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WG103 ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point Reference Manual Wireless Bridging and Repeating The wireless access point lets you build large bridged wireless networks. Examples of wireless bridged configurations are: • Point-to-point bridge. The wireless access point communicates with another bridge-mode wireless access point. See "How to Configure Point-to-Point Bridge Mode" on page 5-10. • Multi-point bridge. The wireless access point is the "master" for a group of bridge-mode wireless access points. Then all traffic is sent to this "master," rather than to the other wireless access points. See "How Configure Point to Multi-Point Bridge Mode" on page 5-11. • Repeater. The wireless access point sends all traffic to the remote AP. See "How to Configure Repeater Mode" on page 5-13. To display the bridging and repeating functions: 1. Log in to the wireless access point at its default LAN address of http://192.168.0.229 with its default user name of admin and default password of password, or using whatever password and LAN address you have chosen for the wireless access point. 2. Select Configuration > Wireless Bridge. The Bridging and Repeating screen displays (see Figure 5-6 on page 5-9). Figure 5-6 Advanced Configuration 5-9 v1.0, February 2009

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WG103 ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point Reference Manual
Advanced Configuration
5-9
v1.0, February 2009
Wireless Bridging and Repeating
The wireless access point lets you build large bridged wireless networks. Examples of wireless
bridged configurations are:
•
Point-to-point bridge
. The wireless access point communicates with another bridge-mode
wireless access point. See
“How to Configure Point-to-Point Bridge Mode” on page 5-10
.
•
Multi-point bridge
. The wireless access point is the “master” for a group of bridge-mode
wireless access points. Then all traffic is sent to this “master,” rather than to the other wireless
access points. See
“How Configure Point to Multi-Point Bridge Mode” on page 5-11
.
•
Repeater
. The wireless access point sends all traffic to the remote AP. See
“How to Configure
Repeater Mode” on page 5-13
.
To display the bridging and repeating functions:
1.
Log in to the wireless access point at its default LAN address of
with its
default user name of
admin
and default password of
password
, or using whatever password
and LAN address you have chosen for the wireless access point.
2.
Select
Configuration
>
Wireless Bridge
. The Bridging and Repeating screen displays (see
Figure 5-6 on page 5-9
).
Figure 5-6