Bridge / Repeater; Figure 5 Ap+Bridge Application - ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-3000H User Manual

Figure 5 AP+Bridge Application

1.3.4 Bridge / Repeater

The ZyAIR can act as a wireless network bridge and establish wireless links with other APs. In
bridge mode, the ZyAIR's (A and B) are connected to independent wired networks and have a
bridge (A can communicate with B) connection at the same time. A ZyAIR in repeater mode
(C) has no Ethernet connection. When the ZyAIR is in the bridge mode, you should enable
STP to prevent bridge loops.
When the ZyAIR is in Bridge/Repeater mode, you don't have to enter a pre-shared key, but
the traffic between devices won't be encrypted if you don't. The peer bridge must use the same
pre-shared key and encryption method.
The ZyAIR in AP+Bridge mode cannot connect to another ZyAIR in Bridge/Repeater mode
that uses manual WEP keys with 64-bit or 128-bit WEP encryption.
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