User Manual
Table Of Contents
- NETGEAR WNAP210 ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point Reference Manual
- About This Manual
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration
- Chapter 3 Wireless Security Settings
- Chapter 4 Management
- 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.
- Using the Reset Button to Restore Factory Default Settings
- Appendix A Default Settings and Technical Specifications
- Appendix B Related Documents
ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP210 Reference Manual
Advanced Wireless Bridging 5-3
v1.0, February 2009
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 5-2
To configure wireless access points
in a multi-point configuration:
1. Set the Operating Mode of
the three ProSafe Access Points as follows:
• Configure AP2 on LAN Segment 1 in Point-to-Point Bridge
Mode. Enable Wireless
Client Association and add the Remote MAC Address of AP1 on LAN Segment 2.
• Because it is in the central location, configure
AP1 on LAN Segment 2 in Multi-Point
Bridging mode. Enable Wireless Client Association and add the MAC addresses of the
adjacent Point-to-Point APs (AP2 and AP3).
• Configure AP3 on LAN 3 in Point-to-Point Bridge mode.
Enable Wireless Client
Association and add the Remote MAC Address of AP1 on LAN Segment 2.
2. V
erify the following parameters for all three wireless access points:
• That the LAN network configuration of each of the ProSa
fe 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 wireless access point is configured in Multi-Point Bridging mode,
and that
all the others are in Point-to-Point Bridge mode.
• That all APs are be on the same LAN. That is, all the wirele
ss access point LAN IP
addresses are in the same network.