Bridge; Figure 3 Bridge Application - ZyXEL Communications 802.11b/g Wireless Access Point NWA-1100 User Manual

1.2.3 Bridge

The ZyXEL Device can act as a wireless network bridge and establish wireless links with
other APs. In the figure below, the ZyXEL Devices (A, B and Z) are connected to independent
wired networks and have a bridge connection (A can communicate with B and Z) at the same
time. Security between bridged APs (the Wireless Distribution System or WDS) is
independent of the security between the wired networks and their respective APs. If you do not
enable WDS security, traffic between APs is not encrypted. When WDS security is enabled,
both APs must use the same pre-shared key. See
Once the security settings of peer sides match one another, the connection between devices is
made.
At the time of writing, WDS security is compatible with other ZyXEL NWA-series access
points only. Refer to your other access point's documentation for details.

Figure 3 Bridge Application

In the example below, when both ZyXEL Devices are in Bridge mode, they form a WDS
(Wireless Distribution System) allowing the computers in LAN 1 to connect to the computers
in LAN 2.
ZyXEL NWA-1100 User's Guide
Chapter 1 Introducing the ZyXEL Device
Section 6.4.3 on page 68 for more details.
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