SMC Networks SMCWHSG44-G User Manual

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When the setting is set to "All APs in This Subnet", traffic among wireless
users of different SMCWHSG44-Gs in the same IP subnet is blocked. The
behaviors are illustrated in the following figures.

Fig. 77. Behavior of the “This AP Only” Wireless Client Isolation Option.

Fig. 78. Behavior of the “All APs on This Subnet”

Wireless Client Isolation Option.

As illustrated in Fig. 77 when AP 1 and AP 2 are using the “This AP Only”
option, wireless traffic between STA 1 and STA 2 is blocked by AP 1, while
wireless traffic between STA 2 and STA 3, which are associated with differ-
ent APs, is still allowed. If the “All APs in This Subnet” option is used as
shown in Fig. 78, AP 1 and AP 2 communicates with each other via an inter-
AP protocol to share their STA association information to block wireless
traffic among all the STAs.

There are up to 7 security modes: supported by the SMCWHSG44-G
(based on WEP, WPA or Authentication Algorithm)

• Open System. No authentication, no data encryption.
• Static WEP. WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) keys must be manually

configured.

• Static TKIP (WPA-PSK). Only TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol)

mechanism of WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) is enabled. In this mode, you
have to specify the Pre-shared key, which will be used by the TKIP engine
as a master key to generate keys that actually encrypt outgoing packets
and decrypt incoming packets.