User Manual
Table Of Contents
- NETGEAR Wireless-N Access Point WN802Tv2 Reference Manual (802.11bgn)
- About This Manual
- Conventions, Formats and Scope
- How to Use This Manual
- How to Print this Manual
- Revision History
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration
- Chapter 3 Wireless Security Settings
- Chapter 4 Management
- Changing the Administrator Password
- Upgrading the Wireless Access Point Firmware
- Configuration File Management
- Rebooting the NETGEAR Wireless-N Access Point
- Viewing the Available Wireless Stations List
- Viewing General Summary Information
- Viewing Network Traffic Statistics
- Configuring the Advanced Wireless Settings
- Configuring the RADIUS Server Settings
- RADIUS Server Settings Fields
- Chapter 5 Advanced Wireless Bridging
- Chapter 6 Troubleshooting
- No lights are lit on the access point.
- The Ethernet light is not lit.
- The WLAN light is not lit.
- I cannot configure the access point from a browser.
- I cannot access the Internet or the LAN with a wireless capable computer.
- When I enter a URL or IP address I get a timeout error.
- Restore Factory Default Settings
- More Help
- Appendix A Default Settings and Technical Specifications
- Appendix B Related Documents
- Index
NETGEAR Wireless-N Access Point WN802Tv2 Reference Manual
Advanced Wireless Bridging 5-1
v1.0, June 2008
Chapter 5
Advanced Wireless Bridging
This chapter describes how to configure the advanced features of your WN802Tv2 to one of six
access point bridge mode profiles, or in Wireless Bridge and Repeater Mode.These features can be
found under the Wireless Bridge option on the Configuration menu.
Note: Only one of a number of WN802Tv2 APs in point-to-point bridge mode
connected to one another can have six profiles.
The NETGEAR Wireless-N Access Point WN802Tv2 lets you build large wireless networks.
Examples of wireless bridging configurations are:
• Access Point. Standard Access Point mode (default mode). Operates as a standard 802.11b,
802.11bg or 802.11ng access point. In this mode, the WN802Tv2 will communicate only with
wireless clients.
• Wireless multi-point bridging. Acts as the “master” and communicates with up to six bridge-
mode wireless access points. All of the other bridge-mode wireless access points communicate
through the WN802Tv2 when it is in this mode. The other bridge-mode wireless access points
must be set to point to multi-point bridge mode, using the MAC address of this WN802Tv2.
They then send all traffic to this “Master”, rather than communicate directly with each other.
Client wireless stations can also associate.
• Repeater without Client Association. Acts as a “repeater” and forwards all traffic to a
remote access point. This mode is the same as Multi-Point to Point mode except that client
association is not available.
Configuring Wireless Multi-Point Bridging
In this mode, the WN802Tv2 will communicate with up to six bridge-mode wireless access points
by entering the MAC (physical) address of each of the bridge-mode APs in the fields provided (see
Figure 5-1). Each wireless access point you add is assigned an independent security profile with its
own name and configuration. In this mode wireless client association is available by default.
To configure wireless Point to Multi-point Bridging: