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
5-4 Advanced Wireless Bridging
v1.0, June 2008
The following figure illustrates a multi-point bridge setup over three LAN segments.
AP2
AP1
AP3
LAN
Segment 1
LAN
Segment 2
LAN
Segment 3
PCs
PCs
PCs
Router
Hub or Switch
Hub or Switch
Wireless PC Card
in a Notebook Computer
192.168.0.1
Internet
Point-to-Point
Bridge Mode
Point-to-Point
Bridge Mode
Multi-Point
Bridge Mode
Figure 5-3 Multi-point bridge configuration
To configure wireless access points in a multi-point configuration:
1. Set the Operating Mode of the three NETGEAR Wireless-N Access Points as follows (see
Figure 5-1):
• Configure AP2 on LAN Segment 1 in Point to Multi-Point Bridge Mode. Add the Remote
MAC Address of AP1 on LAN Segment 2. (see
Figure 5-2)
• Because it is in the central location, configure AP1 on LAN Segment 2 in Multi-Point
Bridging mode. Add the MAC addresses of the adjacent Point-to-Point APs (AP2 and
AP3).
• Configure AP3 on LAN 3 in Point to Multi-Point Bridge mode. Add the Remote MAC
Address of AP1 on LAN Segment 2.
2. Verify the following parameters for all three wireless access points:
• That the LAN network configuration of each of the NETGEAR Wireless-N Access Points
is configured to operate in the same LAN network address range as the other LAN devices
(routers, hubs and switches).
• That only one profile of AP1 is configured in Multi-Point Bridging mode.
• That all APs are on the same LAN. That is, all the wireless access point LAN IP addresses
are in the same network.