National Instruments NI WAP-3711 - Manual (Page 30)

NI WAP-3701/3711 User’s Manual Web Console Configuration
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AP 1 AP 2
STA 1 STA 2 STA 3
Wireless Link
Ethernet Link
Switch
WCI:
This AP Only
WCI:
This AP Only
Behavior of the “This AP Only” wireless client isolation option
AP 1 AP 2
STA 1 STA 2 STA 3
Wireless Link
Ethernet Link
Switch
WCI:
All APs in This
Subnet
WCI:
All APs in This
Subnet
Behavior of the “All APs on This Subnet” wireless client isolation option
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, whereas wireless traffic between STA 2 and STA 3 (which are
associated with different APs) is still allowed. If the “All APs in This Subnet” option is used as
shown in the above figure, AP 1 and AP 2 communicate with each other via an inter-AP protocol
to share their STA association information to block wireless traffic among all the STAs.