Configure A Wireless Bridge - NETGEAR WAC720 Reference Manual

ProSAFE Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Points WAC720 and WAC730
• Wireless point-to-multipoint bridge. The wireless access point is the master for a
group of bridge-mode wireless access points. You can configure up to four wireless
bridges.
The other bridge-mode wireless stations must be set to point-to-point bridge mode, using
the MAC address of the your wireless access point (that is, the master). Rather than
communicating directly with each other, all other bridge-mode wireless access points
send their traffic to the master wireless access point. You can use WPA2-PSK to secure
the communication.
WiFi client
Internet
Figure 7. Point-to-multipoint wireless network

Configure a Wireless Bridge

In bridge mode, the wireless access point communicates with one or more other bridge-mode
wireless access points. By default, the connection is an open system but you can use
WPA2-PSK security to protect this communication.
Note: You cannot configure wireless bridging when automatic channel
selection is enabled. On the basic Wireless Settings page, make sure
that Auto is not selected from the Channel / Frequency menu (see
Configure the Basic Wireless Settings
To configure a wireless bridge:
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1. Configure the wireless access point (AP1 on LAN Segment 1 in the previous figures) as
a point-to-point bridge:
a. Select Configuration > Wireless Bridge.
AP2 in
point-to-point
bridge mode
LAN segment 1
Advanced Configuration
WiFi client
Master AP1 in
point-to-point
bridge mode with
both AP2 an AP3
LAN segment 2
on page 19).
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AP3 in
point-to-point
bridge mode
LAN segment 3