3Com 3CRWEASYA73 / WL-575 User Manual page 91

• Bridge: Operates as a bridge to five other access points (slaves), and connects
to the "root-bridge" (master).
• Repeater: Operates as a wireless repeater, extending the range for remote
wireless clients and connecting them to the root-bridge. In this mode, traffic
is not forwarded to the Ethernet port from the radio interface.
• Root-Bridge: Operates as the root-bridge (master) in the wireless bridge
network. Up to six child links are available to other WDS units in the
network, which may be either APs, or bridges.
Master/Slave Mode – Selects between Master and Slave mode. A single master in
bridge or repeater mode enables up to five slave links and one parent link. A slave
will have only one link to the master (root-bridge). A root-bridge sits at the edge
of a wireless network as an overall parent, and so does not have a Master or Slave
mode.
Channel Auto Sync – This command allows a child-node to automatically find the
operating channel of its parent-node.
CAUTION: Do not enable Channel Auto Sync on a master bridge if there is no
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root-bridge acting as the master bridge's parent.
Bridge Parent – The physical layer address of the root-bridge unit or the bridge
unit connected to the root-bridge. (12 hexadecimal digits in the form
"xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx")
Bridge Child – The physical layer address of other bridge units for which this unit
serves as the bridge parent or the root bridge. (12 hexadecimal digits in the form
"xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx")
Scan for WDS Links – Clicking this button performs a scan for neighboring WDS
devices as well as displaying their RSSI values.
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WDS and Spanning Tree Settings