ZyXEL Communications NWA-3163 & NWA-3166 User Manual
NWA-3160 Series User’s Guide
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Layer-2 Isolation Screen
12.1 Overview
Layer-2 isolation is used to prevent wireless clients associated with your NWA
from communicating with other wireless clients, APs, computers or routers in a
network.
from communicating with other wireless clients, APs, computers or routers in a
network.
In the following figure, layer-2 isolation is enabled on the NWA (Z) to allow a
guest wireless client (A) to access the main network router (B). The router
provides access to the Internet and the network printer (D) while preventing the
client from accessing other computers and servers on the network. The client can
communicate with other wireless clients only if Intra-BSS Traffic blocking is
disabled.
guest wireless client (A) to access the main network router (B). The router
provides access to the Internet and the network printer (D) while preventing the
client from accessing other computers and servers on the network. The client can
communicate with other wireless clients only if Intra-BSS Traffic blocking is
disabled.
Note: Intra-BSS Traffic Blocking is activated when you enable layer-2 isolation.
Figure 97 Layer-2 Isolation Application
MAC addresses that are not listed in the Allow devices with these MAC
addresses table of the Wireless > Layer-2 Isolation screen are blocked from
addresses table of the Wireless > Layer-2 Isolation screen are blocked from