User Guide

Advanced Configuration

ProSAFE Single Band 802.11n Wireless Access Point WN203

• Repeating the wireless signal. In this mode, this wireless access point repeats the

wireless signal, does not support communication with wireless clients, and sends all

traffic to a remote access point. In this mode, wireless clients cannot associate with the

wireless access point. Use WEP, WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSK to secure the communication

with the remote access point. For information about how to configure this mode, see

Configure the Wireless Access Point to Repeat the Wireless Signal Using

Point-to-Multipoint Bridge Mode on page 85.

For you to set up a wireless network in a WDS,

the following conditions need to be met for all

access points:

• All access points need to use the same SSID, wireless channel, and encryption mode.

• All access points need to be on the same LAN IP subnet. That is, all the access point LAN

IP addresses are in the same network.

• All LAN devices (wired and wireless computers) need to be configured to operate in the

same LAN network address range as the access points.

• The channel selection on the access points cannot be

Auto (see Configure the Basic

Wireless Settings on page 25).

Configure a Point-to-Point Wireless Network

In point-to-point bridge mode, the wireless access point communicates with another

bridge-mode wireless station. Use wireless security to protect this communication. The

following figure shows an example in which two wireless access points (APs) function in

point-to-point bridge mode with client association:

Point-to-point

bridge mode

Point-to-point

bridge mode

Router

Hub or switch

AP1

AP2

Internet

LAN segment 1

LAN segment 2

Wireless client

Figure 16. Point-to-point wireless network