WESM zl Management and Configuration Guide WT.01.28 and greater

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Introduction
Radio Ports
Figure 1-18. BSS
A BSS operates in infrastructure mode, which means that instead of communicating
with each other, wireless stations communicate with an RP. This is the typical mode
for a wireless network used to grant mobile users access to an Ethernet network, as
well as the mode in which the ProCurve RPs operate. (See Figure 1-19.)
A wireless station must send all traffic to its RP. However, the RP can then forward
the traffic to another station in the BSS. For tighter security, you can block these inter-
station communications entirely, or you can force them to pass through the Wireless
Edge Services zl Module, where ACLs can be applied. See “Controlling Inter-Station
Traffic” on page 4-61 of Chapter 4: “Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs).”