Access Point Mode; Chapter 8 Access Point Mode; Overview; What You Can Do - ZyXEL Communications NBG6503 User Manual

8.1 Overview

Use your NBG as an access point (AP) if you already have a router or gateway on your network. In
this mode your NBG bridges a wired network (LAN) and wireless LAN (WLAN) in the same subnet.
See the figure below for an example.
Figure 44 Wireless Internet Access in Access Point Mode
Many screens that are available in Router mode are not available in Access Point mode, such as
bandwidth management and firewall.
Note: See Chapter 9 on page 69

Access Point mode.

8.2 What You Can Do

• Use the Status screen
• Use the LAN screen
access point.

8.3 What You Need to Know

See Chapter 9 on page 69
Router
for an example of setting up a wireless network in
(Section 8.4 on page
(Section 8.5 on page
for a tutorial on setting up a network with the NBG as an access point.
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64) to view read-only information about your NBG.
67) to set the IP address for your NBG acting as an
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