Netgear WAG102 WAG102 Reference Manual - Page 82

ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG102 Reference Manual (802.11a/g) Configuring a Point-to-Multi-Point Wireless Bridge To configure a point-to-multi-point wireless bridge as shown in Figure 4-5: 1. Under Advanced on the maim menu, select Advanced Access Point Settings 11a or Advanced Access Point Settings 11b/g. The Advanced Access Point Settings screen will display. AP1 AP in R ESET ETHER N ET 5 -1 2 V DC Point-to-Point Bridge Mode Router 192.168.0.1 LAN Segment 1 AP2 R ESET ETHER N ET 5 -1 2 V DC 'Master' AP in Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge Mode Hub or Switch AP3 AP in R ESET ETHER N ET 5 -1 2 V DC Point-to-Point Bridge Mode Hub or Switch LAN Segment 3 LAN Segment 2 Figure 4-5 2. Configure the Operating Mode of the WAG102 Wireless Access Points. • WAG102 (AP1) on LAN Segment 1 in Point-to-Point Bridge mode with the Remote MAC Address of AP2. • Because it is in the central location, configure WAG102 (AP2) on LAN Segment 2 in Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge mode. The MAC addresses of the adjacent APs are required in AP2. • Configure the WAG102 (AP3) on LAN 3 in Point-to-Point Bridge mode with the Remote MAC Address of AP2. 3. Verify the following parameters for all access points: • Verify that the LAN network configuration the WAG102 Wireless Access Points are configured to operate in the same LAN network address range as the LAN devices • Only one access point is configured in Point-to-Multi-Point Bridge mode, and all the others are in Point-to-Point Bridge mode. • All access points must be on the same LAN. That is, all the APs LAN IP address must be in the same network. 4-6 Advanced Configuration v2.0, September 2006