Wireless Lan Bridge - Intelicis Cedar 880AG User Manual

Cedar 880AG Enterprise Dual-Radio AP/Bridge
Figure 1.1 Wireless Networks
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Wireless LAN Bridge

Cedar Wireless Access Point provides the capability of being configured as a regular
Access Point, a Wireless LAN Bridge or both. A Wireless LAN Bridge wirelessly
connects two ore more Ethernet LANs together. It is a very practical, easy and in most
cases inexpensive way to connect Ethernet LANs or extend the range of existing
WLANs. As illustrated in Figure 1.2 and 1.3, the access point can operate in point-to-
point or point-to-multipoint bridge topology.
Point-to-point
Point-to-point link allows you to use two access points to bridge two Local Area
Networks from different locations. Access point A serves as a base bridge while Access
point B serves as a non-base bridge. Both access points relay data between the two
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