7
A B OUT TH E OP E RA TION M ODE S
This device provides four operational applications with
Access Point, Bridge, Client
(Ad-hoc) and Client (Infrastructure)
modes, which are mutually exclusive.
This device is shipped with configuration that is functional right out of the box. If you
want to change the settings in order to perform more advanced configuration or even
change the mode of operation, you can use the web-based utility provided by the
manufacturer as described in the following sections.
A c c ess P o i n t M o d e
When acting as an access point, this device connects all the stations (PC/notebook with
wireless network adapter) to a wired network. All stations can have the Internet access if
only the Access Point has the Internet connection.
See the sample application below.
To set the operation mode to
Access Point,
please go to “
Wireless
Basic Settings”
, in
the “
Mode
” field click the down arrow
to select AP mode.
W D S R ep eater M o d e
Refer to the illustration below. While acting as Bridges, AP1 (with Station 1 being
associated to) and AP2 (with Station 2 being associated) can communicate with each other
through wireless interface (with WDS). Thus Station 1 can communicate with Station 2
and both Station 1 and Station 2 are able to access the Internet if only AP1 or AP2 has the
Internet connection.
To set the operation mode to
Bridge
, please go to “
Wireless
Basic Settings”
, in the
“
Mode
” field click the down arrow
to select
AP
mode. And go to “
Wireless
WDS
Settings”
to enable
WDS.
C l i en t M o d e ( I n f rastruc ture)
If set to Client (Infrastructure) mode, this device can work like a wireless station when it’s
connected to a computer so that the computer can send packets from wired end to wireless
interface.
Refer to the illustration below. This station (AP1 plus the connected computer 1) can
associate to another Access Point (AP2), and then can have the Internet access if the other
Access Point (AP2) has the Internet connection.
To set the operation mode to
Client (Infrastructure),
please go to “
Wireless
Basic
Settings
”, in the “
Mode
” field click the down arrow
to select
Client
mode, and then
select
“Network Type”
as “
Infrastructure
”.
