Network In a point-to-multipoint bridge, the wireless access point is the master for a group of bridge-mode wireless access points. All traffic is sent to the master rather than to the other wireless access points. Use wireless security to protect this communication. For each wireless access point that you want the master to be able to connect to, you must configure a security profile with a unique name and the MAC address of the wireless access point. You can configure up to four such security profiles (NETGEAR-WDS-1, NETGEAR-WDS-2, and so on). The following figure shows an example in which AP1 functions in point-to-multipoint bridge mode and AP2 and AP3 function in point-to-point bridge mode: Wireless PC card in a notebook computer Router Point-to-point bridge mode Multipoint bridge mode Hub or switch Point-to-point bridge mode Hub or switch Figure 6.  To configure a point-to-multipoint wireless network: 1. Configure the security profiles on the wireless access point (AP1 on LAN Segment 1 in the previous figure): a. Select Configuration > Wireless Bridge. The Bridging page displays. (The following figure shows the page after you have completed Step c.) b. Select the Enable Wireless Bridging check box. The Local MAC Address field is a nonconfigurable field that shows the MAC address of the wireless access point. c. Select the Wireless Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge radio button. The page adjusts. Advanced Configuration 92

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Advanced Configuration
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ProSAFE Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Point WAC720 WAC730
A computer on either LAN segment should be able to connect to the Internet or share
files and printers of any other computers or servers connected to LAN Segment 1 or LAN
Segment 2.
Configure a Point-to-Multipoint Wireless Network
In a point-to-multipoint bridge, the wireless access point is the master for a group of
bridge-mode wireless access points. All traffic is sent to the master rather than to the other
wireless access points. Use wireless security to protect this communication.
For each wireless access point that you want the master to be able to connect to, you must
configure a security profile with a unique name and the MAC address of the wireless access
point. You can configure up to four such security profiles (NETGEAR-WDS-1,
NETGEAR-WDS-2, and so on).
The following figure shows an example in which AP1 functions in point-to-multipoint bridge
mode and AP2 and AP3 function in point-to-point bridge mode:
Wireless PC card
in a notebook computer
Point-to-point
bridge mode
Multipoint
bridge mode
Point-to-point
bridge mode
Router
Hub or switch
Hub or switch
Figure 6.
To configure a point-to-multipoint wireless network:
1.
Configure the security profiles on the wireless access point (AP1 on LAN Segment 1 in
the previous figure):
a.
Select
Configuration > Wireless Bridge
. The Bridging page displays. (The following
figure shows the page after you have completed
Step
c
.)
b.
Select the
Enable Wireless Bridging
check box. The Local MAC Address field is a
nonconfigurable field that shows the MAC address of the wireless access point.
c.
Select the
Wireless Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge
radio button. The page adjusts.