User guide

Advanced Network Configurations
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1. Determine the minimum set of protocols that must be bridged.
2. Click the
Edit button to display the Filter Ethernet Protocols window
pictured in Figure 8-37.
Figure 8-37: Select Ethernet Protocols to be Filtered
3. Place a check mark in the check box of each protocol that does not need to
be transmitted to the wireless medium.
To stop filtering a specific protocol, clear the check box.
4. (Optional) To add a non-listed protocol to the list, click the
Custom button
to enter the protocol manually.
5. When finished click
OK to return to the Bridge tab as pictured in Figure 8-36.
All of the protocols that you have selected, and/or all of the custom
protocols that you have added manually, will be listed in the Protocols to
Filter
field.
6. You can now select one of the other Bridge parameter options, change other
parameters or click
OK to save your changes and return to the main
AP Manager window.
Static MAC Address Filter
To filter out traffic exchanged between stations that is not required to be sent
or received via the wireless interface, you can set the
Static MAC address Filter in
the bottom section of the
Bridge tab. The default value, <None> will be
acceptable for most networking environments (see Figure 8-36).