User Manual Part 2

Wi-Fi Array

184 Configuring the Wi-Fi Array

c. Bridge traffic between gig1 & gig2 — Traffic received on Gigabit1 is

transmitted by Gigabit2; similarly, traffic received on Gigabit2 is

transmitted by Gigabit1. This allows the Array to act as a wired

bridge and allows Arrays to be daisy-chained and still maintain

wired connectivity. See Figure 90 (c).

d. Transmit Traffic on both gig1 & gig2 — Transmits incoming traffic on

both Gigabit1 and Gigabit2. Any traffic received on Gigabit1 or

Gigabit2 is sent to the onboard processor. This mode provides fault

tolerance. See Figure 90 (d).

Figure 90. Port Modes (c-d)

e. Load balance traffic between gig1 & gig2 — This option provides

trunking, similar to option (b) — Aggregate Traffic from gig1 & gig2

using 802.3ad, but it uses a different load balancing algorithm to

determine the outgoing gigabit port. The outgoing port used is based

on an exclusive OR of the source and destination MAC address. Like

option (b), this mode also provides load balancing and fault

tolerance. See Figure 91 (e).

Gig1 Gig2

Switch

Gig1 and Gig2 are bridged.

Traffic received on either link

is repeated to the other

Gig1 Gig2

Switch

Received wireless traffic is

sent to both links

Traffic from either link is

processed for transmission