Chapter 3 Tutorials; Overview; How To Configure The Wireless Lan; Choosing The Wireless Mode - ZyXEL Communications NWA-3160 User Manual

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3.1 Overview

This chapter first provides a basic overview of how to configure the wireless LAN
on your NWA, and then gives step-by-step guidelines showing how to configure
your NWA for some example scenarios.

3.2 How to Configure the Wireless LAN

This section shows how to choose which wireless operating mode you should use
on the NWA, and the steps you should take to set up the wireless LAN in each
wireless mode. See
each step.

3.2.1 Choosing the Wireless Mode

• Use Access Point (AP) operating mode if you want to allow wireless clients to
access your wired network, all using the same security and Quality of Service
(QoS) settings. See
• Use Bridge / Repeater operating mode if you want to use the NWA to
communicate with other access points. See
The NWA is a bridge when other APs access your wired Ethernet network
through the NWA.
The NWA is a repeater when it has no Ethernet connection and allows other APs
to communicate with one another through the NWA.
• Use AP + Bridge operating mode if you want to use the NWA as an access
point (see above) while also communicating with other access points. See
Section 1.2.2.1 on page 20
• Use MBSSID (Multiple Basic Service Set Identifier) operating mode if you want
to use the NWA as an access point with some groups of users having different
security or QoS settings from other groups of users. See
22 for details.
NWA-3160 Series User's Guide
Section 3.2.3 on page 37
Section 1.2.1 on page 18
for details.
Tutorials
for links to more information on
for details.
Section 1.2.2 on page 19
Section 1.2.4 on page
3
for details.
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