Avaya Wireless AP-3 User Manual

Avaya Wireless AP-3 User’s Guide                                                                                 4-93

The Packet Forwarding feature enables you to redirect traffic generated 
by wireless clients that are all associated to the same AP to a single MAC 
address. This filters wireless traffic without burdening the AP and 
provides additional security by limiting potential destinations or by routing 
the traffic directly to a firewall. You can redirect to a specific port (Ethernet 
or WDS) or allow the bridge’s learning process (and the forwarding table 
entry for the selected MAC address) to determine the optimal port. 

NOTE:
The gateway to which traffic will be redirected should be node on 
the Ethernet network. It should not be a wireless client.

Configure your AP to forward packets by specifying interface port(s) to 
which packets are redirected and a destination MAC address. 

1. Within the Packet Forwarding Configuration screen, check the 

box labeled Enable Packet Forwarding.

2. Specify a destination Packet Forwarding MAC Address. The AP 

will redirect all unicast, multicast, and broadcast packets received 
from wireless clients to the address you specify.

3. Select a Packet Forwarding Interface Port from the drop-down 

menu. You can redirect traffic to:

— Ethernet