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3. Wireless Bridge – A pair of APs operating under Bridge mode to act as the bridge that connects
two Ethernet networks or Ethernet enabled clients together. You must make sure that the SSID
and Channel is set to the same as that used by the AP you wish to connect. The "Remote Bridge
MAC" is where you enter the MAC address of the other AP that you connect to setup the
wireless bridge.
Remote Bridge MAC filed : key in the LAN Mac address (NOT wireless Mac address)
of the AP that you wish to get connected.
4. Multiple Bridge – A group of APs which consists of two or more APs operating under Multiple
Bridge mode, that can connect two or more Ethernet networks or Ethernet enabled clients
together. The way that multiple bridge setup is based on the topology of Ad-Hoc mode.
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Note A ll APs have to use the same Channel and SSID in order to form a Multiple Bridge network.
Beacon Interval: To set the period of time in milliseconds that AP sends out a beacon. Default is
100 milliseconds.
RTS Threshold: To set the size of RTS/CTS packet size. Default is 2432 bytes.
Fragmentation Threshold : To set the number of bytes used for the fragmentation boundary for
directed messages. Default is 2436 bytes.
DTIM Interval: This value indicates the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message
(DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients of the next window for listening to
broadcast and multicast messages. When the Access Point has buffered broadcast or multicast
messages for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a D TIM Interval value. Access Point
Clients hear the beacons and awaken to receive the broadcast and multicast messages.
Authentication Type: The Authentication Type default is set to Open System, and you may want
to set to Shared Key when the clients and AP in the same wireless network enable the WEP
encryption. All the nodes and hosts on the network must use the same authentication type. It's
recommend that you use the default setting.
Preamble Type: Preamble is a sequence of bits transmitted at 1Mbps that allows the PHY
circuitry to reach steady-state demodulation and synchronization of bit clock and frame start. Two
different preambles and headers are defined: the mandatory supported Long Preamble and header,
which interoperates with the 1 Mbit/s and 2 Mbit/s DSSS specification (as described in IEEE Std
802.11), and an optional Short Preamble and header (as described in IEEE Std 802.11b). At the
receiver, the Preamble and header are processed to aid in demodulation and delivery of the PSDU.
The Short Preamble and header may be used to minimize overhead and, thus, maximize the network
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