ZyXEL Communications NWA3160 User Manual

Chapter 8 Wireless Configuration

ZyXEL NWA-3160 Series User’s Guide

The ZyXEL Device can act as a wireless network bridge and establish wireless links with 
other APs. You need to know the MAC address of the peer device, which also must be in 
bridge mode. 
The ZyXEL Device can establish up to five wireless links with other APs.
In the example below, when both ZyXEL Devices are in Bridge/Repeater mode, they form a 
WDS (Wireless Distribution System) allowing the computers in LAN 1 to connect to the 
computers in LAN 2. 

Figure 66   Bridging Example

Be careful to avoid bridge loops when you enable bridging in the ZyXEL Device. Bridge loops 
cause broadcast traffic to circle the network endlessly, resulting in possible throughput 
degradation and disruption of communications. The following examples show two network 
topologies that can lead to this problem: 

• If two or more ZyXEL Devices (in bridge mode) are connected to the same hub.

Enable 

Roaming

Roaming allows wireless stations to switch from one access point to another as 

they move from one coverage area to another. Select this to enable roaming on the 

ZyXEL Device if you have two or more ZyXEL Devices on the same subnet.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes.

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

Table 36   Wireless: Access Point (NWA-3165)