Access Policy; Wireless Distribution System (Wds); Figure 45: Access Policy - Alfa Network AIP-W502 User Manual

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The Mini Broadband Router provides a MAC address filtering facility. The
access policy can be set to allow or reject specific station MAC addresses.
This feature can be used to connect known wireless devices that may not
be able to support the configured security mode.

Figure 45: Access Policy

The following items are displayed in this section on this page:
◆ Access Policy — The access policy can be set to allow or reject specific
station MAC addresses.
Add a station MAC — Enter the MAC address of the station that you
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want to filter. MAC addresses must be entered in the format
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
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YSTEM
The radio interface can be configured to operate in a mode that allows it to
forward traffic directly to other Mini Broadband Router units. This feature
can be used to extend the range of the wireless network to reach remote
clients, or to link disconnected network segments to an Internet
connection.
To set up links between units, you must configure the Wireless Distribution
System (WDS) forwarding table by specifying the wireless MAC address of
all units to which you want to forward traffic.
All units in a WDS wireless network must be configured with the
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same SSID and use the same radio channel. Also each WDS link must be
configured with the same encryption key on both units in the link.
Up to four WDS links can be specified for each unit in the WDS network.
The following figures illustrate an example WDS network.
the manual set up of MAC addresses for units in the WDS network.
Figure 47 shows the basic configuration required on each unit in the WDS
network.
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Wireless Distribution System (WDS)

Figure 46 shows