Owner's Manual

Advanced Configuration

N300 Wireless Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN3500

Configuring a Point-to-Point Bridge Configuration

In point-to-point bridge mode, the wireless modem router communicates as an access point

with another bridge-mode wireless station. As a bridge, wireless client associations are

disabled—only wired clients can be connected. You must enter the MAC address of the other

bridge-mode wireless station in the field provided. Use wireless security to protect this

communication.

The following figure shows an example of p

oint-to-point bridge mode.

LAN Segment 1

PC’s

LAN Segment 2

Switch or hub

AP 2

Both access points (APs) are in

192.168.0.1

Internet

AP 1 (N300 wireless modem router)

point-to-point bridge mode.

Figure 45.

To set up a point-to-point bridge configuration (shown in Figure 45, ):

1 Config

ure the wireless modem router (AP 1) on LAN Segment 1 in point-to-point bridge

mode.

2 Configu

re the other access point (AP 2) on LAN Segment 2 in point-to-point bridge mode.

The wireless modem router must have AP 2’s MAC address in its Remote MAC Address

field, an

d AP 2 must have the MAC address in its Remote MAC Address field.

3 Configu

re both APs and verify that both APs are using the same SSID, channel,

authentication mode, if any, and security settings if security is in use.

4 Disable the DHCP server on AP2. AP1 will then

be the DHCP server.

5 V

erify connectivity across LAN Segment 1 and LAN Segment 2.

A computer on either LAN segment should be able to

connect to the Internet or share files

and printers of any other PCs or servers connected to LAN Segment 1 or LAN Segment