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3e–525C–2 Wireless Access Point
The following sections describe the setup for three types of bridging
configuration: point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, or, lastly, repeater.
Setting Up Bridging Type
Point-to-Point Bridge Configuration
A point-to-point link is a direct connection between two, and only
two, locations or nodes. Because the bridge function uses a separate
WLAN card for bridging, you can also set up WLANs on the separate AP
WLAN card.
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For the two bridges that are to be linked to communicate properly,
they must be set up with compatible commands in the setup screens.
For instance, the bridges must have the same channel number. Be-
cause there is a separate WLAN card for bridging, there can be a separate
WLAN on the AP WLAN card with no loss efficiency, as long as you set
the channel numbers so there's no conflict or noise with the channel as-
signed to the bridge. Spanning Tree Protocol may be set to Enable, if there
is any possibility of a bridging loop, or to Disable (which is more efficient)
if there's no possibility of a bridging loop. Each bridge must contain the
other's BSSID. (The BSSID of each is equivalent to the MAC address con-
tained on the Wireless Bridge — General setup page. Enter only hexa-
decimal numbers, no colons. Data entry is not case sensitive.) Finally, the
wireless bridging encryption must be set to the appropriate type and key
length and must be identical on each bridge.
The following charts show sample settings for manual bridging and
auto bridging modes.
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