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38 AirLive WH-5000A User’s Manual
WH-5000A Serials User Guide
5.7 Repeater Bridge Setup Guide
A repeater setup can be used to extend the wireless signal from one bridge connected to an Ethernet LAN
wirelessly so that another bridge can control a wireless LAN at a distance.
The following Table describes the basic attributes for the network topology illustrate at above picture.
Table: Repeater Configuration table
Direction
Bridge 1 Bridge 2 Bridge 3
Wireless Configuration - General
Bridge Mode
Manual Bridge Manual Bridge Manual Bridge
Spanning Tree Protocol
Enable
(Disable if no loop)
Enable
Disable if no loop)
Enable
Disable if no loop)
Wireless Bridge - Radio
Channel
4 4 4
Wireless Mode
802.11g (for high data
rate)
802.11g (for high data
rate)
802.11g (for high data
rate)
TX Power
Auto Auto Auto
Propagation distance
Appropriate value Appropriate value Appropriate value
BSSID
Add Bridge2’s BSSID
(MAC address)
Add Bridge1’s and 3’s
BSSID(MAC address)
Add Bridge2’s BSSID
(MAC address)
Wireless Configuration – Bridging Encryption
Encryption
Select appropriate
Key
type and
Key. Must
be the
same key as Bridge 2
Select
appropriate
Key
type and
Key. Must
be the
same key as Bridge 1
Select
appropriate
Key
type and
Key. Must
be the
same key as Bridge 1