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Asus WL-330g User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

Multiple IP bridge environment

In a multiple IP bridge environment, the ASUS Pocket Wireless AP
connects two or more wired devices to a wireless network from a hub or a
switch.

Single IP bridge environment

In a single IP bridge environment,
the ASUS Pocket Wireless AP
connects to an access point using a
single IP address.

In this setup, the MAC cloning
feature may be enabled to support
certain applications and devices,
such as Xbox and PlayStation®
game consoles, that use the MAC
address to communicate with other devices. MAC cloning allows the ASUS
Pocket Wireless AP to to communicate with other devices in a wireless
network using the MAC address of the host computer instead of its
own.Multiple IP bridge environment

Internet

ADSL Modem Access Point

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Hub

MODE

Access point

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You must disable the MAC cloning feature when you set the device in
Ethernet adapter mode under this environment. Enabling MAC cloning
under this environment results to undefined and incorrect bridge
behavior.