Packet Forwarding - Proxim ORiNOCO AP-800 Installation And Management Manual

3.8.6 Packet Forwarding

Packet Forwarding is the process of relaying the data packets, through a pre configured gateway (connected to the AP
device either through ethernet interface or WDS interface). On receiving the traffic (uplink) from the stations, the AP device
forwards the traffic to the destined gateway, by tagging it with the gateway MAC address. The gateway device (configured
according to the user requirement) monitors the uplink traffic, for improved security.
To configure, do the following:
1. Navigate to CONFIGURATION > Filters > Packet Forwarding. The Packet Forwarding screen appears.
2. Configure the following parameters:
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Status: Specifies the status of Packet Forwarding on the AP device. By default, it is disabled. To enable, select
Enable from the drop down menu.
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Gateway MAC Address: Specifies the MAC address of the destined gateway device. To configure, enter the
Gateway MAC Address in the box.
•
UpLink Port Name: Specifies the port of the gateway, that should participate in Packet Forwarding. The
UpLink Port Name can be configured in three ways:
— Auto: Configure the UpLink Port Name to Auto, when the interface of the destined gateway port is
unknown. Based on the configured peer MAC address, the AP device checks within its bridge table and
automatically detects the gateway port.
— Ethernet: Configure the UpLinK Port Name to Ethernet, when the destined gateway port is connected on
ethernet interface of the AP device.
— WDS: Configure the UpLinK Port Name to WDS, when the destined gateway port is connected on WDS
interface of the AP device. Based on the radio (interface 1 and interface 2) and the VAP enabled, the UpLink
Port Name configured in WDS is represented as:
WDS_X_Y; where X = the radio on which the VAP is enabled (interface 1 or interface 2)
For example, if UpLink Port Name is WDS_1_2 then, 1 represents radio 1 (interface 1) and 2 represents VAP 2.
3. Click OK, to save the configured parameters and then COMMIT.
:
• Enabling Packet Forwarding within the same network, stops the communication between all the wireless clients and
forwards the data to the gateway.
• If the UpLink Port is enabled as 'Auto', then only the unicast traffic is forwarded to gateway. The multicast and broadcast
traffic is forwarded to wireless clients.
• If the UpLink Port is enabled as 'Ethernet' or 'WDS_X_Y', then all the traffic (unicast, multicast and broadcast) between
the wireless clients is forwarded to gateway.
ORiNOCO® AP-800 and AP-8000 Installation and Management Guide
Figure 3-47 Packet Forwarding
Y = the VAP enabled on a radio (VAP 1, VAP 2......VAP 8)
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