Allied Telesis AT-WA7501 - Manual (Page 25)

AT-WA7500 and AT-WA7501 Installation and User’s Guide
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The access points communicate with each other through the spanning
tree. The wireless end devices are configured as stations with LAN ID set
to 0 and SSID set to Op3rat!ons.
Using an Access
Point as a WAP
You can extend the range of your wireless network by configuring a dual
radio access point as a wireless access point (WAP). The WAP and the
wireless end devices it communicates with comprise a secondary LAN.
You can position WAPs in strategic locations so they receive data from
end devices and then forward the data to the wired network. This
configuration can be useful when distance or physical layout impedes
radio reception and transmission.
This illustration shows a simple wireless network with one access point
and one WAP. Wireless end devices use the WAP to forward data to the
access point, which forwards data to the host. If you do not want end
devices to also be able to communicate directly with the access point, use
a different SSID for the access point master radio and the WAP station
radio.
Table 6. 802.11g Access Points Parameter Settings
Screen Parameter
AP1
802.11g
Radio
(Root)
AP2
802.11g
Radio
AP3
802.11g
Radio
802.11g
Radio Node Type Master Master Master
SSID Op3rat!ons Op3rat!ons Op3rat!ons
Spanning
Tree
Settings LAN ID 0 0 0
Root
Priority 5 4 3
Ethernet
Bridging
Enabled Checked Checked Checked
Secondary
LAN Bridge
Priority 0 0 0