Chapter 4. Using The Link Required Option; Link Required For Maintaining Ethernet Link - Intel 2011B - PRO/Wireless LAN Enterprise Access Point Configuration Manual

Chapter 4. Using the Link Required Option

As shown in Figure 4-1, Link Required is one of the options for the WLAP Mode entry on the RF
Configuration screen. This option allows an access point to create a wireless link in the event it
loses its Ethernet connection.
Link Required can also be used to allow WLAPs to roam to another root access point if the original
root access point loses its Ethernet connection.
Network examples using the Link Required option are covered in the following subsections.
Access Point A
.DTIM Interval
.BC/MC Q Max
.Max Retries (d)
.Max Retries (v)
.Multicast Mask (d) 09000E00
.Multicast Mask (v) 01005E00
.Beacon Interval
.Accept Broadcast ESSID
.MU Inactivity Timeout
.Rate Control
11 Mb/s
5.5 Mb/s
2 Mb/s
1 Mb/s
.RTS Threshold
Extended Range
OK-[CR]
Use the space bar to enable/disable/set link required WLAP operation.
Figure 4-1: Setting the WLAP Mode to Link Required
4.1

Link Required for Maintaining Ethernet Link

As previously mentioned, the Link Required option allows an access point to operate as a WLAP if
it loses its Ethernet connection.
An example network is shown in Figure 4-2. In this example, when access point B loses its Ethernet
connection, it resets then makes a wireless link to the Ethernet through access point A.
Configuring Access Point Bridging and Repeating (WLAP Mode)
RF Configuration
10
10
15
5
hex
hex
100 K-us
Disabled
60 min.
Optional
Optional
Required
Required
2347 bytes
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Save-[F1] Save All APs-[F2]
Chapter 4. Using the Link Required Option
WLAP Mode Link Required
WLAP Priority 8000 hex
WLAP Manual BSS ID 00:00:00:00:00:00
WLAP Hello Time 20
WLAP Max Age 100
WLAP Forward Delay
WLAP MU Table Aging Time
.WEP (Privacy) Disabled
.WEP Algorithm 40 bit shared key
.Encryption Key ID 1
Encryption Key Maintenance
.Short RF Preamble Disabled
Tx Power Control Full
Cancel-[ESC]
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