LevelOne WAB-1000 - Manual (Page 53)

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bridging encryption of each must be set to the appropriate type and key length and must be the
same on all.
Because the WAB-1000 has two separate WLAN cards, one for the AP card and one for the
bridging card, each bridge can have a WLAN on the 802.11b/g protocol with no loss of
efficiency in bridging if you wish.
The following diagram pictures a point-to-multipoint setup, which might be of use where a
company's network spans several buildings within a campus-like setting.
Follow the steps of the procedure outlined in the point-to-point bridge section. The chart
below describes the basic attributes.
Point-to-multipoint bridging setup guide
Direction Bridge 1 Bridge 2 ~ n
Wireless Configuration – General
SSID default (or set for 802.11b/g
WLAN) default (or set for
802.11b/g WLAN)
Channel 11 11
Wireless Configuration – Encryption Set for 802.11b/g WLAN Set for 802.11b/g WLAN
Wireless Configuration – Bridging
Channel 4 4
Wireless Client Access Enable Enable
Spanning Tree Protocol Enable (or Disable if no
bridging loop possible) Enable (or Disable if no
bridging loop possible)
BSSID Add Bridge 2 ~ n BSSIDs Add Bridge 1 BSSID