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Chapter 12 Maintenance
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Figure 84 Universal Repeater Mode
12.10 Sys Op Mode Screen
Use this screen to select how you want to use your WAP3205.
Figure 85 Maintenance > Sys OP Mode
The following table describes the labels in the General screen.
Table 48 Maintenance > Sys OP Mode
LABEL DESCRIPTION
System Operation Mode
Access Point Select Access Point Mode if your device bridges traffic between clients on the
same network.
• In Access Point mode all Ethernet ports have the same IP address.
• The default IP address of the device on the local network is 192.168.1.2.
Client Mode Select Client Mode if your device needs a wireless client to connect to an existing
access point.
• You cannot configure wireless LAN settings like MAC filtering, QoS, WDS and
scheduling in the client mode.
• The IP address of the device on the local network is the same as the IP address
given to the WAP3205 while in access point mode (default is 192.168.1.2).
Universal
Repeater Mode
Select Universal Repeater Mode if you want to have wireless clients associate
with the WAP3205 and also want to connect the WAP3205 to an existing access
point.
• In addition to wireless LAN settings between the WAP3205 and wireless clients,
you also need to configure security and wireless settings between the WAP3205
and another access point.
• WDS is not available when the WAP3205 is in universal repeater mode.
• The IP address of the device on the local network is the same as the IP address
given to the WAP3205 while in access point mode (default is 192.168.1.2).