Topcom Skylanr@cer 500 - Manual (Page 9)

SkyLanR @ cer 500
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Mode (Operation Mode): Select one operation mode according to your network requirements.
Access Point: This mode provides access from Wireless Stations to wired LANs and from wired LANs
to Wireless Stations. Furthermore, Wireless Stations within the range of the Access Point device may
communicate with each other via the Access Point.
Access Point Client: This mode allows the connection of one or more remote LANs with a central
LAN, creating thus an extended single virtual LAN. In this way, any Station from the remote LAN can
successfully communicate with any Station of the central LAN, as if all of them belonged to the same
physical LAN. Wireless Stations can't be associated with the Access Point Client. The Access Point con-
ducts the designated traffic to the appropriate wired or Wireless Station. User needs to define the
Preferred BSS which corresponds to the MAC Address of the desired Access Point.
Wireless Bridge: This mode allows two types of connections:
I) Point to Point: The Wireless Bridge can communicate with a specific Remote MAC Address. User
needs to define the Remote MAC Address, which corresponds to the MAC address of the
Wireless Bridge of the Remote LAN.
Figure A Wireless Bridge environment